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Skiers among snow-covered firs, Beaver Creek
Beaver CreekSkiers among snow-covered firs
The old town hall, Boca Raton
Boca RatonThe old town hall

Photos: Beaver Creek by Joe Lin, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Boca Raton by Spudgun67, CC0.

Beaver Creek 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 Beaver Creek for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Boca Raton for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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. Beaver Creek 6, Boca Raton 82: Boca Raton leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Beaver Creek 38, Boca Raton 44: Boca Raton leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Beaver Creek 7, Boca Raton 28: Boca Raton leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Beaver Creek 12, Boca Raton 32: Boca Raton leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Beaver Creek 90, Boca Raton 50: Beaver Creek leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Beaver Creek 40, Boca Raton 60: Boca Raton leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Beaver Creek and Boca Raton are level on 62.
Getting around. Beaver Creek 45, Boca Raton 18: Beaver Creek leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Beaver Creek 22, Boca Raton 54: Boca Raton leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Beaver Creek 5, Boca Raton 22: Boca Raton leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Beaver Creek 36, Boca Raton 33: Beaver Creek leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Beaver Creek 55, Boca Raton 42: Beaver Creek leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Beaver Creek and Boca Raton.

Your match

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

Beaver Creek
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Boca Raton
Best match
44match

Wins on beaches 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.

Beaver Creek in July

29 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Boca Raton in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
191 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Beaver CreekBoca Raton

Where the figures come from

Beaver Creek's temperatures are measured 34 km from the centre, at Eagle County / Gypsum.

Beaver Creek's station stands 268 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Beaver Creek 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.

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. Beaver Creek: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Eagle County / Gypsum (33.8 km from centre). Boca Raton: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Pompano Beach / Kendall Green (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBeaver CreekBoca Raton
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation2,264 m4 m
Main airportEagle County Regional Airport (EGE)34 km from centre16 non-stop destinationsFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)33 km from centre138 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBeaver CreekBoca Raton
City population-97,422
People per km²-1,203
Museums within 10 km05
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.