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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
Waterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor, Newport Beach
Newport BeachWaterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor

Photos: La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Newport Beach by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

La Romana or Newport 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

  • prices
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Newport Beach for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Newport 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 84, Newport Beach 70: La Romana leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. La Romana 38, Newport Beach 50: Newport Beach leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. La Romana 24, Newport Beach 20: La Romana leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. La Romana 30, Newport Beach 33: Newport Beach leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Romana 62, Newport Beach 66: Newport Beach leads by 4 points.
Day trips. La Romana 52, Newport Beach 70: Newport Beach leads by 18 points.
Good for families. La Romana 56, Newport Beach 80: Newport Beach leads by 24 points.
Getting around. La Romana 24, Newport Beach 20: La Romana leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. La Romana 28, Newport Beach 62: Newport Beach leads by 34 points.
Affordability. La Romana 50, Newport Beach 15: La Romana leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Romana 17, Newport Beach 46: Newport Beach leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Romana and Newport Beach 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 Newport Beach.

Your match

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

La Romana
42match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Newport Beach
Best match
48match

Wins on shopping 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

Newport Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
20 °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). Newport Beach: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1981-2010) normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa RomanaNewport Beach
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyDominican Peso (DOP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation10 m3 m
Main airportCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)7 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa RomanaNewport Beach
City population139,23885,239
People per km²512622
Museums within 10 km04
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.