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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 Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License.

Fort Myers or Macau?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Macau for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Macau’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, Macau 24: Fort Myers leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, Macau 77: Macau leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, Macau 62: Macau leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, Macau 40: Macau leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, Macau 5: Fort Myers leads by 58 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, Macau 52: Macau leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, Macau 48: Fort Myers leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, Macau 60: Macau leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers 38, Macau 58: Macau leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, Macau 44: Macau leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers and Macau are level on 36.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, Macau 40: Macau leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Myers and Macau.

Your match

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

Fort Myers
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

Macau
Best match
46match

Wins on getting around and food and drink 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

Macau in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
281 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Fort MyersMacau

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.

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). Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersMacau
Official language-Portuguese, Cantonese, Standard Chinese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Pataca (MOP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzFGM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911999
Elevation3 m22 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersMacau
City population86,395682,100
People per km²6815,916
Museums within 10 km328
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C10 months8 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.