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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
A cobbled street of painted houses in the old town, San Miguel de Allende
San Miguel de AllendeA cobbled street of painted houses in the old town

Photos: La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped; San Miguel de Allende by Russ Bowling, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

La Romana or San Miguel de Allende?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose San Miguel de Allende for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on San Miguel de Allende’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 Miguel de Allende 4: La Romana leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. La Romana 38, San Miguel de Allende 62: San Miguel de Allende leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. La Romana 24, San Miguel de Allende 62: San Miguel de Allende leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. La Romana 30, San Miguel de Allende 38: San Miguel de Allende leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Romana 62, San Miguel de Allende 40: La Romana leads by 22 points.
Day trips. La Romana 52, San Miguel de Allende 77: San Miguel de Allende leads by 25 points.
Good for families. La Romana 56, San Miguel de Allende 32: La Romana leads by 24 points.
Getting around. La Romana 24, San Miguel de Allende 48: San Miguel de Allende leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. La Romana 28, San Miguel de Allende 55: San Miguel de Allende leads by 27 points.
Affordability. La Romana and San Miguel de Allende are level on 50.
Live music & performing arts. La Romana 17, San Miguel de Allende 40: San Miguel de Allende leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Romana 44, San Miguel de Allende 66: San Miguel de Allende leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Romana and San Miguel de Allende.

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.

San Miguel de Allende
Best match
48match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping 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

San Miguel de Allende in July

29 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
132 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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La RomanaSan Miguel de Allende

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.

San Miguel de Allende's temperatures are measured 54 km from the centre, at Guanajuato, Gto..

San Miguel de Allende 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 Miguel de Allende: 1991-2020 normals, Guanajuato, Gto. (53.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa RomanaSan Miguel de Allende
Official languageSpanishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyDominican Peso (DOP)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-6
Emergency number911911
Elevation10 m1,900 m
Main airportCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsGuanajuato International Airport (BJX)77 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa RomanaSan Miguel de Allende
City population139,23869,811
People per km²512-
Museums within 10 km02
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.