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Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0.

Limassol or St. Petersburg, Florida?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on St. Petersburg, Florida’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, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Limassol 58, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Limassol leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Limassol 38, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Limassol 50, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: Limassol leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Limassol 65, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: Limassol leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Limassol 76, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: Limassol leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Limassol 63, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Limassol 38, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Limassol leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Limassol 42, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: Limassol leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Limassol 44, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: Limassol leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Limassol 32, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Limassol 42, St. Petersburg, Florida 40: Limassol leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Limassol and St. Petersburg, Florida.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Limassol
52match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

St. Petersburg, Florida
50match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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

St. Petersburg, Florida in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 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). St. Petersburg, Florida: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimassolSt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern Greek-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m134 m
Main airportLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimassolSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population107,970258,308
People per km²2,405725
Museums within 10 km213
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months8 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.