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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 Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fort Myers or Manaus?

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
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Manaus for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Manaus’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, Manaus 38: Fort Myers leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, Manaus 56: Manaus leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, Manaus 46: Manaus leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, Manaus 42: Manaus leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, Manaus 12: Fort Myers leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, Manaus 35: Fort Myers leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, Manaus 27: Manaus leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers 38, Manaus 36: Fort Myers leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, Manaus 20: Fort Myers leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Myers and Manaus.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Fort Myers
43match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors 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

Manaus in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 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.

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). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersManaus
Official language-Portuguese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation3 m92 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersManaus
City population86,3952,303,732
People per km²681202
Museums within 10 km313
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.