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Skiers at the Albion base of the ski area, Alta, Utah
Alta, UtahSkiers at the Albion base of the ski area
The 1933 courthouse in downtown Fort Myers, now an arts centre, Fort Myers
Fort MyersThe 1933 courthouse in downtown Fort Myers, now an arts centre

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Alta, Utah or Fort Myers?

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 Alta, Utah for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Alta, Utah’s own page.

Choose Fort Myers for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Fort Myers’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. Alta, Utah 3, Fort Myers 77: Fort Myers leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Fort Myers 40: Fort Myers leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Fort Myers 32: Fort Myers leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Fort Myers 32: Fort Myers leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Fort Myers 63: Alta, Utah leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Fort Myers 50: Fort Myers leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Fort Myers 62: Fort Myers leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Fort Myers 15: Alta, Utah leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Fort Myers 38: Fort Myers leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Fort Myers 38: Fort Myers leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Fort Myers 36: Fort Myers leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah and Fort Myers are level on 35.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Fort Myers.

Your match

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

Alta, Utah
23match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Fort Myers
Best match
43match

Wins on beaches and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Alta, Utah in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Fort Myers in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
220 mmrain in the month
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Alta, UtahFort Myers

Where the figures come from

Alta, Utah has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Fort Myers 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. Alta, Utah: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Fort Myers: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Myers / Page Park (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahFort Myers
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation2,610 m3 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahFort Myers
City population22886,395
People per km²19681
Museums within 10 km03
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-10 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.