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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 Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Fort Myers or Seattle?

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 Seattle for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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, Seattle 30: Fort Myers leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, Seattle 66: Seattle leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, Seattle 50: Seattle leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, Seattle 60: Seattle leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers 38, Seattle 52: Seattle leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, Seattle 22: Fort Myers leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, Seattle 70: Seattle leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, Seattle 40: Seattle 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 Seattle.

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.

Seattle
Best match
54match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
12 °Csea
16 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). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersSeattle
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 m40 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersSeattle
City population86,395737,015
People per km²6811,996
Museums within 10 km327
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C10 monthsNone

Where else could you go?

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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.