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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
Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Fort Myers or New York?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose New York for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on New York’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, New York 50: Fort Myers leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, New York 92: New York leads by 52 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, New York 89: New York leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, New York 97: New York leads by 65 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, New York 55: Fort Myers leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, New York 68: New York leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, New York 70: New York leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, New York 82: New York leads by 67 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers 38, New York 97: New York leads by 59 points.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, New York 12: Fort Myers leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, New York 99: New York leads by 63 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, New York 42: New York 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 New York.

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.

New York
Best match
71match

Wins on getting around and nightlife 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

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
22 °Csea
15 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). New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersNew York
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation3 m25 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersNew York
City population86,3958,804,190
People per km²6817,256
Museums within 10 km3157
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C10 months3 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.