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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
The old town hall, Boca Raton
Boca RatonThe old town hall

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Boca Raton by Spudgun67, CC0.

Acapulco or Boca Raton?

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 Acapulco for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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

Choose Boca Raton for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Boca Raton’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. Acapulco 80, Boca Raton 82: Boca Raton leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Boca Raton 44: Acapulco leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco and Boca Raton are level on 28.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Boca Raton 32: Acapulco leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco and Boca Raton are level on 50.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Boca Raton 60: Boca Raton leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Boca Raton 62: Boca Raton leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Boca Raton 18: Acapulco leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Boca Raton 54: Boca Raton leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Boca Raton 22: Acapulco leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Boca Raton 33: Boca Raton leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Boca Raton 42: Boca Raton leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Boca Raton.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Acapulco
44match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Boca Raton
44match

Wins on day trips and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Acapulco in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
226 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Boca Raton in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
191 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °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

Boca Raton 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. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Boca Raton: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Pompano Beach / Kendall Green (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoBoca Raton
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya-
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation18 m4 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)33 km from centre138 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoBoca Raton
City population658,60997,422
People per km²3501,203
Museums within 10 km35
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. 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.