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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
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

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

Fort Myers or Vancouver?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Fort Myers leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, Vancouver 45: Fort Myers leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 58 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers 38, Vancouver 55: Vancouver leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, Vancouver 27: Fort Myers leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, Vancouver 52: Vancouver leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, Vancouver 50: Vancouver leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Myers and Vancouver.

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.

Vancouver
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors 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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °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). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersVancouver
Official language-French, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation3 m2 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersVancouver
City population86,395662,248
People per km²6815,759
Museums within 10 km326
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C10 monthsNone

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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.