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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
A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach

Photos: La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Miami by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

La Romana or Miami?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Miami for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami’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, Miami 90: Miami leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. La Romana 38, Miami 72: Miami leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. La Romana 24, Miami 57: Miami leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. La Romana 30, Miami 82: Miami leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Romana 62, Miami 64: Miami leads by 2 points.
Day trips. La Romana 52, Miami 42: La Romana leads by 10 points.
Good for families. La Romana 56, Miami 64: Miami leads by 8 points.
Getting around. La Romana 24, Miami 35: Miami leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. La Romana 28, Miami 71: Miami leads by 43 points.
Affordability. La Romana 50, Miami 27: La Romana leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Romana 17, Miami 55: Miami leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Romana and Miami are level on 44.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Romana and Miami.

Your match

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La Romana
42match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Miami
Best match
59match

Wins on nightlife and shopping 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

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
29 °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). Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa RomanaMiami
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyDominican Peso (DOP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation10 m2 m
Main airportCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa RomanaMiami
City population139,238442,241
People per km²5123,046
Museums within 10 km017
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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.