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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
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Fort Myers or Valletta?

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 Valletta for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’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, Valletta 68: Fort Myers leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, Valletta 55: Valletta leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, Valletta 56: Fort Myers leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, Valletta 58: Fort Myers leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers and Valletta are level on 38.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, Valletta 32: Fort Myers leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Myers and Valletta.

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.

Valletta
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights 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

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Fort MyersValletta

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). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersValletta
Official language-English, Maltese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation3 m56 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersValletta
City population86,3955,197
People per km²6816,496
Museums within 10 km316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C10 months6 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.