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The church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón, La Romana
La RomanaThe church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón
Main Beach with its palms and lifeguard tower, Laguna Beach
Laguna BeachMain Beach with its palms and lifeguard tower

Photos: La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Laguna Beach by Mark Stebnicki, Pexels License.

La Romana or Laguna Beach?

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 La Romana for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Laguna Beach for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Laguna Beach’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. La Romana 84, Laguna Beach 72: La Romana leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. La Romana 38, Laguna Beach 40: Laguna Beach leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. La Romana 24, Laguna Beach 27: Laguna Beach leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. La Romana 30, Laguna Beach 18: La Romana leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Romana 62, Laguna Beach 73: Laguna Beach leads by 11 points.
Day trips. La Romana 52, Laguna Beach 72: Laguna Beach leads by 20 points.
Good for families. La Romana 56, Laguna Beach 68: Laguna Beach leads by 12 points.
Getting around. La Romana 24, Laguna Beach 33: Laguna Beach leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. La Romana 28, Laguna Beach 46: Laguna Beach leads by 18 points.
Affordability. La Romana 50, Laguna Beach 12: La Romana leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Romana 17, Laguna Beach 40: Laguna Beach leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Romana 44, Laguna Beach 47: Laguna Beach leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Romana and Laguna Beach.

Your match

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La Romana
42match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Laguna Beach
Best match
46match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

La Romana in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Laguna Beach in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
14 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. La Romana: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Punta Cana (65.4 km from centre). Laguna Beach: 1981-2010 normals, Irvine (15.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa RomanaLaguna Beach
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyDominican Peso (DOP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation10 m6 m
Main airportCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)18 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa RomanaLaguna Beach
City population139,23823,032
People per km²512907
Museums within 10 km02
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.