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The old town hall, Boca Raton
Boca RatonThe old town hall
The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above

Photos: Boca Raton by Spudgun67, CC0; Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Boca Raton or Marmaris?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Marmaris for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Marmaris’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, Marmaris 80: Boca Raton leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Boca Raton 44, Marmaris 40: Boca Raton leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Boca Raton 28, Marmaris 18: Boca Raton leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Boca Raton 32, Marmaris 60: Marmaris leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boca Raton 50, Marmaris 72: Marmaris leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Boca Raton 60, Marmaris 65: Marmaris leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Boca Raton and Marmaris are level on 62.
Getting around. Boca Raton 18, Marmaris 55: Marmaris leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Boca Raton 54, Marmaris 38: Boca Raton leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Boca Raton 22, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boca Raton 33, Marmaris 12: Boca Raton leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boca Raton 42, Marmaris 50: Marmaris leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Boca Raton and Marmaris.

Your match

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

Boca Raton
44match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping with your weighting.

Marmaris
Best match
51match

Wins on prices and getting around 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

Marmaris in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
8 mmrain in the month
25 °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.

Marmaris's temperatures are measured 49 km from the centre, at Dalaman.

Marmaris 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). Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBoca RatonMarmaris
Official language-Turkish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number911112
Elevation4 m7 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)33 km from centre138 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBoca RatonMarmaris
City population97,42297,818
People per km²1,203111
Museums within 10 km51
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 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. 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.