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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 Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Fort Myers or Guilin?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Guilin for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Guilin’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, Guilin 8: Fort Myers leads by 69 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, Guilin 45: Guilin leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, Guilin 40: Guilin leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, Guilin 30: Fort Myers leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, Guilin 88: Guilin leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, Guilin 56: Guilin leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, Guilin 45: Fort Myers leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, Guilin 45: Guilin leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers 38, Guilin 28: Fort Myers leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, Guilin 78: Guilin leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, Guilin 30: Fort Myers leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, Guilin 40: Guilin leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Myers and Guilin.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Fort Myers
43match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Guilin
44match

Wins on prices and getting around 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

Guilin in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
248 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Fort MyersGuilin

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. Fort Myers: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Myers / Page Park (4.5 km from centre). Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersGuilin
Official language-Putonghua
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation3 m153 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersGuilin
City population86,3954,931,137
People per km²681-
Museums within 10 km31
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C10 months-

Where else could you go?

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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. 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.