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The old town hall, Boca Raton
Boca RatonThe old town hall
Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona

Photos: Boca Raton by Spudgun67, CC0; Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Boca Raton or Sedona?

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
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Sedona for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Sedona’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, Sedona 16: Boca Raton leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Boca Raton 44, Sedona 33: Boca Raton leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Boca Raton 28, Sedona 20: Boca Raton leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Boca Raton 32, Sedona 8: Boca Raton leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boca Raton 50, Sedona 93: Sedona leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Boca Raton 60, Sedona 55: Boca Raton leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Boca Raton 62, Sedona 42: Boca Raton leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Boca Raton 18, Sedona 22: Sedona leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Boca Raton 54, Sedona 34: Boca Raton leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Boca Raton 22, Sedona 18: Boca Raton leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boca Raton 33, Sedona 13: Boca Raton leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boca Raton 42, Sedona 82: Sedona leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Boca Raton and Sedona.

Your match

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

Boca Raton
Best match
44match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Sedona
36match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Sedona in July

34 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
51 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Boca RatonSedona

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.

Sedona's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Sedona 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). Sedona: 2009-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sedona / West Sedona (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBoca RatonSedona
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number911911
Elevation4 m1,319 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)33 km from centre138 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 km from centre149 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBoca RatonSedona
City population97,4229,684
People per km²1,203195
Museums within 10 km50
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.