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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
Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Fort Myers or Portofino?

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

  • families
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Portofino for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Portofino’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, Portofino 60: Fort Myers leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, Portofino 36: Fort Myers leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, Portofino 22: Fort Myers leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, Portofino 14: Fort Myers leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, Portofino 77: Portofino leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, Portofino 76: Portofino leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, Portofino 33: Fort Myers leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, Portofino 50: Portofino leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers 38, Portofino 29: Fort Myers leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, Portofino 9: Fort Myers leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, Portofino 7: Fort Myers leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, Portofino 42: Portofino 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 Portofino.

Your match

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

Fort Myers
Best match
43match

Wins on families and prices with your weighting.

Portofino
38match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

Portofino in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
24 °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.

Portofino's temperatures are measured 31 km from the centre, at Genova / Sestri.

Portofino 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). Portofino: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (31 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersPortofino
Official language-Italian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation3 m20 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersPortofino
City population86,395355
People per km²681142
Museums within 10 km314
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C10 months4 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.