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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 city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License.

Fort Myers or Reykjavik?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Reykjavik for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Reykjavik’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, Reykjavik 12: Fort Myers leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, Reykjavik 42: Reykjavik leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, Reykjavik 25: Fort Myers leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, Reykjavik 45: Reykjavik leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, Reykjavik 92: Reykjavik leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, Reykjavik 35: Fort Myers leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, Reykjavik 55: Fort Myers leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, Reykjavik 55: Reykjavik leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers 38, Reykjavik 25: Fort Myers leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, Reykjavik 6: Fort Myers leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, Reykjavik 45: Reykjavik leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, Reykjavik 88: Reykjavik leads by 53 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Myers and Reykjavik.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Fort Myers
43match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Reykjavik
44match

Wins on wellness 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
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 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). Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersReykjavik
Official language-Icelandic
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Iceland Krona (ISK)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC
Emergency number911112
Elevation3 m8 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersReykjavik
City population86,395138,772
People per km²681569
Museums within 10 km323
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C10 monthsNone

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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.