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Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral
The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower

Photos: Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0; Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License.

Limassol or Pisa?

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
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Pisa for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Pisa’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, Pisa 58: Limassol leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Limassol 58, Pisa 55: Limassol leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Limassol 38, Pisa 68: Pisa leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Limassol 50, Pisa 40: Limassol leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Limassol 65, Pisa 62: Limassol leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Limassol 76, Pisa 92: Pisa leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Limassol 63, Pisa 52: Limassol leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Limassol 38, Pisa 76: Pisa leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Limassol 42, Pisa 38: Limassol leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Limassol 44, Pisa 55: Pisa leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Limassol 32, Pisa 38: Pisa leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Limassol 42, Pisa 45: Pisa leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Limassol and Pisa.

Your match

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

Limassol
52match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Pisa
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around 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

Pisa in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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). Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimassolPisa
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m4 m
Main airportLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimassolPisa
City population107,97088,737
People per km²2,405479
Museums within 10 km227
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months4 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.