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Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Limassol or Tampa?

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
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Tampa for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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, Tampa 70: Limassol leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Limassol 58, Tampa 57: Limassol leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Limassol 38, Tampa 42: Tampa leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Limassol 50, Tampa 52: Tampa leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Limassol 65, Tampa 55: Limassol leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Limassol 76, Tampa 54: Limassol leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Limassol 63, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Limassol 38, Tampa 22: Limassol leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Limassol 42, Tampa 40: Limassol leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Limassol 44, Tampa 40: Limassol leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Limassol 32, Tampa 47: Tampa leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Limassol 42, Tampa 30: Limassol leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Limassol and Tampa.

Your match

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

Limassol
Best match
52match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Tampa
49match

Wins on families 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

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °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). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimassolTampa
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 m30 m
Main airportLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimassolTampa
City population107,970384,959
People per km²2,405848
Museums within 10 km26
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.