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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
The church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón, La Romana
La RomanaThe church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Izmir 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 Izmir for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • day trips

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

Choose La Romana for

  • beaches
  • families

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. Izmir 62, La Romana 84: La Romana leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, La Romana 38: Izmir leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, La Romana 24: Izmir leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, La Romana 30: Izmir leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, La Romana 62: Izmir leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, La Romana 52: Izmir leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, La Romana 56: La Romana leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, La Romana 24: Izmir leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, La Romana 28: Izmir leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, La Romana 50: Izmir leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, La Romana 17: Izmir leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, La Romana 44: Izmir leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and La Romana.

Your match

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

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on getting around and food and drink with your weighting.

La Romana
42match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 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. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). La Romana: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Punta Cana (65.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirLa Romana
Official languageTurkishSpanish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation2 m10 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirLa Romana
City population4,493,242139,238
People per km²4,760512
Museums within 10 km290
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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.