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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
The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above

Photos: La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

La Romana or Marmaris?

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

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

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

Choose Marmaris for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Marmaris’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, Marmaris 80: La Romana leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. La Romana 38, Marmaris 40: Marmaris leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. La Romana 24, Marmaris 18: La Romana leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. La Romana 30, Marmaris 60: Marmaris leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Romana 62, Marmaris 72: Marmaris leads by 10 points.
Day trips. La Romana 52, Marmaris 65: Marmaris leads by 13 points.
Good for families. La Romana 56, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 6 points.
Getting around. La Romana 24, Marmaris 55: Marmaris leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. La Romana 28, Marmaris 38: Marmaris leads by 10 points.
Affordability. La Romana 50, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Romana 17, Marmaris 12: La Romana leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Romana 44, Marmaris 50: Marmaris leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Romana and Marmaris.

Your match

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

La Romana
42match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Marmaris
Best match
51match

Wins on getting around and nightlife 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

Marmaris in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
8 mmrain in the month
25 °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.

Marmaris's temperatures are measured 49 km from the centre, at Dalaman.

Marmaris 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). Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa RomanaMarmaris
Official languageSpanishTurkish
CurrencyDominican Peso (DOP)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+3
Emergency number911112
Elevation10 m7 m
Main airportCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa RomanaMarmaris
City population139,23897,818
People per km²512111
Museums within 10 km01
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.