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The old town hall, Boca Raton
Boca RatonThe old town hall
A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane

Photos: Boca Raton by Spudgun67, CC0; Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Boca Raton or Gdansk?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Gdansk for

  • getting around
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Gdansk’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, Gdansk 40: Boca Raton leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Boca Raton 44, Gdansk 50: Gdansk leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Boca Raton 28, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Boca Raton 32, Gdansk 52: Gdansk leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boca Raton 50, Gdansk 58: Gdansk leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Boca Raton 60, Gdansk 62: Gdansk leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Boca Raton and Gdansk are level on 62.
Getting around. Boca Raton 18, Gdansk 72: Gdansk leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Boca Raton 54, Gdansk 42: Boca Raton leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Boca Raton 22, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boca Raton 33, Gdansk 52: Gdansk leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boca Raton 42, Gdansk 36: Boca Raton 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 Gdansk.

Your match

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

Boca Raton
44match

Wins on beaches and shopping with your weighting.

Gdansk
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around and prices 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

Gdansk in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
17 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.

Gdansk 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.

Gdansk's sunshine is measured 55 km from the centre, at Elblag.

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). Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBoca RatonGdansk
Official language-Polish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation4 m11 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)33 km from centre138 non-stop destinationsGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBoca RatonGdansk
City population97,422487,834
People per km²1,203714
Museums within 10 km534
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.