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Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Limassol or Tallinn?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Limassol leads by 49 points.
Food & drink. Limassol 58, Tallinn 52: Limassol leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Limassol 38, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Limassol 50, Tallinn 44: Limassol leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Limassol 65, Tallinn 55: Limassol leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Limassol 76, Tallinn 58: Limassol leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Limassol 63, Tallinn 60: Limassol leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Limassol 38, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Limassol 42, Tallinn 40: Limassol leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Limassol 44, Tallinn 47: Tallinn leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Limassol 32, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Limassol 42, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Limassol and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Limassol
52match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Tallinn
52match

Wins on getting around 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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimassolTallinn
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekEstonian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m28 m
Main airportLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimassolTallinn
City population107,970457,572
People per km²2,4052,871
Museums within 10 km216
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. 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.