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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
The church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón, La Romana
La RomanaThe church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Faro 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 Faro for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

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

Choose La Romana for

  • wellness
  • beaches

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. Faro 74, La Romana 84: La Romana leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, La Romana 38: Faro leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, La Romana 24: Faro leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, La Romana 30: Faro leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro and La Romana are level on 62.
Day trips. Faro 64, La Romana 52: Faro leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, La Romana 56: Faro leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, La Romana 24: Faro leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, La Romana 28: Faro leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, La Romana 50: Faro leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, La Romana 17: Faro leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, La Romana 44: La Romana leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and La Romana.

Your match

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

Faro
Best match
49match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

La Romana
42match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Faro in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

La Romana in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

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. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). La Romana: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Punta Cana (65.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroLa Romana
Official languagePortugueseSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m10 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroLa Romana
City population64,560139,238
People per km²319512
Museums within 10 km20
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.