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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 Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky, Xi'an
Xi'anThe Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky

Photos: La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Xi'an by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

La Romana or Xi'an?

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
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Xi'an for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Xi'an’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, Xi'an 4: La Romana leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. La Romana 38, Xi'an 70: Xi'an leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. La Romana 24, Xi'an 81: Xi'an leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. La Romana 30, Xi'an 42: Xi'an leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Romana and Xi'an are level on 62.
Day trips. La Romana 52, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 28 points.
Good for families. La Romana 56, Xi'an 48: La Romana leads by 8 points.
Getting around. La Romana 24, Xi'an 66: Xi'an leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. La Romana 28, Xi'an 50: Xi'an leads by 22 points.
Affordability. La Romana 50, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Romana 17, Xi'an 40: Xi'an leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Romana 44, Xi'an 40: La Romana leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Romana and Xi'an.

Your match

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

La Romana
42match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Xi'an
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Xi'an in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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). Xi'an: 1991-2020 normals, Xi'An (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa RomanaXi'an
Official languageSpanishPutonghua
CurrencyDominican Peso (DOP)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+8
Emergency number911Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation10 m405 m
Main airportCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsXi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY)26 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa RomanaXi'an
City population139,23812,952,907
People per km²5121,283
Museums within 10 km09
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.