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The old town hall, Boca Raton
Boca RatonThe old town hall
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Boca Raton by Spudgun67, CC0; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Boca Raton or Sao Paulo?

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

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Sao Paulo’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, Sao Paulo 42: Boca Raton leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Boca Raton 44, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Boca Raton 28, Sao Paulo 60: Sao Paulo leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Boca Raton 32, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 54 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boca Raton 50, Sao Paulo 48: Boca Raton leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Boca Raton 60, Sao Paulo 47: Boca Raton leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Boca Raton 62, Sao Paulo 52: Boca Raton leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Boca Raton 18, Sao Paulo 44: Sao Paulo leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Boca Raton 54, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Boca Raton 22, Sao Paulo 62: Sao Paulo leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boca Raton 33, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boca Raton 42, Sao Paulo 25: Boca Raton leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Boca Raton and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Boca Raton
44match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Sao Paulo
Best match
58match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Sao Paulo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
53 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Boca RatonSao Paulo

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). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBoca RatonSao Paulo
Official language-Portuguese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation4 m760 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)33 km from centre138 non-stop destinationsSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureBoca RatonSao Paulo
City population97,42211,451,999
People per km²1,2037,519
Museums within 10 km590
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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.