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Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral
Punta del Este

Photos: Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0.

Limassol or Punta del Este?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Punta del Este for

  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Punta del Este’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, Punta del Este 72: Limassol leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Limassol 58, Punta del Este 45: Limassol leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Limassol 38, Punta del Este 22: Limassol leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Limassol 50, Punta del Este 60: Punta del Este leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Limassol 65, Punta del Este 55: Limassol leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Limassol 76, Punta del Este 45: Limassol leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Limassol 63, Punta del Este 55: Limassol leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Limassol 38, Punta del Este 35: Limassol leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Limassol and Punta del Este are level on 42.
Affordability. Limassol 44, Punta del Este 20: Limassol leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Limassol 32, Punta del Este 22: Limassol leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Limassol 42, Punta del Este 32: Limassol leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Limassol and Punta del Este.

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 prices with your weighting.

Punta del Este
42match

Wins on nightlife 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

Punta del Este in July

15 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
101 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
12 °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.

Punta del Este's temperatures are measured 79 km from the centre, at Rocha.

Punta del Este 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). Punta del Este: 1991-2020 normals, Rocha (78.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimassolPunta del Este
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern Greek-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m11 m
Main airportLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsCapitan Corbeta CA Curbelo International Airport (PDP)18 km from centre6 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimassolPunta del Este
City population107,9709,277
People per km²2,405455
Museums within 10 km25
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months3 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.