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Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Limassol or Vilnius?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Vilnius’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, Vilnius 17: Limassol leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Limassol 58, Vilnius 50: Limassol leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Limassol 38, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Limassol 50, Vilnius 46: Limassol leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Limassol 65, Vilnius 52: Limassol leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Limassol 76, Vilnius 60: Limassol leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Limassol 63, Vilnius 44: Limassol leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Limassol 38, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Limassol 42, Vilnius 38: Limassol leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Limassol 44, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Limassol 32, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Limassol 42, Vilnius 34: Limassol leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Limassol and Vilnius.

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.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on getting around 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

Vilnius in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
90 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 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). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimassolVilnius
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekLithuanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m98 m
Main airportLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimassolVilnius
City population107,970619,405
People per km²2,4051,545
Museums within 10 km231
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.