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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 Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fort Myers or Interlaken?

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
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Interlaken for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Interlaken’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, Interlaken 30: Fort Myers leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, Interlaken 25: Fort Myers leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, Interlaken 8: Fort Myers leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, Interlaken 15: Fort Myers leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, Interlaken 97: Interlaken leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, Interlaken 78: Interlaken leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, Interlaken 72: Interlaken leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, Interlaken 80: Interlaken leads by 65 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers 38, Interlaken 22: Fort Myers leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, Interlaken 8: Fort Myers leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, Interlaken 15: Fort Myers leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, Interlaken 40: Interlaken 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 Interlaken.

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 prices with your weighting.

Interlaken
41match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors 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

Interlaken in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
126 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 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.

Interlaken 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). Interlaken: 2005-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Meiringen / Unterbach (19.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersInterlaken
Official language-French, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation3 m571 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersInterlaken
City population86,3956,123
People per km²6811,424
Museums within 10 km33
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C10 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. 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.