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The old town hall, Boca Raton
Boca RatonThe old town hall
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Boca Raton by Spudgun67, CC0; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Boca Raton or Mazatlan?

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

  • shopping
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Mazatlan for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Mazatlan’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, Mazatlan 80: Boca Raton leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Boca Raton 44, Mazatlan 62: Mazatlan leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Boca Raton 28, Mazatlan 42: Mazatlan leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Boca Raton 32, Mazatlan 55: Mazatlan leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boca Raton 50, Mazatlan 66: Mazatlan leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Boca Raton 60, Mazatlan 45: Boca Raton leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Boca Raton 62, Mazatlan 60: Boca Raton leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Boca Raton 18, Mazatlan 42: Mazatlan leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Boca Raton 54, Mazatlan 30: Boca Raton leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Boca Raton 22, Mazatlan 70: Mazatlan leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boca Raton 33, Mazatlan 40: Mazatlan leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boca Raton 42, Mazatlan 35: Boca Raton leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Boca Raton and Mazatlan.

Your match

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

Boca Raton
44match

Wins on shopping and day trips with your weighting.

Mazatlan
Best match
52match

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
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Mazatlan in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBoca RatonMazatlan
Official language-Spanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number911911
Elevation4 m139 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)33 km from centre138 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBoca RatonMazatlan
City population97,422441,975
People per km²1,203-
Museums within 10 km53
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.