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Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral
The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head

Photos: Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0; Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Limassol or Liverpool?

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 Limassol for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Liverpool for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Liverpool’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. Limassol 77, Liverpool 22: Limassol leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Limassol 58, Liverpool 48: Limassol leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Limassol 38, Liverpool 64: Liverpool leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Limassol 50, Liverpool 66: Liverpool leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Limassol 65, Liverpool 52: Limassol leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Limassol 76, Liverpool 64: Limassol leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Limassol 63, Liverpool 55: Limassol leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Limassol 38, Liverpool 68: Liverpool leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Limassol 42, Liverpool 52: Liverpool leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Limassol 44, Liverpool 50: Liverpool leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Limassol 32, Liverpool 66: Liverpool leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Limassol 42, Liverpool 22: Limassol leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Limassol and Liverpool.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Limassol
52match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Liverpool
52match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Liverpool in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 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.

Liverpool's temperatures are measured 47 km from the centre, at Manchester Airport.

Liverpool 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Limassol: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Akrotiri (11.6 km from centre). Liverpool: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (47.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimassolLiverpool
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation10 m70 m
Main airportLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimassolLiverpool
City population107,970513,441
People per km²2,4054,592
Museums within 10 km231
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 monthsNone

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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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.