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Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Limassol or Puerto Iguazu?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Iguazu’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, Puerto Iguazu 5: Limassol leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Limassol 58, Puerto Iguazu 28: Limassol leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Limassol 38, Puerto Iguazu 9: Limassol leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Limassol 50, Puerto Iguazu 14: Limassol leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Limassol 65, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Limassol 76, Puerto Iguazu 33: Limassol leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Limassol 63, Puerto Iguazu 55: Limassol leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Limassol 38, Puerto Iguazu 54: Puerto Iguazu leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Limassol 42, Puerto Iguazu 17: Limassol leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Limassol 44, Puerto Iguazu 48: Puerto Iguazu leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Limassol 32, Puerto Iguazu 7: Limassol leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Limassol 42, Puerto Iguazu 34: Limassol leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Limassol and Puerto Iguazu.

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.

Puerto Iguazu
33match

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

Puerto Iguazu in July

22 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
103 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
No seasea
11 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). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimassolPuerto Iguazu
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation10 m162 m
Main airportLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimassolPuerto Iguazu
City population107,97054,903
People per km²2,405-
Museums within 10 km20
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
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.