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Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach
The church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón, La Romana
La RomanaThe church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón

Photos: Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License; La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Honolulu 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 Honolulu for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose La Romana for

  • 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. Honolulu 91, La Romana 84: Honolulu leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Honolulu 70, La Romana 38: Honolulu leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Honolulu 55, La Romana 24: Honolulu leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Honolulu 45, La Romana 30: Honolulu leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Honolulu 88, La Romana 62: Honolulu leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Honolulu 38, La Romana 52: La Romana leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Honolulu 80, La Romana 56: Honolulu leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Honolulu 52, La Romana 24: Honolulu leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Honolulu 60, La Romana 28: Honolulu leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Honolulu 15, La Romana 50: La Romana leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Honolulu 40, La Romana 17: Honolulu leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Honolulu 50, La Romana 44: Honolulu leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Honolulu and La Romana.

Your match

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

Honolulu
Best match
57match

Wins on food and drink and shopping with your weighting.

La Romana
42match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Honolulu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
26 °Csea
13 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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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. Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre). La Romana: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Punta Cana (65.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHonoluluLa Romana
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-10UTC-4
Emergency number911911
Elevation12 m10 m
Main airportDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHonoluluLa Romana
City population350,964139,238
People per km²1,981512
Museums within 10 km120
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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.