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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
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: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Antalya 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 Antalya for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Fort Myers for

Fort Myers does not lead in any category we score.

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. Antalya 82, Fort Myers 77: Antalya leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Fort Myers 40: Antalya leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Fort Myers 32: Antalya leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Fort Myers 32: Antalya leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Fort Myers 63: Antalya leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Fort Myers 50: Antalya leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Fort Myers 62: Antalya leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Fort Myers 15: Antalya leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Fort Myers 38: Antalya leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Fort Myers 38: Antalya leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Fort Myers 36: Antalya leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Fort Myers 35: Antalya leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Fort Myers.

Your match

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

Antalya
Best match
61match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Fort Myers
43match

Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Antalya in July

35 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 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

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. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Fort Myers: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Myers / Page Park (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaFort Myers
Official languageTurkish-
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation30 m3 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaFort Myers
City population2,426,35686,395
People per km²1,712681
Museums within 10 km53
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months10 months

Where else could you go?

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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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.