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The old town hall, Boca Raton
Boca RatonThe old town hall
Skiers and chairlifts on the slopes in sunshine, Deer Valley
Deer ValleySkiers and chairlifts on the slopes in sunshine

Photos: Boca Raton by Spudgun67, CC0; Deer Valley by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Boca Raton or Deer Valley?

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
  • shopping
  • day trips

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

Choose Deer Valley for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Deer Valley’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, Deer Valley 10: Boca Raton leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Boca Raton 44, Deer Valley 38: Boca Raton leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Boca Raton 28, Deer Valley 15: Boca Raton leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Boca Raton 32, Deer Valley 25: Boca Raton leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boca Raton 50, Deer Valley 90: Deer Valley leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Boca Raton 60, Deer Valley 38: Boca Raton leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Boca Raton 62, Deer Valley 60: Boca Raton leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Boca Raton 18, Deer Valley 50: Deer Valley leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Boca Raton 54, Deer Valley 25: Boca Raton leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Boca Raton 22, Deer Valley 4: Boca Raton leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boca Raton 33, Deer Valley 30: Boca Raton leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boca Raton 42, Deer Valley 52: Deer Valley leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Boca Raton and Deer Valley.

Your match

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

Boca Raton
Best match
44match

Wins on beaches and shopping with your weighting.

Deer Valley
36match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Deer Valley in July

28 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Boca RatonDeer Valley

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.

Deer Valley's temperatures are measured 82 km from the centre, at Evanston.

Deer Valley's station stands 297 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Deer Valley 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). Deer Valley: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Evanston (81.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBoca RatonDeer Valley
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation4 m2,474 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)33 km from centre138 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)45 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBoca RatonDeer Valley
City population97,422-
People per km²1,203-
Museums within 10 km50
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.