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Cocoa Beach Pier behind yellow parasols, Cocoa Beach
Cocoa BeachCocoa Beach Pier behind yellow parasols
The church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón, La Romana
La RomanaThe church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón

Photos: Cocoa Beach by Benoît Prieur, CC0; La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Cocoa Beach or La Romana?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Cocoa Beach for

  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Cocoa Beach’s own page.

Choose La Romana for

  • wellness
  • culture and sights
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on La Romana’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Cocoa Beach 80, La Romana 84: La Romana leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Cocoa Beach 32, La Romana 38: La Romana leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Cocoa Beach 12, La Romana 24: La Romana leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Cocoa Beach 27, La Romana 30: La Romana leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cocoa Beach and La Romana are level on 62.
Day trips. Cocoa Beach and La Romana are level on 52.
Good for families. Cocoa Beach 72, La Romana 56: Cocoa Beach leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Cocoa Beach 22, La Romana 24: La Romana leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Cocoa Beach 20, La Romana 28: La Romana leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Cocoa Beach 40, La Romana 50: La Romana leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cocoa Beach 14, La Romana 17: La Romana leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cocoa Beach 30, La Romana 44: La Romana leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cocoa Beach and La Romana.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Cocoa Beach
39match

Wins on families with your weighting.

La Romana
Best match
42match

Wins on wellness and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Cocoa Beach in July

30 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
147 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

La Romana in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Cocoa BeachLa Romana

Where the figures come from

Cocoa Beach has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

La Romana's temperatures are measured 65 km from the centre, at Punta Cana.

La Romana has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cocoa Beach: 1961-1990 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Cocoa / Patrick Air Force Base (11.2 km from centre). La Romana: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Punta Cana (65.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCocoa BeachLa Romana
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number911911
Elevation0 m10 m
Main airportOrlando International Airport (MCO)68 km from centre170 non-stop destinationsCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCocoa BeachLa Romana
City population11,354139,238
People per km²290512
Museums within 10 km30
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C11 months12 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.