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Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Limassol or Tangier?

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

  • families
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Tangier for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tangier’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, Tangier 50: Limassol leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Limassol and Tangier are level on 58.
Culture & sights. Limassol 38, Tangier 57: Tangier leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Limassol 50, Tangier 30: Limassol leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Limassol 65, Tangier 55: Limassol leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Limassol 76, Tangier 72: Limassol leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Limassol 63, Tangier 35: Limassol leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Limassol 38, Tangier 40: Tangier leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Limassol and Tangier are level on 42.
Affordability. Limassol 44, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Limassol 32, Tangier 28: Limassol leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Limassol 42, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Limassol and Tangier.

Your match

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

Limassol
Best match
52match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

Tangier
49match

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

Tangier in July

29 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °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). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimassolTangier
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation10 m56 m
Main airportLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimassolTangier
City population107,9701,275,428
People per km²2,4056,393
Museums within 10 km26
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months3 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.