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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 Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
San FranciscoThe Golden Gate Bridge

Photos: La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped; San Francisco by Elijah Cobb, Pexels License.

La Romana or San Francisco?

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 San Francisco for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on San Francisco’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, San Francisco 25: La Romana leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. La Romana 38, San Francisco 82: San Francisco leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. La Romana 24, San Francisco 68: San Francisco leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. La Romana 30, San Francisco 58: San Francisco leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Romana 62, San Francisco 80: San Francisco leads by 18 points.
Day trips. La Romana 52, San Francisco 72: San Francisco leads by 20 points.
Good for families. La Romana 56, San Francisco 66: San Francisco leads by 10 points.
Getting around. La Romana 24, San Francisco 70: San Francisco leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. La Romana 28, San Francisco 58: San Francisco leads by 30 points.
Affordability. La Romana 50, San Francisco 14: La Romana leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Romana 17, San Francisco 76: San Francisco leads by 59 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Romana 44, San Francisco 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 San Francisco.

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.

San Francisco
Best match
59match

Wins on live music and the arts 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
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

San Francisco in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
13 °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.

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). San Francisco: 1981-2010 normals, Alameda Naval Air Station (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa RomanaSan Francisco
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 m16 m
Main airportCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsSan Francisco International Airport (SFO)18 km from centre142 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa RomanaSan Francisco
City population139,238873,965
People per km²5121,455
Museums within 10 km051
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.