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Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral
The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo

Photos: Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0; Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Limassol or Merida?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Merida for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Merida’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, Merida 50: Limassol leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Limassol 58, Merida 72: Merida leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Limassol 38, Merida 64: Merida leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Limassol 50, Merida 42: Limassol leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Limassol 65, Merida 48: Limassol leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Limassol 76, Merida 80: Merida leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Limassol 63, Merida 50: Limassol leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Limassol 38, Merida 45: Merida leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Limassol 42, Merida 50: Merida leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Limassol 44, Merida 75: Merida leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Limassol 32, Merida 52: Merida leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Limassol 42, Merida 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 Merida.

Your match

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

Limassol
52match

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

Merida
Best match
56match

Wins on prices 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

Merida in July

35 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
148 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
13 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). Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimassolMerida
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m12 m
Main airportLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimassolMerida
City population107,970892,363
People per km²2,4051,010
Museums within 10 km25
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months12 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.