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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
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

Photos: La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

La Romana or Portland?

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
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Portland for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’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, Portland 20: La Romana leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. La Romana 38, Portland 68: Portland leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. La Romana 24, Portland 38: Portland leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. La Romana 30, Portland 52: Portland leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Romana 62, Portland 84: Portland leads by 22 points.
Day trips. La Romana 52, Portland 58: Portland leads by 6 points.
Good for families. La Romana 56, Portland 55: La Romana leads by 1 points.
Getting around. La Romana 24, Portland 62: Portland leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. La Romana 28, Portland 52: Portland leads by 24 points.
Affordability. La Romana 50, Portland 38: La Romana leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Romana 17, Portland 55: Portland leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Romana 44, Portland 42: La Romana leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Romana and Portland.

Your match

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

La Romana
42match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Portland
Best match
52match

Wins on getting around 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

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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La RomanaPortland

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). Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa RomanaPortland
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 m152 m
Main airportCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa RomanaPortland
City population139,238652,503
People per km²5121,736
Museums within 10 km017
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. 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.