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Limassol or Macau?

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

Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
Limassol

Photo: Julian Lupyan, CC0

The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
Macau

Photo: tian Jin, Pexels License

Your match

Limassol
✓ Best match
52
match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

Macau
46
match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around 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.

LimassolMacau
Beaches & swimming. Limassol leads by 53 points.53
Food & drink. Macau leads by 19 points.19
Culture & sights. Macau leads by 24 points.24
Nightlife. Limassol leads by 10 points.10
Nature & outdoors. Limassol leads by 60 points.60
Day trips. Limassol leads by 24 points.24
Good for families. Limassol leads by 15 points.15
Getting around. Macau leads by 22 points.22
Shopping & style. Macau leads by 16 points.16
Affordability. Limassol and Macau are level on 44.
Live music & performing arts. Macau leads by 4 points.4
Wellness & relaxation. Limassol leads by 2 points.2
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Limassol and Macau.

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
JulyLimassolMacau
Daytime high31 °C32 °C
Night-time low24 °C26 °C
Rainfall in the month1 mm281 mm
Sunshine13 hours a day7 hours a day
Sea temperature26 °C29 °C
Daylight14 hours a day13 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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M
A
M
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A
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N
D
Daytime high, °C
Limassol
17
17
19
22
25
29
31
31
30
27
23
19
Macau
19
19
22
25
29
31
32
32
31
29
25
20
Sea temperature, °C
Limassol
18
17
17
18
20
23
26
27
26
25
22
20
Macau
19
19
20
23
26
28
29
29
28
27
24
21
Rainfall, mm
Limassol
81
47
29
17
10
2
1
0
5
14
42
98
Macau
34
42
78
160
285
369
281
338
233
71
38
32
Daylight, hours per day
Limassol
10
11
12
13
14
14
14
14
12
11
10
10
Macau
11
11
12
13
13
14
13
13
12
12
11
11
Sunshine, hours per day
Limassol
6
6
8
9
11
12
13
12
10
9
7
6
Macau
4
3
3
3
4
5
7
6
6
6
5
5

Where the figures come from

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. Limassol: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Akrotiri (11.6 km from centre). Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre).

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Getting there

Flying fromLimassolMacau
LondonLHR, LGW, STN, LTN +2
4 h 25 m
€125-167
PFO · 51 km
12 h 0 m
€570-666
1 stop
HKG · 41 km
ManchesterMAN
4 h 40 m
no fares
PFO · 51 km
12 h 0 m
no fares
HKG · 41 km
Tel Aviv YafoTLV
1 h 5 m
€149-173
PFO · 51 km
9 h 45 m
no fares
SZX · 57 km
ViennaVIE
3 h 0 m
€206-323
1 stop
PFO · 51 km
10 h 50 m
no fares
SZX · 57 km
BudapestBUD
2 h 45 m
€143-223
PFO · 51 km
10 h 40 m
no fares
SZX · 57 km
AmsterdamAMS
4 h 5 m
€253-340
1 stop
PFO · 51 km
11 h 35 m
€637
HKG · 41 km
BrusselsBRU, CRL
4 h 5 m
€176-392
2 stops
PFO · 51 km
11 h 40 m
no fares
HKG · 41 km
Abu DhabiAUH
3 h 25 m
no fares
LCA · 58 km
7 h 45 m
€690-962
2 stops
HKG · 41 km
ParisCDG, ORY, BVA
4 h 5 m
€197-331
1 stop
PFO · 51 km
11 h 55 m
€586-713
1 stop
HKG · 41 km
AlmatyALA
5 h 10 m
€377-465
2 stops
LCA · 58 km
5 h 20 m
no fares
CAN · 136 km

The busiest departure cities for these two, with a place kept for each other part of the world. Busiest means arriving passengers where an official count exists, and where none does, the number of non-stop services flown: official route statistics are published by the European reporting countries and by nobody else, so a table ranked on them alone would offer a reader in New York or Tokyo ten European cities. Flying times are estimated from the distance between airports, and every row is a city flown non-stop to both. Where the typical offer connects anyway, the stops are shown. Under each figure is the airport the flight lands at and how far that is from the centre, because the nearest airport is not always the one a route is flown to. Where both columns name the same airport it is one flight, and the difference between the two is the distance printed beside it. Typical return fares for 2026-09 to 2026-09, cached market data up to 7 days old. The figure is the middle half of the offers found, so a single price means they agreed and a range means they did not; for a typical route that middle half spans about a quarter of the median, and for the least settled routes rather more than the median itself.

Before you go

MeasureLimassolMacau
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekPortuguese, Cantonese, Standard Chinese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pataca (MOP)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzFGM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112999
Elevation10 m22 m
Main airportLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days-

By the numbers

MeasureLimassolMacau
City population107,970682,100
People per km²2,4055,916
Museums within 10 km228
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months8 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. 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. 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.