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The old town hall, Boca Raton
Boca RatonThe old town hall
The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue

Photos: Boca Raton by Spudgun67, CC0; Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Boca Raton or Mombasa?

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
  • families
  • day trips

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

Choose Mombasa for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Mombasa’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 and Mombasa are level on 82.
Food & drink. Boca Raton 44, Mombasa 60: Mombasa leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Boca Raton 28, Mombasa 55: Mombasa leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Boca Raton 32, Mombasa 46: Mombasa leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boca Raton 50, Mombasa 74: Mombasa leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Boca Raton 60, Mombasa 45: Boca Raton leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Boca Raton 62, Mombasa 45: Boca Raton leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Boca Raton 18, Mombasa 30: Mombasa leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Boca Raton 54, Mombasa 35: Boca Raton leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Boca Raton 22, Mombasa 70: Mombasa leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boca Raton 33, Mombasa 22: Boca Raton leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boca Raton 42, Mombasa 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 Mombasa.

Your match

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

Boca Raton
44match

Wins on shopping and families with your weighting.

Mombasa
Best match
50match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Boca RatonMombasa

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.

Mombasa 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). Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBoca RatonMombasa
Official language-English, Swahili
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number911Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation4 m50 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)33 km from centre138 non-stop destinationsMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBoca RatonMombasa
City population97,4221,208,333
People per km²1,2034,100
Museums within 10 km50
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.