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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 Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Fort Myers or Hoi An?

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
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Hoi An for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Hoi An’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, Hoi An 72: Fort Myers leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, Hoi An 68: Hoi An leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, Hoi An 66: Hoi An leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, Hoi An 28: Fort Myers leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers and Hoi An are level on 63.
Day trips. Fort Myers and Hoi An are level on 50.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, Hoi An 58: Fort Myers leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, Hoi An 48: Hoi An leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers 38, Hoi An 57: Hoi An leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, Hoi An 88: Hoi An leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, Hoi An 24: Fort Myers leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, Hoi An 65: Hoi An leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Myers and Hoi An.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Hoi An
Best match
57match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Hoi An in July

35 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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. Fort Myers: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Myers / Page Park (4.5 km from centre). Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersHoi An
Official language-Vietnamese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Dong (VND)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number911Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation3 m13 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersHoi An
City population86,395121,716
People per km²681-
Museums within 10 km35
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. 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.