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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 Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fort Myers or Windhoek?

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
  • families

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • prices
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Fort Myers leads by 73 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, Windhoek 36: Fort Myers leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, Windhoek 30: Fort Myers leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, Windhoek 25: Fort Myers leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, Windhoek 52: Fort Myers leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, Windhoek 14: Fort Myers leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers 62, Windhoek 30: Fort Myers leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, Windhoek 22: Windhoek leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers 38, Windhoek 30: Fort Myers leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, Windhoek 18: Fort Myers leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, Windhoek 30: Fort Myers leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Myers and Windhoek.

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.

Windhoek
29match

Wins on prices 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

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No seasea
11 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). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersWindhoek
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number911112
Elevation3 m1,650 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersWindhoek
City population86,395486,169
People per km²68195
Museums within 10 km35
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.