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The Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour, Auckland
AucklandThe Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour
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: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Auckland 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 Auckland for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Fort Myers for

  • beaches
  • 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. Auckland 68, Fort Myers 77: Fort Myers leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Fort Myers 40: Auckland leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Fort Myers 32: Auckland leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Fort Myers 32: Auckland leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Fort Myers 63: Auckland leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Fort Myers 50: Auckland leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Fort Myers 62: Auckland leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Fort Myers 15: Auckland leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Fort Myers 38: Auckland leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Fort Myers 38: Fort Myers leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Fort Myers 36: Auckland leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Fort Myers 35: Auckland leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Fort Myers.

Your match

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

Auckland
Best match
53match

Wins on getting around and food and drink with your weighting.

Fort Myers
43match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Auckland in July

14 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
135 mmrain in the month
14 °Csea
10 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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AucklandFort Myers

Where the figures come from

Auckland's station stands 189 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

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. Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre). Fort Myers: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Myers / Page Park (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandFort Myers
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori-
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number111911
Elevation196 m3 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandFort Myers
City population1,470,10086,395
People per km²2,630681
Museums within 10 km153
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month10 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). 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.