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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 red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

La Romana or Wellington?

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 Wellington for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: La Romana leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. La Romana 38, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. La Romana 24, Wellington 44: Wellington leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. La Romana 30, Wellington 45: Wellington leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Romana 62, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 16 points.
Day trips. La Romana 52, Wellington 40: La Romana leads by 12 points.
Good for families. La Romana 56, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 6 points.
Getting around. La Romana 24, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. La Romana 28, Wellington 42: Wellington leads by 14 points.
Affordability. La Romana 50, Wellington 33: La Romana leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Romana 17, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Romana 44, Wellington 30: La Romana leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Romana and Wellington.

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.

Wellington
Best match
49match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 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.

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

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). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa RomanaWellington
Official languageSpanishEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyDominican Peso (DOP)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number911111
Elevation10 m0 m
Main airportCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa RomanaWellington
City population139,238216,200
People per km²512487
Museums within 10 km012
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.