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Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Limassol or Nairobi?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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, Nairobi 4: Limassol leads by 73 points.
Food & drink. Limassol 58, Nairobi 48: Limassol leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Limassol 38, Nairobi 35: Limassol leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Limassol 50, Nairobi 58: Nairobi leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Limassol 65, Nairobi 84: Nairobi leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Limassol 76, Nairobi 28: Limassol leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Limassol 63, Nairobi 55: Limassol leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Limassol 38, Nairobi 20: Limassol leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Limassol 42, Nairobi 45: Nairobi leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Limassol 44, Nairobi 60: Nairobi leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Limassol 32, Nairobi 35: Nairobi leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Limassol 42, Nairobi 25: Limassol leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Limassol and Nairobi.

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.

Nairobi
41match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices 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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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.

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). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimassolNairobi
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 m1,661 m
Main airportLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimassolNairobi
City population107,9705,545,000
People per km²2,4057,967
Museums within 10 km24
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.