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Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie
Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral

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

Ghent 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 Ghent for

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

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

Choose Limassol for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Ghent 25, Limassol 77: Limassol leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Ghent 62, Limassol 58: Ghent leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Ghent 72, Limassol 38: Ghent leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Ghent 55, Limassol 50: Ghent leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ghent 35, Limassol 65: Limassol leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Ghent 88, Limassol 76: Ghent leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Ghent 50, Limassol 63: Limassol leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Ghent 78, Limassol 38: Ghent leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Ghent 50, Limassol 42: Ghent leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Ghent 38, Limassol 44: Limassol leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ghent 60, Limassol 32: Ghent leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ghent 33, Limassol 42: Limassol leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ghent and Limassol.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Ghent
54match

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

Limassol
52match

Wins on beaches 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.

Ghent in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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

Ghent 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.

Ghent's sunshine is measured 45 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

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. Ghent: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Melle / Kalverhaag (10.1 km from centre). Limassol: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Akrotiri (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGhentLimassol
Official languageFrench, German, DutchTurkish, Greek, Modern Greek
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation12 m10 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureGhentLimassol
City population272,657107,970
People per km²1,7282,405
Museums within 10 km302
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km53
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone6 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. 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. 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.