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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 Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Fort Myers or Liverpool?

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
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Liverpool for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Liverpool’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, Liverpool 22: Fort Myers leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, Liverpool 48: Liverpool leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, Liverpool 64: Liverpool leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, Liverpool 66: Liverpool leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, Liverpool 52: Fort Myers leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, Liverpool 64: Liverpool leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, Liverpool 55: Fort Myers leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, Liverpool 68: Liverpool leads by 53 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers 38, Liverpool 52: Liverpool leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, Liverpool 50: Liverpool leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, Liverpool 66: Liverpool leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, Liverpool 22: Fort Myers leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Myers and Liverpool.

Your match

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

Fort Myers
43match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Liverpool
Best match
52match

Wins on getting around and nightlife 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

Liverpool in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 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.

Liverpool's temperatures are measured 47 km from the centre, at Manchester Airport.

Liverpool 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). Liverpool: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (47.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersLiverpool
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112 or 999
Elevation3 m70 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersLiverpool
City population86,395513,441
People per km²6814,592
Museums within 10 km331
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C10 monthsNone

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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.