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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 Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License.

Fort Myers or Jakarta?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Jakarta for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Jakarta’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, Jakarta 28: Fort Myers leads by 49 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, Jakarta 78: Jakarta leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, Jakarta 48: Jakarta leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, Jakarta 66: Jakarta leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, Jakarta 30: Fort Myers leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, Jakarta 45: Fort Myers leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, Jakarta 50: Fort Myers leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, Jakarta 36: Jakarta leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers 38, Jakarta 64: Jakarta leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, Jakarta 80: Jakarta leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, Jakarta 42: Jakarta leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, Jakarta 46: Jakarta leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Myers and Jakarta.

Your match

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

Fort Myers
43match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Jakarta
Best match
51match

Wins on prices and food and drink 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

Jakarta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
29 °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.

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). Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersJakarta
Official language-Indonesian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number911112
Elevation3 m91 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersJakarta
City population86,39511,135,191
People per km²68116,821
Museums within 10 km344
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.