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The old town hall, Boca Raton
Boca RatonThe old town hall
Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis

Photos: Boca Raton by Spudgun67, CC0; Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0.

Boca Raton or Florianopolis?

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
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Florianopolis for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Florianopolis’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, Florianopolis 85: Florianopolis leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Boca Raton 44, Florianopolis 58: Florianopolis leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Boca Raton 28, Florianopolis 33: Florianopolis leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Boca Raton 32, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boca Raton 50, Florianopolis 78: Florianopolis leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Boca Raton 60, Florianopolis 50: Boca Raton leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Boca Raton 62, Florianopolis 60: Boca Raton leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Boca Raton 18, Florianopolis 28: Florianopolis leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Boca Raton 54, Florianopolis 33: Boca Raton leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Boca Raton 22, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boca Raton 33, Florianopolis 28: Boca Raton leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boca Raton 42, Florianopolis 45: Florianopolis leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Boca Raton and Florianopolis.

Your match

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

Boca Raton
44match

Wins on shopping and day trips with your weighting.

Florianopolis
Best match
52match

Wins on prices and nightlife 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

Florianopolis in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
11 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). Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBoca RatonFlorianopolis
Official language-Portuguese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation4 m3 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)33 km from centre138 non-stop destinationsHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBoca RatonFlorianopolis
City population97,422587,486
People per km²1,203870
Museums within 10 km511
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months7 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.