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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
Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Galway by Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fort Myers or Galway?

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

  • beaches
  • families
  • prices

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

Choose Galway for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Galway’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, Galway 28: Fort Myers leads by 49 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, Galway 45: Galway leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, Galway 33: Galway leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, Galway 50: Galway leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, Galway 78: Galway leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, Galway 56: Galway leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, Galway 42: Fort Myers leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, Galway 58: Galway leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers and Galway are level on 38.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, Galway 28: Fort Myers leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, Galway 57: Galway leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, Galway 28: Fort Myers leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Myers and Galway.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Fort Myers
43match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Galway
45match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Galway in July

20 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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.

Galway's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Shannon Airport.

Galway 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. Fort Myers: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Myers / Page Park (4.5 km from centre). Galway: 1991-2020 normals, Shannon Airport (64.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersGalway
Official language-English, Irish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation3 m25 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersGalway
City population86,39583,456
People per km²6811,563
Museums within 10 km34
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C10 monthsNone

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.