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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 Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Santo Domingo by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Santo Domingo or Vienna?

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
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Vienna for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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, Vienna 27: Santo Domingo leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Santo Domingo 58, Vienna 68: Vienna leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Santo Domingo 64, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Santo Domingo 66, Vienna 50: Santo Domingo leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Santo Domingo 36, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Santo Domingo 44, Vienna 74: Vienna leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Santo Domingo 40, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Santo Domingo 40, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Santo Domingo 44, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Santo Domingo 66, Vienna 44: Santo Domingo leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Santo Domingo 46, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santo Domingo 22, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Santo Domingo and Vienna.

Your match

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

Santo Domingo
49match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSanto DomingoVienna
Official languageSpanishGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyDominican Peso (DOP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation14 m151 m
Main airportLas Américas International Airport (SDQ)28 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureSanto DomingoVienna
City population2,201,9412,028,289
People per km²1,6914,890
Museums within 10 km10152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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.