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Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral
Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside

Photos: Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0; Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Limassol or Portofino?

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

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • families

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

Choose Portofino for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Portofino’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, Portofino 60: Limassol leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Limassol 58, Portofino 36: Limassol leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Limassol 38, Portofino 22: Limassol leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Limassol 50, Portofino 14: Limassol leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Limassol 65, Portofino 77: Portofino leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Limassol and Portofino are level on 76.
Good for families. Limassol 63, Portofino 33: Limassol leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Limassol 38, Portofino 50: Portofino leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Limassol 42, Portofino 29: Limassol leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Limassol 44, Portofino 9: Limassol leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Limassol 32, Portofino 7: Limassol leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Limassol and Portofino are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Limassol and Portofino.

Your match

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

Limassol
Best match
52match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Portofino
38match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Portofino in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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.

Portofino's temperatures are measured 31 km from the centre, at Genova / Sestri.

Portofino 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). Portofino: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (31 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimassolPortofino
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 m20 m
Main airportLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimassolPortofino
City population107,970355
People per km²2,405142
Museums within 10 km214
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.