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Cusco or Limassol?

Two destinations compared in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.

The Plaza de Armas with the cathedral and La Compañía, Cusco
Cusco

Photo: Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped

Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
Limassol

Photo: Julian Lupyan, CC0

Your match

Cusco
49
match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Limassol
✓ Best match
52
match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders. The match scores above update as you do.

Scoreboard

Our verdict on each category, scored 0 to 100 against fixed benchmark cities.

CuscoLimassol
Beaches & swimming. Limassol leads by 74 points.74
Food & drink. Limassol leads by 2 points.2
Culture & sights. Cusco leads by 43 points.43
Nightlife. Limassol leads by 8 points.8
Nature & outdoors. Cusco leads by 21 points.21
Day trips. Cusco leads by 2 points.2
Good for families. Limassol leads by 53 points.53
Getting around. Cusco leads by 10 points.10
Shopping & style. Cusco leads by 10 points.10
Affordability. Cusco leads by 29 points.29
Live music & performing arts. Limassol leads by 2 points.2
Wellness & relaxation. Limassol leads by 9 points.9
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cusco and Limassol.

When should you go?

Pick the month you can travel and see both cities side by side. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Climate figures for July
JulyCuscoLimassol
Daytime high20 °C31 °C
Night-time low1 °C24 °C
Rainfall in the month5 mm1 mm
SunshineNo figure13 hours a day
Sea temperatureNo sea26 °C
Daylight11 hours a day14 hours a day

The whole year

Each row is shaded against that destination’s own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that figure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.

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Daytime high, °C
Cusco
20
19
20
20
21
21
20
21
21
21
22
20
Limassol
17
17
19
22
25
29
31
31
30
27
23
19
Sea temperature, °C
Cusco
No coastline within reach
Limassol
18
17
17
18
20
23
26
27
26
25
22
20
Rainfall, mm
Cusco
159
133
106
36
7
3
5
6
17
50
78
127
Limassol
81
47
29
17
10
2
1
0
5
14
42
98
Daylight, hours per day
Cusco
13
13
12
12
12
11
11
12
12
12
13
13
Limassol
10
11
12
13
14
14
14
14
12
11
10
10
Sunshine, hours per day
Cusco
No sunshine record
Limassol
6
6
8
9
11
12
13
12
10
9
7
6

Where the figures come from

Cusco's station stands 151 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

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

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

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cusco: 1991-2020 normals, Cuzco (3.7 km from centre). Limassol: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Akrotiri (11.6 km from centre).

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Before you go

MeasureCuscoLimassol
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaTurkish, Greek, Modern Greek
CurrencySol (PEN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation3,399 m10 m
Main airportAlejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ)5 km from centre6 non-stop destinationsLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureCuscoLimassol
City population428,450107,970
People per km²-2,405
Museums within 10 km112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. 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. Typical fares from Travelpayouts (Aviasales data). Route-level air passenger statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 and flight figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-27. Typical prices can be up to 7 days old. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.