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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 CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

La Romana or Toronto?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Toronto for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: La Romana leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. La Romana 38, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. La Romana 24, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. La Romana 30, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Romana 62, Toronto 52: La Romana leads by 10 points.
Day trips. La Romana 52, Toronto 50: La Romana leads by 2 points.
Good for families. La Romana 56, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 18 points.
Getting around. La Romana 24, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. La Romana 28, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 38 points.
Affordability. La Romana 50, Toronto 34: La Romana leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Romana 17, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 55 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Romana 44, Toronto 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 Toronto.

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.

Toronto
Best match
55match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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La RomanaToronto

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). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa RomanaToronto
Official languageSpanishFrench, English
CurrencyDominican Peso (DOP)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation10 m76 m
Main airportCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa RomanaToronto
City population139,2382,794,356
People per km²5124,434
Museums within 10 km032
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months1 month

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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.