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The old town hall, Boca Raton
Boca RatonThe old town hall
Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea

Photos: Boca Raton by Spudgun67, CC0; Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Boca Raton or Dubrovnik?

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

  • shopping
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Dubrovnik for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Dubrovnik’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, Dubrovnik 74: Boca Raton leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Boca Raton 44, Dubrovnik 47: Dubrovnik leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Boca Raton 28, Dubrovnik 72: Dubrovnik leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Boca Raton 32, Dubrovnik 37: Dubrovnik leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boca Raton 50, Dubrovnik 70: Dubrovnik leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Boca Raton 60, Dubrovnik 66: Dubrovnik leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Boca Raton 62, Dubrovnik 50: Boca Raton leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Boca Raton 18, Dubrovnik 60: Dubrovnik leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Boca Raton 54, Dubrovnik 25: Boca Raton leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Boca Raton 22, Dubrovnik 28: Dubrovnik leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boca Raton 33, Dubrovnik 25: Boca Raton leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boca Raton 42, Dubrovnik 32: Boca Raton 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 Dubrovnik.

Your match

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

Boca Raton
44match

Wins on shopping and families with your weighting.

Dubrovnik
Best match
49match

Wins on culture and sights 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
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Dubrovnik in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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.

Dubrovnik 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.

Dubrovnik's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Mostar.

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). Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBoca RatonDubrovnik
Official language-Croatian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation4 m10 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)33 km from centre138 non-stop destinationsDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBoca RatonDubrovnik
City population97,42241,562
People per km²1,203-
Museums within 10 km57
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.