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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 lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Fort Myers or Paphos?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • beaches

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

Choose Paphos for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Paphos’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, Paphos 76: Fort Myers leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, Paphos 45: Paphos leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, Paphos 62: Paphos leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, Paphos 38: Paphos leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, Paphos 70: Paphos leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, Paphos 64: Paphos leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, Paphos 68: Paphos leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, Paphos 40: Paphos leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers 38, Paphos 25: Fort Myers leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, Paphos 52: Paphos leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, Paphos 22: Fort Myers leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, Paphos 42: Paphos 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 Paphos.

Your match

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

Fort Myers
43match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping with your weighting.

Paphos
Best match
50match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around 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

Paphos in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
27 °Csea
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.

Paphos 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). Paphos: 1991-2020 normals, Paphos Airport (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersPaphos
Official language-Turkish, Greek, Modern Greek
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation3 m72 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre59 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersPaphos
City population86,39535,961
People per km²6811,987
Museums within 10 km34
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C10 months6 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.