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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 Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
San FranciscoThe Golden Gate Bridge

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; San Francisco by Elijah Cobb, Pexels License.

Fort Myers or San Francisco?

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

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

Choose San Francisco for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on San Francisco’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, San Francisco 25: Fort Myers leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, San Francisco 82: San Francisco leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, San Francisco 68: San Francisco leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, San Francisco 58: San Francisco leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, San Francisco 80: San Francisco leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, San Francisco 72: San Francisco leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, San Francisco 66: San Francisco leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, San Francisco 70: San Francisco leads by 55 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers 38, San Francisco 58: San Francisco leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, San Francisco 14: Fort Myers leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, San Francisco 76: San Francisco leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, San Francisco 42: San Francisco 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 San Francisco.

Your match

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

Fort Myers
43match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

San Francisco
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and food and drink 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

San Francisco in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
13 °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.

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). San Francisco: 1981-2010 normals, Alameda Naval Air Station (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersSan Francisco
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation3 m16 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsSan Francisco International Airport (SFO)18 km from centre142 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersSan Francisco
City population86,395873,965
People per km²6811,455
Museums within 10 km351
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. 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.