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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 Colosseum, Rome
RomeThe Colosseum

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Rome by Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fort Myers or Rome?

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
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Rome for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Rome’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, Rome 50: Fort Myers leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, Rome 82: Rome leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, Rome 99: Rome leads by 67 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, Rome 58: Rome leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, Rome 58: Fort Myers leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, Rome 92: Rome leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, Rome 50: Fort Myers leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, Rome 60: Rome leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers 38, Rome 72: Rome leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Fort Myers and Rome are level on 38.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, Rome 68: Rome leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, Rome 40: Rome leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Myers and Rome.

Your match

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

Fort Myers
43match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Rome
Best match
64match

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
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Rome in July

31 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °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.

Rome's sunshine is measured 31 km from the centre, at Vigna Di Valle.

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). Rome: 1991-2020 normals, Roma / Ciampino (15.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersRome
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 m21 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsRome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO)23 km from centre242 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersRome
City population86,3952,748,109
People per km²6812,135
Museums within 10 km3178
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km07
Swim season, months above 21 °C10 months5 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.