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Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral
The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

Photos: Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0; Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Limassol or Rovinj?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Rovinj’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, Rovinj 70: Limassol leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Limassol 58, Rovinj 50: Limassol leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Limassol and Rovinj are level on 38.
Nightlife. Limassol 50, Rovinj 25: Limassol leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Limassol 65, Rovinj 60: Limassol leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Limassol 76, Rovinj 68: Limassol leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Limassol 63, Rovinj 52: Limassol leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Limassol 38, Rovinj 55: Rovinj leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Limassol 42, Rovinj 28: Limassol leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Limassol 44, Rovinj 36: Limassol leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Limassol 32, Rovinj 15: Limassol leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Limassol and Rovinj are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Limassol and Rovinj.

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 live music and the arts with your weighting.

Rovinj
45match

Wins on 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

Rovinj in July

29 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °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.

Rovinj's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Trieste.

Rovinj 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). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimassolRovinj
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m0 m
Main airportLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimassolRovinj
City population107,97012,968
People per km²2,405-
Museums within 10 km21
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.