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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 old railway depot in the snow, Steamboat Springs
Steamboat SpringsThe old railway depot in the snow

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Steamboat Springs by Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Fort Myers or Steamboat Springs?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Steamboat Springs for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Steamboat Springs’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, Steamboat Springs 7: Fort Myers leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, Steamboat Springs 30: Fort Myers leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, Steamboat Springs 14: Fort Myers leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, Steamboat Springs 20: Fort Myers leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, Steamboat Springs 88: Steamboat Springs leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, Steamboat Springs 12: Fort Myers leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers and Steamboat Springs are level on 62.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, Steamboat Springs 46: Steamboat Springs leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers 38, Steamboat Springs 22: Fort Myers leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, Steamboat Springs 17: Fort Myers leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, Steamboat Springs 28: Fort Myers leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, Steamboat Springs 70: Steamboat Springs leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Myers and Steamboat Springs.

Your match

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

Fort Myers
Best match
43match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Steamboat Springs
35match

Wins on wellness 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

Steamboat Springs in July

28 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
31 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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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.

Steamboat Springs 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). Steamboat Springs: 2011-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Steamboat Springs / Steamboat Ii (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersSteamboat Springs
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 m2,052 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsYampa Valley Airport (HDN)33 km from centre17 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersSteamboat Springs
City population86,39513,224
People per km²681503
Museums within 10 km30
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.