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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
Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
KathmanduSwayambhunath with its prayer flags

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Kathmandu by Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fort Myers or Kathmandu?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Kathmandu for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Kathmandu’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, Kathmandu 4: Fort Myers leads by 73 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, Kathmandu 55: Kathmandu leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, Kathmandu 82: Kathmandu leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, Kathmandu 36: Kathmandu leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, Kathmandu 70: Kathmandu leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, Kathmandu 56: Kathmandu leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, Kathmandu 20: Fort Myers leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, Kathmandu 25: Kathmandu leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers 38, Kathmandu 55: Kathmandu leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, Kathmandu 97: Kathmandu leads by 59 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, Kathmandu 28: Fort Myers leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, Kathmandu 45: Kathmandu leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Myers and Kathmandu.

Your match

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

Fort Myers
43match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Kathmandu
Best match
48match

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

Kathmandu in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
384 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Fort MyersKathmandu

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). Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersKathmandu
Official language-Nepali
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Nepalese Rupee (NPR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+5:45
Emergency number911Police 100, ambulance 102, fire 101
Elevation3 m1,300 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersKathmandu
City population86,395845,767
People per km²68117,121
Museums within 10 km39
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. 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.