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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
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: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Faro 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 Faro for

  • getting around
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Fort Myers for

  • live music and the arts
  • beaches
  • shopping

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. Faro 74, Fort Myers 77: Fort Myers leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Fort Myers 40: Faro leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Fort Myers 32: Faro leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Faro and Fort Myers are level on 32.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Fort Myers 63: Fort Myers leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Fort Myers 50: Faro leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Fort Myers 62: Fort Myers leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Fort Myers 15: Faro leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Fort Myers 38: Fort Myers leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Fort Myers 38: Faro leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Fort Myers 36: Fort Myers leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, Fort Myers 35: Fort Myers leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Fort Myers.

Your match

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

Faro
Best match
49match

Wins on getting around and prices with your weighting.

Fort Myers
43match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Faro in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °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. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). Fort Myers: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Myers / Page Park (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroFort Myers
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m3 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroFort Myers
City population64,56086,395
People per km²319681
Museums within 10 km23
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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.