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The old town hall, Boca Raton
Boca RatonThe old town hall
The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park

Photos: Boca Raton by Spudgun67, CC0; Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Boca Raton or Paphos?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

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

Choose Paphos for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Paphos’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, Paphos 76: Boca Raton leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Boca Raton 44, Paphos 45: Paphos leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Boca Raton 28, Paphos 62: Paphos leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Boca Raton 32, Paphos 38: Paphos leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boca Raton 50, Paphos 70: Paphos leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Boca Raton 60, Paphos 64: Paphos leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Boca Raton 62, Paphos 68: Paphos leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Boca Raton 18, Paphos 40: Paphos leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Boca Raton 54, Paphos 25: Boca Raton leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Boca Raton 22, Paphos 52: Paphos leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boca Raton 33, Paphos 22: Boca Raton leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boca Raton and Paphos are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Boca Raton and Paphos.

Your match

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

Boca Raton
44match

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

Paphos
Best match
50match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Paphos in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
27 °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.

Paphos 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). Paphos: 1991-2020 normals, Paphos Airport (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBoca RatonPaphos
Official language-Turkish, Greek, Modern Greek
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation4 m72 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)33 km from centre138 non-stop destinationsPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre59 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureBoca RatonPaphos
City population97,42235,961
People per km²1,2031,987
Museums within 10 km54
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.