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Skiers and chairlifts on the slopes in sunshine, Deer Valley
Deer ValleySkiers and chairlifts on the slopes in sunshine
The church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón, La Romana
La RomanaThe church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón

Photos: Deer Valley by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Deer Valley 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 Deer Valley for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Deer Valley’s own page.

Choose La Romana for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • day trips

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. Deer Valley 10, La Romana 84: La Romana leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Deer Valley and La Romana are level on 38.
Culture & sights. Deer Valley 15, La Romana 24: La Romana leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Deer Valley 25, La Romana 30: La Romana leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Deer Valley 90, La Romana 62: Deer Valley leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Deer Valley 38, La Romana 52: La Romana leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Deer Valley 60, La Romana 56: Deer Valley leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Deer Valley 50, La Romana 24: Deer Valley leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Deer Valley 25, La Romana 28: La Romana leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Deer Valley 4, La Romana 50: La Romana leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Deer Valley 30, La Romana 17: Deer Valley leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Deer Valley 52, La Romana 44: Deer Valley leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Deer Valley and La Romana.

Your match

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

Deer Valley
36match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

La Romana
Best match
42match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Deer Valley in July

28 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 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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Deer ValleyLa Romana

Where the figures come from

Deer Valley's temperatures are measured 82 km from the centre, at Evanston.

Deer Valley's station stands 297 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Deer Valley 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. Deer Valley: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Evanston (81.9 km from centre). La Romana: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Punta Cana (65.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDeer ValleyLa Romana
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number911911
Elevation2,474 m10 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)45 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDeer ValleyLa Romana
City population-139,238
People per km²-512
Museums within 10 km00
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.