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The statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral, Santo Domingo
Santo DomingoThe statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral
Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona

Photos: Santo Domingo by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Santo Domingo or Sedona?

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 Santo Domingo for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Sedona for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Sedona’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. Santo Domingo 58, Sedona 16: Santo Domingo leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Santo Domingo 58, Sedona 33: Santo Domingo leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Santo Domingo 64, Sedona 20: Santo Domingo leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Santo Domingo 66, Sedona 8: Santo Domingo leads by 58 points.
Nature & outdoors. Santo Domingo 36, Sedona 93: Sedona leads by 57 points.
Day trips. Santo Domingo 44, Sedona 55: Sedona leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Santo Domingo 40, Sedona 42: Sedona leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Santo Domingo 40, Sedona 22: Santo Domingo leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Santo Domingo 44, Sedona 34: Santo Domingo leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Santo Domingo 66, Sedona 18: Santo Domingo leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Santo Domingo 46, Sedona 13: Santo Domingo leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santo Domingo 22, Sedona 82: Sedona leads by 60 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Santo Domingo and Sedona.

Your match

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

Santo Domingo
Best match
49match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Sedona
36match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Santo Domingo in July

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

Sedona in July

34 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
51 mmrain in the month
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

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.

Sedona's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Sedona 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. Santo Domingo: 1991-2020 normals, Santo Domingo (6.4 km from centre). Sedona: 2009-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sedona / West Sedona (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSanto DomingoSedona
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyDominican Peso (DOP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-7
Emergency number911911
Elevation14 m1,319 m
Main airportLas Américas International Airport (SDQ)28 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSanto DomingoSedona
City population2,201,9419,684
People per km²1,691195
Museums within 10 km100
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.