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The old town hall, Boca Raton
Boca RatonThe old town hall
A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz

Photos: Boca Raton by Spudgun67, CC0; Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Boca Raton or Fethiye?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • families

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

Choose Fethiye for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Fethiye’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 and Fethiye are level on 82.
Food & drink. Boca Raton 44, Fethiye 45: Fethiye leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Boca Raton 28, Fethiye 35: Fethiye leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Boca Raton 32, Fethiye 42: Fethiye leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boca Raton 50, Fethiye 84: Fethiye leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Boca Raton 60, Fethiye 76: Fethiye leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Boca Raton 62, Fethiye 60: Boca Raton leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Boca Raton 18, Fethiye 50: Fethiye leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Boca Raton 54, Fethiye 38: Boca Raton leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Boca Raton 22, Fethiye 62: Fethiye leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boca Raton 33, Fethiye 15: Boca Raton leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boca Raton 42, Fethiye 55: Fethiye leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Boca Raton and Fethiye.

Your match

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

Boca Raton
44match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping with your weighting.

Fethiye
Best match
54match

Wins on prices 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.

Boca Raton in July

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

Fethiye in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
8 mmrain in the month
26 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Boca RatonFethiye

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.

Fethiye's temperatures are measured 31 km from the centre, at Dalaman.

Fethiye 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). Fethiye: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (30.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBoca RatonFethiye
Official language-Turkish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number911112
Elevation4 m0 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)33 km from centre138 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBoca RatonFethiye
City population97,422182,200
People per km²1,203-
Museums within 10 km51
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 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.