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The old town hall, Boca Raton
Boca RatonThe old town hall
Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside

Photos: Boca Raton by Spudgun67, CC0; Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Boca Raton or Portofino?

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

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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

Choose Portofino for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Portofino’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, Portofino 60: Boca Raton leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Boca Raton 44, Portofino 36: Boca Raton leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Boca Raton 28, Portofino 22: Boca Raton leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Boca Raton 32, Portofino 14: Boca Raton leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boca Raton 50, Portofino 77: Portofino leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Boca Raton 60, Portofino 76: Portofino leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Boca Raton 62, Portofino 33: Boca Raton leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Boca Raton 18, Portofino 50: Portofino leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Boca Raton 54, Portofino 29: Boca Raton leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Boca Raton 22, Portofino 9: Boca Raton leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boca Raton 33, Portofino 7: Boca Raton leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boca Raton and Portofino 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 Portofino.

Your match

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

Boca Raton
Best match
44match

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

Portofino
38match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors 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

Portofino in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Boca RatonPortofino

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.

Portofino's temperatures are measured 31 km from the centre, at Genova / Sestri.

Portofino 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). Portofino: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (31 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBoca RatonPortofino
Official language-Italian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation4 m20 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)33 km from centre138 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBoca RatonPortofino
City population97,422355
People per km²1,203142
Museums within 10 km514
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.