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A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn
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: Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License; Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Amsterdam 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 Amsterdam for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Fort Myers for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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. Amsterdam 25, Fort Myers 77: Fort Myers leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Amsterdam 58, Fort Myers 40: Amsterdam leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Amsterdam 82, Fort Myers 32: Amsterdam leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Amsterdam 77, Fort Myers 32: Amsterdam leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amsterdam 47, Fort Myers 63: Fort Myers leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Amsterdam 87, Fort Myers 50: Amsterdam leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Amsterdam 72, Fort Myers 62: Amsterdam leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Amsterdam 86, Fort Myers 15: Amsterdam leads by 71 points.
Shopping & style. Amsterdam 68, Fort Myers 38: Amsterdam leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Amsterdam 22, Fort Myers 38: Fort Myers leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amsterdam 78, Fort Myers 36: Amsterdam leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amsterdam 42, Fort Myers 35: Amsterdam leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amsterdam and Fort Myers.

Your match

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

Amsterdam
Best match
62match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Fort Myers
43match

Wins on beaches 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.

Amsterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Fort Myers in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
220 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
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

Amsterdam 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.

Amsterdam's sunshine is measured 35 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

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. Amsterdam: 1991-2020 normals, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12 km from centre). Fort Myers: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Myers / Page Park (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmsterdamFort Myers
Official languageDutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation-2 m3 m
Main airportAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinationsSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmsterdamFort Myers
City population921,46886,395
People per km²4,208681
Museums within 10 km1013
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone10 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.