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Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
KathmanduSwayambhunath with its prayer flags
The church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón, La Romana
La RomanaThe church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón

Photos: Kathmandu by Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Kathmandu 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 Kathmandu for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Kathmandu’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. Kathmandu 4, La Romana 84: La Romana leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Kathmandu 55, La Romana 38: Kathmandu leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Kathmandu 82, La Romana 24: Kathmandu leads by 58 points.
Nightlife. Kathmandu 36, La Romana 30: Kathmandu leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kathmandu 70, La Romana 62: Kathmandu leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Kathmandu 56, La Romana 52: Kathmandu leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Kathmandu 20, La Romana 56: La Romana leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Kathmandu 25, La Romana 24: Kathmandu leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Kathmandu 55, La Romana 28: Kathmandu leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Kathmandu 97, La Romana 50: Kathmandu leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kathmandu 28, La Romana 17: Kathmandu leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kathmandu 45, La Romana 44: Kathmandu leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kathmandu and La Romana.

Your match

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

Kathmandu
Best match
48match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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.

Kathmandu in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
384 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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KathmanduLa Romana

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. Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 km from centre). La Romana: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Punta Cana (65.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKathmanduLa Romana
Official languageNepaliSpanish
CurrencyNepalese Rupee (NPR)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:45UTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 100, ambulance 102, fire 101911
Elevation1,300 m10 m
Main airportTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureKathmanduLa Romana
City population845,767139,238
People per km²17,121512
Museums within 10 km90
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.