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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
Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water

Photos: La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

La Romana or Naples, Florida?

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
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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

Choose Naples, Florida for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Naples, Florida’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, Naples, Florida 87: Naples, Florida leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. La Romana 38, Naples, Florida 46: Naples, Florida leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. La Romana 24, Naples, Florida 27: Naples, Florida leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. La Romana 30, Naples, Florida 20: La Romana leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Romana 62, Naples, Florida 66: Naples, Florida leads by 4 points.
Day trips. La Romana 52, Naples, Florida 43: La Romana leads by 9 points.
Good for families. La Romana 56, Naples, Florida 64: Naples, Florida leads by 8 points.
Getting around. La Romana 24, Naples, Florida 22: La Romana leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. La Romana 28, Naples, Florida 48: Naples, Florida leads by 20 points.
Affordability. La Romana 50, Naples, Florida 17: La Romana leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Romana 17, Naples, Florida 40: Naples, Florida leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Romana 44, Naples, Florida 45: Naples, Florida leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Romana and Naples, Florida.

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 prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Naples, Florida
44match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Naples, Florida in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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La RomanaNaples, Florida

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.

Naples, Florida 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). Naples, Florida: 2002-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Naples / East Naples (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa RomanaNaples, Florida
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 m-2 m
Main airportCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa RomanaNaples, Florida
City population139,23819,115
People per km²512450
Museums within 10 km04
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months10 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.