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Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown
The statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral, Santo Domingo
Santo DomingoThe statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral

Photos: Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Santo Domingo by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Portland 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 Portland for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’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. Portland 20, Santo Domingo 58: Santo Domingo leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Portland 68, Santo Domingo 58: Portland leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Portland 38, Santo Domingo 64: Santo Domingo leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Portland 52, Santo Domingo 66: Santo Domingo leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Portland 84, Santo Domingo 36: Portland leads by 48 points.
Day trips. Portland 58, Santo Domingo 44: Portland leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Portland 55, Santo Domingo 40: Portland leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Portland 62, Santo Domingo 40: Portland leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Portland 52, Santo Domingo 44: Portland leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Portland 38, Santo Domingo 66: Santo Domingo leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Portland 55, Santo Domingo 46: Portland leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Portland 42, Santo Domingo 22: Portland leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Portland and Santo Domingo.

Your match

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

Portland
Best match
52match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Santo Domingo in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
183 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PortlandSanto 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. Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre). Santo Domingo: 1991-2020 normals, Santo Domingo (6.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortlandSanto Domingo
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number911911
Elevation152 m14 m
Main airportPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsLas Américas International Airport (SDQ)28 km from centre40 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortlandSanto Domingo
City population652,5032,201,941
People per km²1,7361,691
Museums within 10 km1710
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.