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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
Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside

Photos: La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

La Romana or Portofino?

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
  • families

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

Choose Portofino for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Portofino’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, Portofino 60: La Romana leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. La Romana 38, Portofino 36: La Romana leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. La Romana 24, Portofino 22: La Romana leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. La Romana 30, Portofino 14: La Romana leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Romana 62, Portofino 77: Portofino leads by 15 points.
Day trips. La Romana 52, Portofino 76: Portofino leads by 24 points.
Good for families. La Romana 56, Portofino 33: La Romana leads by 23 points.
Getting around. La Romana 24, Portofino 50: Portofino leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. La Romana 28, Portofino 29: Portofino leads by 1 points.
Affordability. La Romana 50, Portofino 9: La Romana leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Romana 17, Portofino 7: La Romana leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Romana 44, Portofino 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 Portofino.

Your match

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La Romana
Best match
42match

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Portofino
38match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

Portofino in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
24 °Csea
15 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.

Portofino's temperatures are measured 31 km from the centre, at Genova / Sestri.

Portofino 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). Portofino: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (31 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa RomanaPortofino
Official languageSpanishItalian
CurrencyDominican Peso (DOP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation10 m20 m
Main airportCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa RomanaPortofino
City population139,238355
People per km²512142
Museums within 10 km014
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.