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Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

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

Limassol or Victoria?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Victoria for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Limassol leads by 49 points.
Food & drink. Limassol 58, Victoria 50: Limassol leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Limassol 38, Victoria 42: Victoria leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Limassol 50, Victoria 30: Limassol leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Limassol 65, Victoria 77: Victoria leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Limassol 76, Victoria 54: Limassol leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Limassol 63, Victoria 62: Limassol leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Limassol 38, Victoria 60: Victoria leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Limassol 42, Victoria 40: Limassol leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Limassol 44, Victoria 34: Limassol leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Limassol 32, Victoria 40: Victoria leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Limassol 42, Victoria 48: Victoria leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Limassol and Victoria.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Victoria
47match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors 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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 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.

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International 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). Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimassolVictoria
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m23 m
Main airportLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimassolVictoria
City population107,97091,867
People per km²2,4054,711
Museums within 10 km26
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.