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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 Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Fort Myers or Salt Lake City?

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
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Salt Lake City’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, Salt Lake City 12: Fort Myers leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers and Salt Lake City are level on 40.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, Salt Lake City 42: Salt Lake City leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, Salt Lake City 30: Fort Myers leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, Salt Lake City 90: Salt Lake City leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, Salt Lake City 34: Fort Myers leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, Salt Lake City 72: Salt Lake City leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, Salt Lake City 42: Salt Lake City leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers 38, Salt Lake City 36: Fort Myers leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, Salt Lake City 40: Salt Lake City leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, Salt Lake City 55: Salt Lake City leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, Salt Lake City 38: Salt Lake City leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Myers and Salt Lake City.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Salt Lake City
44match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Salt Lake City in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Fort MyersSalt Lake City

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). Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersSalt Lake City
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation3 m1,288 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersSalt Lake City
City population86,395199,723
People per km²681690
Museums within 10 km312
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.