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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 White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fort Myers or Thessaloniki?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Thessaloniki for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Thessaloniki’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, Thessaloniki 55: Fort Myers leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, Thessaloniki 77: Thessaloniki leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, Thessaloniki 73: Thessaloniki leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, Thessaloniki 76: Thessaloniki leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, Thessaloniki 74: Thessaloniki leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, Thessaloniki 50: Fort Myers leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, Thessaloniki 60: Thessaloniki leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers 38, Thessaloniki 50: Thessaloniki leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, Thessaloniki 52: Thessaloniki leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, Thessaloniki 33: Fort Myers leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Myers and Thessaloniki.

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.

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on getting around and nightlife 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

Thessaloniki in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °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). Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersThessaloniki
Official language-Greek
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 m6 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersThessaloniki
City population86,395309,617
People per km²68116,042
Museums within 10 km332
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C10 months5 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.