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Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0; London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Limassol or London?

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
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose London for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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, London 25: Limassol leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Limassol 58, London 84: London leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Limassol 38, London 94: London leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Limassol 50, London 88: London leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Limassol 65, London 57: Limassol leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Limassol 76, London 90: London leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Limassol 63, London 82: London leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Limassol 38, London 85: London leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Limassol 42, London 95: London leads by 53 points.
Affordability. Limassol 44, London 15: Limassol leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Limassol 32, London 98: London leads by 66 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Limassol 42, London 40: Limassol leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Limassol and London.

Your match

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

Limassol
52match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

London
Best match
71match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights 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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. Limassol: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Akrotiri (11.6 km from centre). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimassolLondon
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 m4 m
Main airportLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimassolLondon
City population107,9708,799,728
People per km²2,4055,598
Museums within 10 km2216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km34
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.