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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
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

La Romana or Puerto Iguazu?

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
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Iguazu’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, Puerto Iguazu 5: La Romana leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. La Romana 38, Puerto Iguazu 28: La Romana leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. La Romana 24, Puerto Iguazu 9: La Romana leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. La Romana 30, Puerto Iguazu 14: La Romana leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Romana 62, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 33 points.
Day trips. La Romana 52, Puerto Iguazu 33: La Romana leads by 19 points.
Good for families. La Romana 56, Puerto Iguazu 55: La Romana leads by 1 points.
Getting around. La Romana 24, Puerto Iguazu 54: Puerto Iguazu leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. La Romana 28, Puerto Iguazu 17: La Romana leads by 11 points.
Affordability. La Romana 50, Puerto Iguazu 48: La Romana leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Romana 17, Puerto Iguazu 7: La Romana leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Romana 44, Puerto Iguazu 34: La Romana leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Romana and Puerto Iguazu.

Your match

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

La Romana
Best match
42match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Puerto Iguazu
33match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Puerto Iguazu in July

22 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
103 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
No seasea
11 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). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa RomanaPuerto Iguazu
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyDominican Peso (DOP)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-3
Emergency number911117 or 911
Elevation10 m162 m
Main airportCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa RomanaPuerto Iguazu
City population139,23854,903
People per km²512-
Museums within 10 km00
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. 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.