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The old town hall, Boca Raton
Boca RatonThe old town hall
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Boca Raton by Spudgun67, CC0; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Boca Raton or Wellington?

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 Wellington for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Boca Raton leads by 49 points.
Food & drink. Boca Raton 44, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Boca Raton 28, Wellington 44: Wellington leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Boca Raton 32, Wellington 45: Wellington leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boca Raton 50, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Boca Raton 60, Wellington 40: Boca Raton leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Boca Raton and Wellington are level on 62.
Getting around. Boca Raton 18, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Boca Raton 54, Wellington 42: Boca Raton leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Boca Raton 22, Wellington 33: Wellington leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boca Raton 33, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boca Raton 42, Wellington 30: Boca Raton leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Boca Raton and Wellington.

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.

Wellington
Best match
49match

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
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °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.

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

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). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBoca RatonWellington
Official language-English, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number911111
Elevation4 m0 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)33 km from centre138 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBoca RatonWellington
City population97,422216,200
People per km²1,203487
Museums within 10 km512
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.