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Pulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon, Bath
BathPulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon
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: Bath by Lucas Carlini, Pexels License; Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bath 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 Bath for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Fort Myers for

  • beaches
  • families
  • 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. Bath 10, Fort Myers 77: Fort Myers leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Bath 44, Fort Myers 40: Bath leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Bath 68, Fort Myers 32: Bath leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Bath 30, Fort Myers 32: Fort Myers leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bath 58, Fort Myers 63: Fort Myers leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Bath 80, Fort Myers 50: Bath leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Bath 50, Fort Myers 62: Fort Myers leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Bath 72, Fort Myers 15: Bath leads by 57 points.
Shopping & style. Bath 54, Fort Myers 38: Bath leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Bath 27, Fort Myers 38: Fort Myers leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bath 44, Fort Myers 36: Bath leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bath 78, Fort Myers 35: Bath leads by 43 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bath and Fort Myers.

Your match

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

Bath
Best match
51match

Wins on getting around and wellness with your weighting.

Fort Myers
43match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bath in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °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

Bath's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Bath 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.

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. Bath: 1991-2020 normals, Lyneham (29.2 km from centre). Fort Myers: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Myers / Page Park (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBathFort Myers
Official languageEnglish-
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999911
Elevation132 m3 m
Main airportBristol Airport (BRS)25 km from centre117 non-stop destinationsSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBathFort Myers
City population94,09286,395
People per km²3,245681
Museums within 10 km173
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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). 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.