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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
Rathausquai on the Reuss, Lucerne
LucerneRathausquai on the Reuss

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Lucerne by ILOVESwitzerland, Pexels License.

Fort Myers or Lucerne?

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
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Lucerne for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Lucerne’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, Lucerne 35: Fort Myers leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, Lucerne 35: Fort Myers leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, Lucerne 58: Lucerne leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, Lucerne 28: Fort Myers leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, Lucerne 92: Lucerne leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, Lucerne 78: Lucerne leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, Lucerne 66: Lucerne leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, Lucerne 86: Lucerne leads by 71 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers 38, Lucerne 46: Lucerne leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, Lucerne 8: Fort Myers leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, Lucerne 66: Lucerne leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, Lucerne 46: Lucerne 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 Lucerne.

Your match

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

Fort Myers
43match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Lucerne
Best match
54match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

Lucerne in July

24 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
141 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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.

Lucerne 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.

Lucerne's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Zurich Town / Ville..

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). Lucerne: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Emmen (4.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersLucerne
Official language-French, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation3 m436 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)49 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersLucerne
City population86,39586,234
People per km²6812,963
Museums within 10 km314
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.