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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 Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Fort Myers or Puerto Iguazu?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Iguazu’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, Puerto Iguazu 5: Fort Myers leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, Puerto Iguazu 28: Fort Myers leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, Puerto Iguazu 9: Fort Myers leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, Puerto Iguazu 14: Fort Myers leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, Puerto Iguazu 33: Fort Myers leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, Puerto Iguazu 55: Fort Myers leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, Puerto Iguazu 54: Puerto Iguazu leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers 38, Puerto Iguazu 17: Fort Myers leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, Puerto Iguazu 48: Puerto Iguazu leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, Puerto Iguazu 7: Fort Myers leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, Puerto Iguazu 34: Fort Myers leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Myers and Puerto Iguazu.

Your match

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

Fort Myers
Best match
43match

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

Puerto Iguazu
33match

Wins on getting around 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

Puerto Iguazu in July

22 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
103 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
No seasea
11 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). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersPuerto Iguazu
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 m162 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersPuerto Iguazu
City population86,39554,903
People per km²681-
Museums within 10 km30
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.