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Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral
The Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square, Skopje
SkopjeThe Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square

Photos: Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0; Skopje by George M. Groutas, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Limassol or Skopje?

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
  • families
  • day trips

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

Choose Skopje for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Skopje’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, Skopje 6: Limassol leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Limassol 58, Skopje 52: Limassol leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Limassol 38, Skopje 56: Skopje leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Limassol 50, Skopje 42: Limassol leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Limassol 65, Skopje 70: Skopje leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Limassol 76, Skopje 56: Limassol leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Limassol 63, Skopje 35: Limassol leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Limassol 38, Skopje 45: Skopje leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Limassol 42, Skopje 40: Limassol leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Limassol 44, Skopje 80: Skopje leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Limassol 32, Skopje 38: Skopje leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Limassol 42, Skopje 27: Limassol leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Limassol and Skopje.

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 families with your weighting.

Skopje
46match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Skopje in July

32 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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.

Skopje 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.

Skopje's sunshine is measured 68 km from the centre, at Stip.

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). Skopje: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Skopje-Petrovec (18.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimassolSkopje
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekAlbanian, Macedonian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Denar (MKD)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m251 m
Main airportLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsSkopje International Airport (SKP)16 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimassolSkopje
City population107,970422,540
People per km²2,405739
Museums within 10 km217
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
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.