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Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Limassol or Perth?

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
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Perth for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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, Perth 86: Perth leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Limassol and Perth are level on 58.
Culture & sights. Limassol 38, Perth 42: Perth leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Limassol 50, Perth 42: Limassol leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Limassol 65, Perth 72: Perth leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Limassol 76, Perth 48: Limassol leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Limassol 63, Perth 74: Perth leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Limassol 38, Perth 55: Perth leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Limassol 42, Perth 44: Perth leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Limassol 44, Perth 28: Limassol leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Limassol 32, Perth 50: Perth leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Limassol 42, Perth 38: Limassol leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Limassol and Perth.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Limassol
52match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Perth
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around 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

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
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). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimassolPerth
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112000
Elevation10 m2 m
Main airportLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimassolPerth
City population107,9702,141,834
People per km²2,405334
Museums within 10 km215
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months5 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.