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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
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

La Romana or Ushuaia?

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
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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, Ushuaia 3: La Romana leads by 81 points.
Food & drink. La Romana 38, Ushuaia 40: Ushuaia leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. La Romana 24, Ushuaia 22: La Romana leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. La Romana 30, Ushuaia 18: La Romana leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Romana 62, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 26 points.
Day trips. La Romana 52, Ushuaia 14: La Romana leads by 38 points.
Good for families. La Romana 56, Ushuaia 40: La Romana leads by 16 points.
Getting around. La Romana 24, Ushuaia 45: Ushuaia leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. La Romana 28, Ushuaia 22: La Romana leads by 6 points.
Affordability. La Romana 50, Ushuaia 42: La Romana leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Romana 17, Ushuaia 10: La Romana leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Romana 44, Ushuaia 26: La Romana leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Romana and Ushuaia.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
No seasea
8 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). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa RomanaUshuaia
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyDominican Peso (DOP)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-3
Emergency number911117 or 911
Elevation10 m23 m
Main airportCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa RomanaUshuaia
City population139,23882,615
People per km²5123,592
Museums within 10 km05
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. 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.