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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 white temple of Wat Kaew Korawaram in Krabi Town, Krabi
KrabiThe white temple of Wat Kaew Korawaram in Krabi Town

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Krabi by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fort Myers or Krabi?

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
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Krabi for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Krabi’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, Krabi 87: Krabi leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, Krabi 50: Krabi leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, Krabi 20: Fort Myers leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, Krabi 33: Krabi leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, Krabi 85: Krabi leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, Krabi 40: Fort Myers leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, Krabi 55: Fort Myers leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, Krabi 30: Krabi leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers 38, Krabi 20: Fort Myers leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, Krabi 78: Krabi leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, Krabi 12: Fort Myers leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, Krabi 72: Krabi leads by 37 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Myers and Krabi.

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 shopping with your weighting.

Krabi
Best match
49match

Wins on prices and wellness 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

Krabi in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
212 mmrain in the month
30 °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.

Krabi's temperatures are measured 67 km from the centre, at Phuket Airport.

Krabi 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). Krabi: 1991-2020 normals, Phuket Airport (66.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersKrabi
Official language-Thai
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Baht (THB)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number911Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation3 m16 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsKrabi International Airport (KBV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersKrabi
City population86,39530,499
People per km²681-
Museums within 10 km30
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.