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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
Mountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola, Telluride
TellurideMountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola

Photos: La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Telluride by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

La Romana or Telluride?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Telluride for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Telluride’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, Telluride 5: La Romana leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. La Romana and Telluride are level on 38.
Culture & sights. La Romana 24, Telluride 20: La Romana leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. La Romana 30, Telluride 20: La Romana leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Romana 62, Telluride 93: Telluride leads by 31 points.
Day trips. La Romana 52, Telluride 30: La Romana leads by 22 points.
Good for families. La Romana 56, Telluride 45: La Romana leads by 11 points.
Getting around. La Romana 24, Telluride 66: Telluride leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. La Romana 28, Telluride 25: La Romana leads by 3 points.
Affordability. La Romana 50, Telluride 7: La Romana leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Romana 17, Telluride 35: Telluride leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Romana 44, Telluride 45: Telluride leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Romana and Telluride.

Your match

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

La Romana
Best match
42match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Telluride
36match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors 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

Telluride in July

23 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No seasea
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.

Telluride 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). Telluride: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Telluride / Lime (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa RomanaTelluride
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyDominican Peso (DOP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation10 m2,667 m
Main airportCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsMontrose Regional Airport (MTJ)64 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa RomanaTelluride
City population139,2382,607
People per km²5121,372
Museums within 10 km00
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.