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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
The cathedral facade, Siena
SienaThe cathedral facade

Photos: Santo Domingo by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Santo Domingo or Siena?

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

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Siena for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Siena’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, Siena 14: Santo Domingo leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Santo Domingo 58, Siena 62: Siena leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Santo Domingo 64, Siena 78: Siena leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Santo Domingo 66, Siena 27: Santo Domingo leads by 39 points.
Nature & outdoors. Santo Domingo 36, Siena 65: Siena leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Santo Domingo 44, Siena 94: Siena leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Santo Domingo 40, Siena 38: Santo Domingo leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Santo Domingo 40, Siena 60: Siena leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Santo Domingo 44, Siena 35: Santo Domingo leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Santo Domingo 66, Siena 42: Santo Domingo leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Santo Domingo 46, Siena 36: Santo Domingo leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santo Domingo 22, Siena 55: Siena leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Santo Domingo and Siena.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Santo Domingo
49match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Siena
51match

Wins on day trips and wellness 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

Siena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 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.

Siena's temperatures are measured 45 km from the centre, at Arezzo.

Siena 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). Siena: 2006-2017 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Arezzo (45 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSanto DomingoSiena
Official languageSpanishItalian
CurrencyDominican Peso (DOP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation14 m322 m
Main airportLas Américas International Airport (SDQ)28 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSanto DomingoSiena
City population2,201,94152,812
People per km²1,691446
Museums within 10 km1030
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.