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Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral
The Fortaleza San Felipe, Puerto Plata
Puerto PlataThe Fortaleza San Felipe

Photos: Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0; Puerto Plata by CareAhLine, CC0.

Limassol or Puerto Plata?

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
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Puerto Plata for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Plata’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 Plata 80: Puerto Plata leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Limassol 58, Puerto Plata 40: Limassol leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Limassol 38, Puerto Plata 35: Limassol leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Limassol 50, Puerto Plata 38: Limassol leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Limassol 65, Puerto Plata 68: Puerto Plata leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Limassol 76, Puerto Plata 48: Limassol leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Limassol 63, Puerto Plata 57: Limassol leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Limassol 38, Puerto Plata 30: Limassol leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Limassol 42, Puerto Plata 30: Limassol leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Limassol 44, Puerto Plata 64: Puerto Plata leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Limassol 32, Puerto Plata 18: Limassol leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Limassol 42, Puerto Plata 35: Limassol leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Limassol and Puerto Plata.

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 food and drink with your weighting.

Puerto Plata
45match

Wins on prices and beaches 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 Plata in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °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.

Puerto Plata 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). Puerto Plata: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Puerto Plata (15.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimassolPuerto Plata
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m34 m
Main airportLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsGregorio Luperon International Airport (POP)13 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimassolPuerto Plata
City population107,970-
People per km²2,405-
Museums within 10 km21
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.