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The old town hall, Boca Raton
Boca RatonThe old town hall
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Boca Raton by Spudgun67, CC0; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Boca Raton or Valletta?

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
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Valletta for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’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, Valletta 68: Boca Raton leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Boca Raton 44, Valletta 55: Valletta leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Boca Raton 28, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Boca Raton 32, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boca Raton 50, Valletta 56: Valletta leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Boca Raton 60, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Boca Raton 62, Valletta 58: Boca Raton leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Boca Raton 18, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Boca Raton 54, Valletta 38: Boca Raton leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Boca Raton 22, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boca Raton 33, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boca Raton 42, Valletta 32: Boca Raton leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Boca Raton and Valletta.

Your match

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

Boca Raton
44match

Wins on shopping and beaches with your weighting.

Valletta
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around 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

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Boca RatonValletta

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). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBoca RatonValletta
Official language-English, Maltese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation4 m56 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)33 km from centre138 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBoca RatonValletta
City population97,4225,197
People per km²1,2036,496
Museums within 10 km516
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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.