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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 White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade

Photos: La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

La Romana or Thessaloniki?

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
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Thessaloniki for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Thessaloniki’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, Thessaloniki 55: La Romana leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. La Romana 38, Thessaloniki 77: Thessaloniki leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. La Romana 24, Thessaloniki 73: Thessaloniki leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. La Romana 30, Thessaloniki 76: Thessaloniki leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Romana 62, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 4 points.
Day trips. La Romana 52, Thessaloniki 74: Thessaloniki leads by 22 points.
Good for families. La Romana 56, Thessaloniki 50: La Romana leads by 6 points.
Getting around. La Romana 24, Thessaloniki 60: Thessaloniki leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. La Romana 28, Thessaloniki 50: Thessaloniki leads by 22 points.
Affordability. La Romana 50, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Romana 17, Thessaloniki 52: Thessaloniki leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Romana 44, Thessaloniki 33: La Romana leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Romana and Thessaloniki.

Your match

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

La Romana
42match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on culture and sights and nightlife 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

Thessaloniki in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °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). Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa RomanaThessaloniki
Official languageSpanishGreek
CurrencyDominican Peso (DOP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation10 m6 m
Main airportCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa RomanaThessaloniki
City population139,238309,617
People per km²51216,042
Museums within 10 km032
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.