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The old town hall, Boca Raton
Boca RatonThe old town hall
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Boca Raton by Spudgun67, CC0; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Boca Raton or Valparaiso?

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
  • families
  • shopping

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Boca Raton leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Boca Raton 44, Valparaiso 50: Valparaiso leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Boca Raton 28, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Boca Raton 32, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boca Raton 50, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Boca Raton 60, Valparaiso 63: Valparaiso leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Boca Raton 62, Valparaiso 33: Boca Raton leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Boca Raton 18, Valparaiso 44: Valparaiso leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Boca Raton 54, Valparaiso 30: Boca Raton leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Boca Raton 22, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boca Raton 33, Valparaiso 38: Valparaiso leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boca Raton 42, Valparaiso 18: Boca Raton leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Boca Raton and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Boca Raton
44match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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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.

Valparaiso 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). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBoca RatonValparaiso
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation4 m21 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)33 km from centre138 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBoca RatonValparaiso
City population97,422296,655
People per km²1,2036,180
Museums within 10 km517
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.