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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 Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Santo Domingo by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Santo Domingo or Yogyakarta?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Yogyakarta for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Yogyakarta’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, Yogyakarta 22: Santo Domingo leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Santo Domingo 58, Yogyakarta 62: Yogyakarta leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Santo Domingo 64, Yogyakarta 68: Yogyakarta leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Santo Domingo 66, Yogyakarta 32: Santo Domingo leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Santo Domingo 36, Yogyakarta 72: Yogyakarta leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Santo Domingo 44, Yogyakarta 78: Yogyakarta leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Santo Domingo and Yogyakarta are level on 40.
Getting around. Santo Domingo 40, Yogyakarta 35: Santo Domingo leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Santo Domingo 44, Yogyakarta 52: Yogyakarta leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Santo Domingo 66, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Santo Domingo 46, Yogyakarta 58: Yogyakarta leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santo Domingo 22, Yogyakarta 50: Yogyakarta leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Santo Domingo and Yogyakarta.

Your match

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

Santo Domingo
49match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Yogyakarta
Best match
55match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips 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

Yogyakarta in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
55 mmrain in the month
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Santo DomingoYogyakarta

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.

Yogyakarta has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Santo Domingo: 1991-2020 normals, Santo Domingo (6.4 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureSanto DomingoYogyakarta
Official languageSpanishIndonesian
CurrencyDominican Peso (DOP)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+7
Emergency number911112
Elevation14 m113 m
Main airportLas Américas International Airport (SDQ)28 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureSanto DomingoYogyakarta
City population2,201,941422,732
People per km²1,69113,007
Museums within 10 km1038
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.