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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
Skiers in front of the big timber lodge at the resort, Winter Park, Colorado
Winter Park, ColoradoSkiers in front of the big timber lodge at the resort

Photos: Fort Myers by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Winter Park, Colorado by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Fort Myers or Winter Park, Colorado?

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
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Winter Park, Colorado for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Winter Park, Colorado’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, Winter Park, Colorado 5: Fort Myers leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Fort Myers 40, Winter Park, Colorado 24: Fort Myers leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Myers 32, Winter Park, Colorado 6: Fort Myers leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Fort Myers 32, Winter Park, Colorado 15: Fort Myers leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Myers 63, Winter Park, Colorado 88: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Fort Myers 50, Winter Park, Colorado 38: Fort Myers leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Fort Myers and Winter Park, Colorado are level on 62.
Getting around. Fort Myers 15, Winter Park, Colorado 42: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Myers 38, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Fort Myers leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Fort Myers 38, Winter Park, Colorado 25: Fort Myers leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Myers 36, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Fort Myers leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Myers 35, Winter Park, Colorado 46: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Myers and Winter Park, Colorado.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Winter Park, Colorado
31match

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
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Winter Park, Colorado in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Fort MyersWinter Park, Colorado

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.

Winter Park, Colorado's temperatures are measured 90 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Winter Park, Colorado's station stands 269 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Winter Park, Colorado 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). Winter Park, Colorado: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (89.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort MyersWinter Park, Colorado
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation3 m2,759 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)12 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)95 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort MyersWinter Park, Colorado
City population86,3951,033
People per km²68124
Museums within 10 km30
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.