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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón, La Romana
La RomanaThe church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Hurghada 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 Hurghada for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose La Romana for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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. Hurghada and La Romana are level on 84.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, La Romana 38: La Romana leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, La Romana 24: La Romana leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, La Romana 30: Hurghada leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, La Romana 62: Hurghada leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, La Romana 52: La Romana leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, La Romana 56: Hurghada leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, La Romana 24: La Romana leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, La Romana 28: La Romana leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, La Romana 50: Hurghada leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, La Romana 17: La Romana leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada and La Romana are level on 44.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and La Romana.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Hurghada
43match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

La Romana
42match

Wins on day trips 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.

Hurghada in July

37 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 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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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. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). La Romana: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Punta Cana (65.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaLa Romana
Official languageArabicSpanish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation11 m10 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaLa Romana
City population214,247139,238
People per km²-512
Museums within 10 km10
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). 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.