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The white medina above the harbour walls, Essaouira
EssaouiraThe white medina above the harbour walls
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: Essaouira by Manel Cusido, Pexels License; Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Essaouira 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 Essaouira for

  • getting around
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Fort Myers for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • families

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. Essaouira 47, Fort Myers 77: Fort Myers leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Essaouira 44, Fort Myers 40: Essaouira leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Essaouira 48, Fort Myers 32: Essaouira leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Essaouira 14, Fort Myers 32: Fort Myers leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Essaouira 57, Fort Myers 63: Fort Myers leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Essaouira 17, Fort Myers 50: Fort Myers leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Essaouira 42, Fort Myers 62: Fort Myers leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Essaouira 58, Fort Myers 15: Essaouira leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Essaouira 44, Fort Myers 38: Essaouira leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Essaouira 74, Fort Myers 38: Essaouira leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Essaouira 28, Fort Myers 36: Fort Myers leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Essaouira 66, Fort Myers 35: Essaouira leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Essaouira and Fort Myers.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Essaouira
45match

Wins on getting around and prices with your weighting.

Fort Myers
43match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Essaouira in July

22 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
14 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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EssaouiraFort Myers

Where the figures come from

Essaouira 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. Essaouira: 1991-2020 normals, Essaouira (1.4 km from centre). Fort Myers: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Myers / Page Park (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureEssaouiraFort Myers
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight-
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15911
Elevation11 m3 m
Main airportEssaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU)15 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureEssaouiraFort Myers
City population82,96286,395
People per km²16,592681
Museums within 10 km23
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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). 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.