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Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral
The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue

Photos: Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0; Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Limassol or Mombasa?

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

  • day trips
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Mombasa for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Mombasa’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, Mombasa 82: Mombasa leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Limassol 58, Mombasa 60: Mombasa leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Limassol 38, Mombasa 55: Mombasa leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Limassol 50, Mombasa 46: Limassol leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Limassol 65, Mombasa 74: Mombasa leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Limassol 76, Mombasa 45: Limassol leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Limassol 63, Mombasa 45: Limassol leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Limassol 38, Mombasa 30: Limassol leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Limassol 42, Mombasa 35: Limassol leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Limassol 44, Mombasa 70: Mombasa leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Limassol 32, Mombasa 22: Limassol leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Limassol 42, Mombasa 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 Mombasa.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Limassol
52match

Wins on day trips and families with your weighting.

Mombasa
50match

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

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
12 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.

Mombasa 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). Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimassolMombasa
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation10 m50 m
Main airportLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimassolMombasa
City population107,9701,208,333
People per km²2,4054,100
Museums within 10 km20
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
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. 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.