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The old town hall, Boca Raton
Boca RatonThe old town hall
Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island

Photos: Boca Raton by Spudgun67, CC0; Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Boca Raton or Hurghada?

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

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Hurghada for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Hurghada’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, Hurghada 84: Hurghada leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Boca Raton 44, Hurghada 34: Boca Raton leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Boca Raton 28, Hurghada 14: Boca Raton leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Boca Raton 32, Hurghada 40: Hurghada leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boca Raton 50, Hurghada 72: Hurghada leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Boca Raton 60, Hurghada 30: Boca Raton leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Boca Raton and Hurghada are level on 62.
Getting around. Boca Raton 18, Hurghada 22: Hurghada leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Boca Raton 54, Hurghada 24: Boca Raton leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Boca Raton 22, Hurghada 80: Hurghada leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boca Raton 33, Hurghada 10: Boca Raton leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boca Raton 42, Hurghada 44: Hurghada leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Boca Raton and Hurghada.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Boca Raton
44match

Wins on day trips and shopping with your weighting.

Hurghada
43match

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

Hurghada in July

37 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
14 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). Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBoca RatonHurghada
Official language-Arabic
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation4 m11 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)33 km from centre138 non-stop destinationsHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureBoca RatonHurghada
City population97,422214,247
People per km²1,203-
Museums within 10 km51
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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.