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The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat
Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral

Photos: Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0.

Geneva 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 Geneva for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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

Choose Limassol for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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. Geneva 45, Limassol 77: Limassol leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Geneva 55, Limassol 58: Limassol leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Geneva 58, Limassol 38: Geneva leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Geneva 38, Limassol 50: Limassol leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Geneva 82, Limassol 65: Geneva leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Geneva 80, Limassol 76: Geneva leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Geneva 57, Limassol 63: Limassol leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Geneva 86, Limassol 38: Geneva leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Geneva 68, Limassol 42: Geneva leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Geneva 5, Limassol 44: Limassol leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Geneva 60, Limassol 32: Geneva leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Geneva 55, Limassol 42: Geneva leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Geneva and Limassol.

Your match

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

Geneva
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Limassol
52match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 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. Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre). Limassol: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Akrotiri (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenevaLimassol
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshTurkish, Greek, Modern Greek
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation403 m10 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenevaLimassol
City population211,152107,970
People per km²13,2802,405
Museums within 10 km342
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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. 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.

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.