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Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie
The church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón, La Romana
La RomanaThe church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón

Photos: Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Ghent 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 Ghent for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose La Romana for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Ghent 25, La Romana 84: La Romana leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Ghent 62, La Romana 38: Ghent leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Ghent 72, La Romana 24: Ghent leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Ghent 55, La Romana 30: Ghent leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ghent 35, La Romana 62: La Romana leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Ghent 88, La Romana 52: Ghent leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Ghent 50, La Romana 56: La Romana leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Ghent 78, La Romana 24: Ghent leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Ghent 50, La Romana 28: Ghent leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Ghent 38, La Romana 50: La Romana leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ghent 60, La Romana 17: Ghent leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ghent 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: Ghent and La Romana.

Your match

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

Ghent
Best match
54match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

La Romana
42match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Ghent in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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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GhentLa Romana

Where the figures come from

Ghent 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.

Ghent's sunshine is measured 45 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

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. Ghent: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Melle / Kalverhaag (10.1 km from centre). La Romana: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Punta Cana (65.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGhentLa Romana
Official languageFrench, German, DutchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation12 m10 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGhentLa Romana
City population272,657139,238
People per km²1,728512
Museums within 10 km300
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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. 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.