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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
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

La Romana or Perth?

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
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose Perth for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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, Perth 86: Perth leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. La Romana 38, Perth 58: Perth leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. La Romana 24, Perth 42: Perth leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. La Romana 30, Perth 42: Perth leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Romana 62, Perth 72: Perth leads by 10 points.
Day trips. La Romana 52, Perth 48: La Romana leads by 4 points.
Good for families. La Romana 56, Perth 74: Perth leads by 18 points.
Getting around. La Romana 24, Perth 55: Perth leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. La Romana 28, Perth 44: Perth leads by 16 points.
Affordability. La Romana 50, Perth 28: La Romana leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Romana 17, Perth 50: Perth leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Romana 44, Perth 38: La Romana leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Romana and Perth.

Your match

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

La Romana
42match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Perth
Best match
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around 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

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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La RomanaPerth

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). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa RomanaPerth
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyDominican Peso (DOP)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+8
Emergency number911000
Elevation10 m2 m
Main airportCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa RomanaPerth
City population139,2382,141,834
People per km²512334
Museums within 10 km015
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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.