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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
Mountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola, Telluride
TellurideMountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola

Photos: Santo Domingo by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Telluride by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Santo Domingo or Telluride?

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
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Telluride for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Telluride’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, Telluride 5: Santo Domingo leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Santo Domingo 58, Telluride 38: Santo Domingo leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Santo Domingo 64, Telluride 20: Santo Domingo leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Santo Domingo 66, Telluride 20: Santo Domingo leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Santo Domingo 36, Telluride 93: Telluride leads by 57 points.
Day trips. Santo Domingo 44, Telluride 30: Santo Domingo leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Santo Domingo 40, Telluride 45: Telluride leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Santo Domingo 40, Telluride 66: Telluride leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Santo Domingo 44, Telluride 25: Santo Domingo leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Santo Domingo 66, Telluride 7: Santo Domingo leads by 59 points.
Live music & performing arts. Santo Domingo 46, Telluride 35: Santo Domingo leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santo Domingo 22, Telluride 45: Telluride leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Santo Domingo and Telluride.

Your match

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

Santo Domingo
Best match
49match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Telluride
36match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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

Telluride in July

23 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
58 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.

Telluride 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). Telluride: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Telluride / Lime (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSanto DomingoTelluride
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyDominican Peso (DOP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation14 m2,667 m
Main airportLas Américas International Airport (SDQ)28 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsMontrose Regional Airport (MTJ)64 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSanto DomingoTelluride
City population2,201,9412,607
People per km²1,6911,372
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.