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The old town hall, Boca Raton
Boca RatonThe old town hall
Huntington Beach Pier on a summer day, Huntington Beach
Huntington BeachHuntington Beach Pier on a summer day

Photos: Boca Raton by Spudgun67, CC0; Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License.

Boca Raton or Huntington Beach?

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

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • shopping

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

Choose Huntington Beach for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Huntington Beach’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, Huntington Beach 70: Boca Raton leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Boca Raton 44, Huntington Beach 46: Huntington Beach leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Boca Raton 28, Huntington Beach 14: Boca Raton leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Boca Raton 32, Huntington Beach 38: Huntington Beach leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boca Raton 50, Huntington Beach 58: Huntington Beach leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Boca Raton 60, Huntington Beach 63: Huntington Beach leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Boca Raton 62, Huntington Beach 82: Huntington Beach leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Boca Raton 18, Huntington Beach 20: Huntington Beach leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Boca Raton 54, Huntington Beach 42: Boca Raton leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Boca Raton 22, Huntington Beach 28: Huntington Beach leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boca Raton and Huntington Beach are level on 33.
Wellness & relaxation. Boca Raton 42, Huntington Beach 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 Huntington Beach.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Boca Raton
44match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches with your weighting.

Huntington Beach
44match

Wins on families 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

Huntington Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Boca RatonHuntington Beach

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). Huntington Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBoca RatonHuntington Beach
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation4 m12 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)33 km from centre138 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBoca RatonHuntington Beach
City population97,422198,711
People per km²1,2032,406
Museums within 10 km53
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. 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.