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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 SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach

Photos: La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

La Romana or Myrtle 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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • getting around

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

Choose Myrtle Beach for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Myrtle 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 and Myrtle Beach are level on 84.
Food & drink. La Romana and Myrtle Beach are level on 38.
Culture & sights. La Romana 24, Myrtle Beach 20: La Romana leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. La Romana 30, Myrtle Beach 42: Myrtle Beach leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Romana 62, Myrtle Beach 46: La Romana leads by 16 points.
Day trips. La Romana 52, Myrtle Beach 50: La Romana leads by 2 points.
Good for families. La Romana 56, Myrtle Beach 80: Myrtle Beach leads by 24 points.
Getting around. La Romana 24, Myrtle Beach 18: La Romana leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. La Romana 28, Myrtle Beach 38: Myrtle Beach leads by 10 points.
Affordability. La Romana 50, Myrtle Beach 52: Myrtle Beach leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Romana 17, Myrtle Beach 30: Myrtle Beach leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Romana 44, Myrtle Beach 28: La Romana leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Romana and Myrtle Beach.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

La Romana
42match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

Myrtle Beach
44match

Wins on families and live music and the arts 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

Myrtle Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
172 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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La RomanaMyrtle Beach

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.

Myrtle Beach 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). Myrtle Beach: 1971-2000 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa RomanaMyrtle Beach
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 m8 m
Main airportCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa RomanaMyrtle Beach
City population139,23835,682
People per km²512591
Museums within 10 km02
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. 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.