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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
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fort Myers or Sao Paulo?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Sao Paulo’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, Sao Paulo 42: Fort Myers leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, Sao Paulo 60: Sao Paulo leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 54 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, Sao Paulo 48: Fort Myers leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, Sao Paulo 47: Fort Myers leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, Sao Paulo 52: Fort Myers leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, Sao Paulo 44: Sao Paulo leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers 38, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, Sao Paulo 62: Sao Paulo leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, Sao Paulo 25: Fort Myers leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Myers and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Fort Myers
43match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Sao Paulo
Best match
58match

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

Sao Paulo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
53 mmrain in the month
6 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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Fort MyersSao Paulo

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). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersSao Paulo
Official language-Portuguese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation3 m760 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersSao Paulo
City population86,39511,451,999
People per km²6817,519
Museums within 10 km390
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.