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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 Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

La Romana or Nairobi?

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
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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, Nairobi 4: La Romana leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. La Romana 38, Nairobi 48: Nairobi leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. La Romana 24, Nairobi 35: Nairobi leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. La Romana 30, Nairobi 58: Nairobi leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Romana 62, Nairobi 84: Nairobi leads by 22 points.
Day trips. La Romana 52, Nairobi 28: La Romana leads by 24 points.
Good for families. La Romana 56, Nairobi 55: La Romana leads by 1 points.
Getting around. La Romana 24, Nairobi 20: La Romana leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. La Romana 28, Nairobi 45: Nairobi leads by 17 points.
Affordability. La Romana 50, Nairobi 60: Nairobi leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Romana 17, Nairobi 35: Nairobi leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Romana 44, Nairobi 25: La Romana leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Romana and Nairobi.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

La Romana
42match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Nairobi
41match

Wins on nightlife and nature and the outdoors 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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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.

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). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa RomanaNairobi
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 m1,661 m
Main airportCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa RomanaNairobi
City population139,2385,545,000
People per km²5127,967
Museums within 10 km04
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. 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.