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Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple
The statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral, Santo Domingo
Santo DomingoThe statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral

Photos: Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License; Santo Domingo by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Osaka or Santo Domingo?

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 Osaka for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Santo Domingo for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Santo Domingo’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. Osaka 34, Santo Domingo 58: Santo Domingo leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Osaka 91, Santo Domingo 58: Osaka leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Osaka 63, Santo Domingo 64: Santo Domingo leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Osaka 80, Santo Domingo 66: Osaka leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Osaka 58, Santo Domingo 36: Osaka leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Osaka 97, Santo Domingo 44: Osaka leads by 53 points.
Good for families. Osaka 88, Santo Domingo 40: Osaka leads by 48 points.
Getting around. Osaka 90, Santo Domingo 40: Osaka leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Osaka 80, Santo Domingo 44: Osaka leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Osaka 60, Santo Domingo 66: Santo Domingo leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Osaka 66, Santo Domingo 46: Osaka leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Osaka 66, Santo Domingo 22: Osaka leads by 44 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Osaka and Santo Domingo.

Your match

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

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Santo Domingo
49match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Santo Domingo in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
183 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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OsakaSanto Domingo

Where the figures come from

Santo Domingo 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. Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre). Santo Domingo: 1991-2020 normals, Santo Domingo (6.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsakaSanto Domingo
Official languageJapaneseSpanish
CurrencyYen (JPY)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119911
Elevation20 m14 m
Main airportKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinationsLas Américas International Airport (SDQ)28 km from centre40 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsakaSanto Domingo
City population2,751,8622,201,941
People per km²12,3401,691
Museums within 10 km4410
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km61
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.