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Tempio Voltiano on the lakeshore, Como
ComoTempio Voltiano on the lakeshore
Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral

Photos: Como by Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0.

Como 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 Como for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Limassol for

  • beaches
  • 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. Como 36, Limassol 77: Limassol leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Como 45, Limassol 58: Limassol leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Como 52, Limassol 38: Como leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Como 22, Limassol 50: Limassol leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Como 82, Limassol 65: Como leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Como 87, Limassol 76: Como leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Como 47, Limassol 63: Limassol leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Como 66, Limassol 38: Como leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Como and Limassol are level on 42.
Affordability. Como 30, Limassol 44: Limassol leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Como 34, Limassol 32: Como leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Como 44, Limassol 42: Como leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Como and Limassol.

Your match

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

Como
49match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Limassol
Best match
52match

Wins on beaches 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.

Como in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
158 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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. Como: 1991-2020 normals, Lugano (23 km from centre). Limassol: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Akrotiri (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureComoLimassol
Official languageItalianTurkish, Greek, Modern Greek
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation201 m10 m
Main airportMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)34 km from centre208 non-stop destinationsLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureComoLimassol
City population83,184107,970
People per km²2,2422,405
Museums within 10 km112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km83
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.