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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
Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley

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

Fort Myers or Mendoza?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Mendoza for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Mendoza’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, Mendoza 6: Fort Myers leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, Mendoza 68: Mendoza leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, Mendoza 30: Fort Myers leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, Mendoza 40: Mendoza leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, Mendoza 83: Mendoza leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, Mendoza 52: Mendoza leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, Mendoza 42: Fort Myers leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, Mendoza 48: Mendoza leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers 38, Mendoza 33: Fort Myers leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, Mendoza 56: Mendoza leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, Mendoza 33: Fort Myers leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, Mendoza 55: Mendoza leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Myers and Mendoza.

Your match

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

Fort Myers
43match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Mendoza
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

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
10 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). Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersMendoza
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911117 or 911
Elevation3 m769 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersMendoza
City population86,395127,160
People per km²6812,355
Museums within 10 km31
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.