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The old town hall, Boca Raton
Boca RatonThe old town hall
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Boca Raton by Spudgun67, CC0; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Boca Raton or Seattle?

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
  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose Seattle for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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, Seattle 30: Boca Raton leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Boca Raton 44, Seattle 66: Seattle leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Boca Raton 28, Seattle 50: Seattle leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Boca Raton 32, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boca Raton 50, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Boca Raton 60, Seattle 55: Boca Raton leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Boca Raton 62, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Boca Raton 18, Seattle 60: Seattle leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Boca Raton 54, Seattle 52: Boca Raton leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Boca Raton and Seattle are level on 22.
Live music & performing arts. Boca Raton 33, Seattle 70: Seattle leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boca Raton 42, Seattle 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 Seattle.

Your match

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

Boca Raton
44match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Seattle
Best match
54match

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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Boca RatonSeattle

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). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBoca RatonSeattle
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation4 m40 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)33 km from centre138 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBoca RatonSeattle
City population97,422737,015
People per km²1,2031,996
Museums within 10 km527
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.