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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 church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

La Romana or Quito?

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
  • families

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

Choose Quito for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Quito’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, Quito 5: La Romana leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. La Romana 38, Quito 54: Quito leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. La Romana 24, Quito 77: Quito leads by 53 points.
Nightlife. La Romana 30, Quito 40: Quito leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Romana 62, Quito 86: Quito leads by 24 points.
Day trips. La Romana 52, Quito 55: Quito leads by 3 points.
Good for families. La Romana 56, Quito 32: La Romana leads by 24 points.
Getting around. La Romana 24, Quito 45: Quito leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. La Romana 28, Quito 40: Quito leads by 12 points.
Affordability. La Romana 50, Quito 78: Quito leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Romana 17, Quito 38: Quito leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Romana and Quito 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 Quito.

Your match

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

La Romana
42match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Quito
Best match
50match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Quito in July

18 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 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.

Quito's station stands 208 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

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). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa RomanaQuito
Official languageSpanishSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua
CurrencyDominican Peso (DOP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-5
Emergency number911911
Elevation10 m2,850 m
Main airportCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa RomanaQuito
City population139,2381,763,275
People per km²5124,735
Museums within 10 km016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.