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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
The old town hall, Boca Raton
Boca RatonThe old town hall

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Boca Raton by Spudgun67, CC0.

Bangkok 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 Bangkok for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Boca Raton for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Bangkok 12, Boca Raton 82: Boca Raton leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Boca Raton 44: Bangkok leads by 51 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Boca Raton 28: Bangkok leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Boca Raton 32: Bangkok leads by 53 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Boca Raton 50: Boca Raton leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Boca Raton 60: Bangkok leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Boca Raton 62: Boca Raton leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Boca Raton 18: Bangkok leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Boca Raton 54: Bangkok leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Boca Raton 22: Bangkok leads by 63 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Boca Raton 33: Bangkok leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Boca Raton 42: Bangkok leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Boca Raton.

Your match

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

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Boca Raton
44match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bangkok in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
184 mmrain in the month
5 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. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Boca Raton: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Pompano Beach / Kendall Green (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokBoca Raton
Official languageThai-
CurrencyBaht (THB)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199911
Elevation2 m4 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)33 km from centre138 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokBoca Raton
City population5,676,64897,422
People per km²3,6191,203
Museums within 10 km595
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.