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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 old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

Photos: La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

La Romana or Rovinj?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Rovinj’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, Rovinj 70: La Romana leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. La Romana 38, Rovinj 50: Rovinj leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. La Romana 24, Rovinj 38: Rovinj leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. La Romana 30, Rovinj 25: La Romana leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Romana 62, Rovinj 60: La Romana leads by 2 points.
Day trips. La Romana 52, Rovinj 68: Rovinj leads by 16 points.
Good for families. La Romana 56, Rovinj 52: La Romana leads by 4 points.
Getting around. La Romana 24, Rovinj 55: Rovinj leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. La Romana and Rovinj are level on 28.
Affordability. La Romana 50, Rovinj 36: La Romana leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Romana 17, Rovinj 15: La Romana leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Romana 44, Rovinj 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 Rovinj.

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.

Rovinj
Best match
45match

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
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Rovinj in July

29 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °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.

Rovinj's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Trieste.

Rovinj 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). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa RomanaRovinj
Official languageSpanishCroatian
CurrencyDominican Peso (DOP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation10 m0 m
Main airportCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa RomanaRovinj
City population139,23812,968
People per km²512-
Museums within 10 km01
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. 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.