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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 tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue

Photos: La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

La Romana or Mombasa?

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

  • families
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Mombasa for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Mombasa’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, Mombasa 82: La Romana leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. La Romana 38, Mombasa 60: Mombasa leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. La Romana 24, Mombasa 55: Mombasa leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. La Romana 30, Mombasa 46: Mombasa leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Romana 62, Mombasa 74: Mombasa leads by 12 points.
Day trips. La Romana 52, Mombasa 45: La Romana leads by 7 points.
Good for families. La Romana 56, Mombasa 45: La Romana leads by 11 points.
Getting around. La Romana 24, Mombasa 30: Mombasa leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. La Romana 28, Mombasa 35: Mombasa leads by 7 points.
Affordability. La Romana 50, Mombasa 70: Mombasa leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Romana 17, Mombasa 22: Mombasa leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Romana 44, Mombasa 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 Mombasa.

Your match

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

La Romana
42match

Wins on families and day trips with your weighting.

Mombasa
Best match
50match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink 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

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
26 °Csea
12 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.

Mombasa 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). Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa RomanaMombasa
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyDominican Peso (DOP)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+3
Emergency number911Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation10 m50 m
Main airportCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa RomanaMombasa
City population139,2381,208,333
People per km²5124,100
Museums within 10 km00
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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. 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.