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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 Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Fort Myers or Vienna?

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

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

Choose Vienna for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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, Vienna 27: Fort Myers leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, Vienna 68: Vienna leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, Vienna 50: Vienna leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, Vienna 62: Fort Myers leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, Vienna 74: Vienna leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 75 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers 38, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, Vienna 44: Vienna leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 60 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Myers and Vienna.

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.

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersVienna
Official language-German, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation3 m151 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersVienna
City population86,3952,028,289
People per km²6814,890
Museums within 10 km3152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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.