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Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Limassol or Tokyo?

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

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Limassol leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Limassol 58, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Limassol 38, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Limassol 50, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Limassol 65, Tokyo 68: Tokyo leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Limassol 76, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Limassol 63, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Limassol 38, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 60 points.
Shopping & style. Limassol 42, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 57 points.
Affordability. Limassol 44, Tokyo 48: Tokyo leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Limassol 32, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 54 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Limassol 42, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Limassol and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Limassol
52match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on getting around and shopping 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °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). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimassolTokyo
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation10 m6 m
Main airportLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimassolTokyo
City population107,97014,264,798
People per km²2,4056,501
Museums within 10 km2192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months4 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.