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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
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: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik 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 Dubrovnik for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Fort Myers for

  • shopping
  • families
  • 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. Dubrovnik 74, Fort Myers 77: Fort Myers leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Fort Myers 40: Dubrovnik leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Fort Myers 32: Dubrovnik leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Fort Myers 32: Dubrovnik leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Fort Myers 63: Dubrovnik leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Fort Myers 50: Dubrovnik leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Fort Myers 62: Fort Myers leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Fort Myers 15: Dubrovnik leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Fort Myers 38: Fort Myers leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Fort Myers 38: Fort Myers leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Fort Myers 36: Fort Myers leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Fort Myers 35: Fort Myers leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Fort Myers.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
Best match
49match

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

Fort Myers
43match

Wins on shopping 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.

Dubrovnik in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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

Dubrovnik 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.

Dubrovnik's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Mostar.

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. Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre). Fort Myers: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Myers / Page Park (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikFort Myers
Official languageCroatian-
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
Elevation10 m3 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikFort Myers
City population41,56286,395
People per km²-681
Museums within 10 km73
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months10 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.