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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0.

Cadiz or Limassol?

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 Cadiz for

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

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

Choose Limassol for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Limassol’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. Cadiz 80, Limassol 77: Cadiz leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Limassol 58: Cadiz leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Limassol 38: Cadiz leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Limassol 50: Limassol leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Limassol 65: Cadiz leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Limassol 76: Cadiz leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Limassol 63: Limassol leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Limassol 38: Cadiz leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Limassol 42: Limassol leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Limassol 44: Cadiz leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Limassol 32: Cadiz leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz and Limassol are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Limassol.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Limassol
52match

Wins on shopping and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Cadiz in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Limassol in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Limassol 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.

Limassol's sunshine is measured 59 km from the centre, at Larnaca Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Limassol: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Akrotiri (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizLimassol
Official languageSpanishTurkish, Greek, Modern Greek
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m10 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizLimassol
City population109,950107,970
People per km²9,0872,405
Museums within 10 km112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.