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Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral
Seven Mile Beach, Negril
NegrilSeven Mile Beach

Photos: Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0; Negril by gustavo.kunst, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Limassol or Negril?

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
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Negril for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Negril’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, Negril 93: Negril leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Limassol 58, Negril 36: Limassol leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Limassol 38, Negril 8: Limassol leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Limassol 50, Negril 40: Limassol leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Limassol 65, Negril 60: Limassol leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Limassol 76, Negril 35: Limassol leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Limassol 63, Negril 45: Limassol leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Limassol 38, Negril 30: Limassol leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Limassol 42, Negril 15: Limassol leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Limassol and Negril are level on 44.
Live music & performing arts. Limassol 32, Negril 33: Negril leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Limassol 42, Negril 52: Negril leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Limassol and Negril.

Your match

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

Limassol
Best match
52match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Negril
41match

Wins on beaches 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

Negril in July

34 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
174 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
29 °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.

Negril's temperatures are measured 52 km from the centre, at Montego Bay / Sangster.

Negril 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). Negril: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (51.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimassolNegril
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation10 m10 m
Main airportLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)52 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimassolNegril
City population107,9704,500
People per km²2,405-
Museums within 10 km20
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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.