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The old town hall, Boca Raton
Boca RatonThe old town hall
The Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky, Xi'an
Xi'anThe Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky

Photos: Boca Raton by Spudgun67, CC0; Xi'an by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Boca Raton or Xi'an?

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 Xi'an for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Xi'an’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, Xi'an 4: Boca Raton leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. Boca Raton 44, Xi'an 70: Xi'an leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Boca Raton 28, Xi'an 81: Xi'an leads by 53 points.
Nightlife. Boca Raton 32, Xi'an 42: Xi'an leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boca Raton 50, Xi'an 62: Xi'an leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Boca Raton 60, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Boca Raton 62, Xi'an 48: Boca Raton leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Boca Raton 18, Xi'an 66: Xi'an leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Boca Raton 54, Xi'an 50: Boca Raton leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Boca Raton 22, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boca Raton 33, Xi'an 40: Xi'an leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boca Raton 42, Xi'an 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 Xi'an.

Your match

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

Boca Raton
44match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Xi'an
Best match
55match

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
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Xi'an in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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.

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). Xi'an: 1991-2020 normals, Xi'An (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBoca RatonXi'an
Official language-Putonghua
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation4 m405 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)33 km from centre138 non-stop destinationsXi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY)26 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureBoca RatonXi'an
City population97,42212,952,907
People per km²1,2031,283
Museums within 10 km59
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.