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Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Limassol or Valparaiso?

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
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Limassol leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Limassol 58, Valparaiso 50: Limassol leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Limassol 38, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Limassol 50, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Limassol 65, Valparaiso 60: Limassol leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Limassol 76, Valparaiso 63: Limassol leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Limassol 63, Valparaiso 33: Limassol leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Limassol 38, Valparaiso 44: Valparaiso leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Limassol 42, Valparaiso 30: Limassol leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Limassol 44, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Limassol 32, Valparaiso 38: Valparaiso leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Limassol 42, Valparaiso 18: Limassol leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Limassol and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Limassol
Best match
52match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 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.

Valparaiso 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.

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). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimassolValparaiso
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation10 m21 m
Main airportLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimassolValparaiso
City population107,970296,655
People per km²2,4056,180
Museums within 10 km217
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.