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Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral
Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley

Photos: Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0; Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Limassol or Mendoza?

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
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Mendoza for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Mendoza’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, Mendoza 6: Limassol leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Limassol 58, Mendoza 68: Mendoza leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Limassol 38, Mendoza 30: Limassol leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Limassol 50, Mendoza 40: Limassol leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Limassol 65, Mendoza 83: Mendoza leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Limassol 76, Mendoza 52: Limassol leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Limassol 63, Mendoza 42: Limassol leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Limassol 38, Mendoza 48: Mendoza leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Limassol 42, Mendoza 33: Limassol leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Limassol 44, Mendoza 56: Mendoza leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Limassol 32, Mendoza 33: Mendoza leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Limassol 42, Mendoza 55: Mendoza leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Limassol and Mendoza.

Your match

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

Limassol
Best match
52match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Mendoza
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
10 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). Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimassolMendoza
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation10 m769 m
Main airportLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimassolMendoza
City population107,970127,160
People per km²2,4052,355
Museums within 10 km21
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
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. 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.