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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
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped; London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

La Romana or London?

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

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose London for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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, London 25: La Romana leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. La Romana 38, London 84: London leads by 46 points.
Culture & sights. La Romana 24, London 94: London leads by 70 points.
Nightlife. La Romana 30, London 88: London leads by 58 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Romana 62, London 57: La Romana leads by 5 points.
Day trips. La Romana 52, London 90: London leads by 38 points.
Good for families. La Romana 56, London 82: London leads by 26 points.
Getting around. La Romana 24, London 85: London leads by 61 points.
Shopping & style. La Romana 28, London 95: London leads by 67 points.
Affordability. La Romana 50, London 15: La Romana leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Romana 17, London 98: London leads by 81 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Romana 44, London 40: La Romana leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Romana and London.

Your match

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

La Romana
42match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

London
Best match
71match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa RomanaLondon
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyDominican Peso (DOP)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112 or 999
Elevation10 m4 m
Main airportCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa RomanaLondon
City population139,2388,799,728
People per km²5125,598
Museums within 10 km0216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. 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.