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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 church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón, La Romana
La RomanaThe church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Fort Myers or La Romana?

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 La Romana for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on La Romana’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, La Romana 84: La Romana leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, La Romana 38: Fort Myers leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, La Romana 24: Fort Myers leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, La Romana 30: Fort Myers leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, La Romana 62: Fort Myers leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, La Romana 52: La Romana leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, La Romana 56: Fort Myers leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, La Romana 24: La Romana leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers 38, La Romana 28: Fort Myers leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, La Romana 50: La Romana leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, La Romana 17: Fort Myers leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, La Romana 44: La Romana leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Myers and La Romana.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Fort Myers
43match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping with your weighting.

La Romana
42match

Wins on prices and getting around 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

La Romana in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
28 °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.

La Romana's temperatures are measured 65 km from the centre, at Punta Cana.

La Romana 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). La Romana: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Punta Cana (65.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersLa Romana
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number911911
Elevation3 m10 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersLa Romana
City population86,395139,238
People per km²681512
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.