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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 colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Fort Myers or Luxor?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Luxor for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Luxor’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, Luxor 6: Fort Myers leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, Luxor 30: Fort Myers leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, Luxor 95: Luxor leads by 63 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, Luxor 10: Fort Myers leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, Luxor 32: Fort Myers leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, Luxor 62: Luxor leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, Luxor 30: Fort Myers leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, Luxor 35: Luxor leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers 38, Luxor 25: Fort Myers leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, Luxor 90: Luxor leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, Luxor 10: Fort Myers leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, Luxor 28: Fort Myers leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Myers and Luxor.

Your match

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

Fort Myers
Best match
43match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Luxor
38match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Luxor in July

41 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 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.

Luxor 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). Luxor: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Luxor (6.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersLuxor
Official language-Arabic
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation3 m89 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersLuxor
City population86,395202,232
People per km²681486
Museums within 10 km34
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.