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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 beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Santo Domingo by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Santo Domingo or Tel Aviv?

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

  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Tel Aviv’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, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Santo Domingo 58, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Santo Domingo 64, Tel Aviv 57: Santo Domingo leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Santo Domingo 66, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Santo Domingo 36, Tel Aviv 52: Tel Aviv leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Santo Domingo 44, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Santo Domingo 40, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Santo Domingo 40, Tel Aviv 64: Tel Aviv leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Santo Domingo 44, Tel Aviv 55: Tel Aviv leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Santo Domingo 66, Tel Aviv 14: Santo Domingo leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Santo Domingo 46, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santo Domingo 22, Tel Aviv 35: Tel Aviv leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Santo Domingo and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Santo Domingo
49match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on day trips and beaches 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

Tel Aviv in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
27 °Csea
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Santo Domingo: 1991-2020 normals, Santo Domingo (6.4 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSanto DomingoTel Aviv
Official languageSpanishHebrew
CurrencyDominican Peso (DOP)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 100, fire 102
Elevation14 m5 m
Main airportLas Américas International Airport (SDQ)28 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureSanto DomingoTel Aviv
City population2,201,941467,875
People per km²1,6918,998
Museums within 10 km1098
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months7 months

Where else could you go?

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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.