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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
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

La Romana or Savannah?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Savannah for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Savannah’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, Savannah 55: La Romana leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. La Romana 38, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. La Romana 24, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. La Romana 30, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Romana 62, Savannah 48: La Romana leads by 14 points.
Day trips. La Romana 52, Savannah 60: Savannah leads by 8 points.
Good for families. La Romana 56, Savannah 50: La Romana leads by 6 points.
Getting around. La Romana 24, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. La Romana 28, Savannah 42: Savannah leads by 14 points.
Affordability. La Romana 50, Savannah 35: La Romana leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Romana 17, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Romana 44, Savannah 40: La Romana leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Romana and Savannah.

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.

Savannah
Best match
51match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Savannah in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
144 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 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). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa RomanaSavannah
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyDominican Peso (DOP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation10 m15 m
Main airportCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa RomanaSavannah
City population139,238147,780
People per km²512524
Museums within 10 km019
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 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.