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Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral
The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja

Photos: Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0; Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License.

Limassol or Reykjavik?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Reykjavik for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Reykjavik’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, Reykjavik 12: Limassol leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Limassol 58, Reykjavik 42: Limassol leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Limassol 38, Reykjavik 25: Limassol leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Limassol 50, Reykjavik 45: Limassol leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Limassol 65, Reykjavik 92: Reykjavik leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Limassol 76, Reykjavik 35: Limassol leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Limassol 63, Reykjavik 55: Limassol leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Limassol 38, Reykjavik 55: Reykjavik leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Limassol 42, Reykjavik 25: Limassol leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Limassol 44, Reykjavik 6: Limassol leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Limassol 32, Reykjavik 45: Reykjavik leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Limassol 42, Reykjavik 88: Reykjavik leads by 46 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Limassol and Reykjavik.

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.

Reykjavik
44match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 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). Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimassolReykjavik
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekIcelandic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Iceland Krona (ISK)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m8 m
Main airportLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimassolReykjavik
City population107,970138,772
People per km²2,405569
Museums within 10 km223
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 monthsNone

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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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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.