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The old town hall, Boca Raton
Boca RatonThe old town hall
The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig

Photos: Boca Raton by Spudgun67, CC0; Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License.

Boca Raton or Manila?

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
  • families
  • day trips

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

Choose Manila for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Manila’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, Manila 12: Boca Raton leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Boca Raton 44, Manila 64: Manila leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Boca Raton 28, Manila 54: Manila leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Boca Raton 32, Manila 64: Manila leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boca Raton 50, Manila 40: Boca Raton leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Boca Raton 60, Manila 42: Boca Raton leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Boca Raton 62, Manila 42: Boca Raton leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Boca Raton 18, Manila 26: Manila leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Boca Raton 54, Manila 60: Manila leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Boca Raton 22, Manila 77: Manila leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boca Raton 33, Manila 50: Manila leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boca Raton 42, Manila 40: Boca Raton 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 Manila.

Your match

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

Boca Raton
44match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Manila
Best match
48match

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
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Manila in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
487 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Boca RatonManila

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). Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBoca RatonManila
Official language-English, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911911
Elevation4 m9 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)33 km from centre138 non-stop destinationsNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureBoca RatonManila
City population97,4221,902,590
People per km²1,20376,104
Museums within 10 km527
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.