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The old town hall, Boca Raton
Boca RatonThe old town hall
Beira Lake with Seema Malaka and the Lotus Tower, Colombo
ColomboBeira Lake with Seema Malaka and the Lotus Tower

Photos: Boca Raton by Spudgun67, CC0; Colombo by Mohamed Ansaf, Pexels License.

Boca Raton or Colombo?

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 Boca Raton for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Colombo for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Colombo’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. Boca Raton 82, Colombo 55: Boca Raton leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Boca Raton 44, Colombo 66: Colombo leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Boca Raton 28, Colombo 45: Colombo leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Boca Raton 32, Colombo 35: Colombo leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boca Raton 50, Colombo 32: Boca Raton leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Boca Raton 60, Colombo 50: Boca Raton leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Boca Raton 62, Colombo 35: Boca Raton leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Boca Raton 18, Colombo 35: Colombo leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Boca Raton 54, Colombo 45: Boca Raton leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Boca Raton 22, Colombo 78: Colombo leads by 56 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boca Raton 33, Colombo 30: Boca Raton leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boca Raton 42, Colombo 48: Colombo leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Boca Raton and Colombo.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Boca Raton
44match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Colombo
46match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Colombo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
128 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 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. Boca Raton: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Pompano Beach / Kendall Green (13.6 km from centre). Colombo: 1991-2020 normals, Colombo (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBoca RatonColombo
Official language-Tamil, Sinhala
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Sri Lanka Rupee (LKR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzGM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number911Police 119, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation4 m1 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)33 km from centre138 non-stop destinationsBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)28 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBoca RatonColombo
City population97,422647,557
People per km²1,20317,361
Museums within 10 km510
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.