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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 Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia
SofiaThe Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Sofia by Jose Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fort Myers or Sofia?

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

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

Choose Sofia for

  • getting around
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Sofia’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, Sofia 5: Fort Myers leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, Sofia 45: Sofia leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, Sofia 60: Sofia leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, Sofia 50: Sofia leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, Sofia 80: Sofia leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, Sofia 60: Sofia leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, Sofia 40: Fort Myers leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, Sofia 65: Sofia leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers and Sofia are level on 38.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, Sofia 78: Sofia leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, Sofia 50: Sofia leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, Sofia 45: Sofia 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 Sofia.

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.

Sofia
Best match
51match

Wins on getting around and prices 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

Sofia in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
64 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Sofia: 1991-2020 normals, Sofia Observ. (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersSofia
Official language-Bulgarian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation3 m560 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsSofia Airport (SOF)8 km from centre97 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersSofia
City population86,3951,213,134
People per km²6812,466
Museums within 10 km342
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. 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.