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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
Hanok houses in Bukchon, Seoul
SeoulHanok houses in Bukchon

Photos: La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Seoul by 거열 박, Pexels License.

La Romana or Seoul?

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

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

Choose Seoul for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Seoul’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, Seoul 18: La Romana leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. La Romana 38, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 46 points.
Culture & sights. La Romana 24, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 51 points.
Nightlife. La Romana 30, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 54 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Romana 62, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 13 points.
Day trips. La Romana 52, Seoul 77: Seoul leads by 25 points.
Good for families. La Romana 56, Seoul 80: Seoul leads by 24 points.
Getting around. La Romana 24, Seoul 87: Seoul leads by 63 points.
Shopping & style. La Romana 28, Seoul 85: Seoul leads by 57 points.
Affordability. La Romana and Seoul are level on 50.
Live music & performing arts. La Romana 17, Seoul 63: Seoul leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Romana 44, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Romana and Seoul.

Your match

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

La Romana
42match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

Seoul
Best match
71match

Wins on getting around 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

Seoul in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
422 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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La RomanaSeoul

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). Seoul: 1991-2020 normals, Seoul (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa RomanaSeoul
Official languageSpanishKorean, Korean Sign Language
CurrencyDominican Peso (DOP)Won (KRW)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+9
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 119, fire 119
Elevation10 m38 m
Main airportCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsIncheon International Airport (ICN)49 km from centre162 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa RomanaSeoul
City population139,2389,668,465
People per km²51215,973
Museums within 10 km081
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months2 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.