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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
The Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort, Galle
GalleThe Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Galle by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Fort Myers or Galle?

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 Fort Myers for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Galle for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Galle’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. Fort Myers 77, Galle 80: Galle leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, Galle 50: Galle leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, Galle 55: Galle leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, Galle 18: Fort Myers leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, Galle 66: Galle leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers and Galle are level on 50.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, Galle 42: Fort Myers leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, Galle 35: Galle leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers 38, Galle 33: Fort Myers leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, Galle 72: Galle leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, Galle 10: Fort Myers leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, Galle 70: Galle leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Myers and Galle.

Your match

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

Fort Myers
43match

Wins on live music and the arts and families with your weighting.

Galle
Best match
48match

Wins on wellness 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.

Fort Myers in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
220 mmrain in the month
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Galle in July

28 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
116 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
12 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.

Galle has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fort Myers: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Myers / Page Park (4.5 km from centre). Galle: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersGalle
Official language-Tamil, Sinhala
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Sri Lanka Rupee (LKR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzGM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number911Police 119, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation3 m0 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)133 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersGalle
City population86,39593,118
People per km²681-
Museums within 10 km32
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C10 months12 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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.