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Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral
The US Capitol, Washington DC
Washington DCThe US Capitol

Photos: Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0; Washington DC by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Limassol or Washington DC?

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
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Washington DC for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Washington DC’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, Washington DC 12: Limassol leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Limassol 58, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Limassol 38, Washington DC 84: Washington DC leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Limassol 50, Washington DC 57: Washington DC leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Limassol 65, Washington DC 64: Limassol leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Limassol 76, Washington DC 73: Limassol leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Limassol 63, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Limassol 38, Washington DC 72: Washington DC leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Limassol 42, Washington DC 52: Washington DC leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Limassol 44, Washington DC 28: Limassol leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Limassol 32, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Limassol 42, Washington DC 26: Limassol leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Limassol and Washington DC.

Your match

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

Limassol
52match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Washington DC
Best match
56match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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

Washington DC in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
108 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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). Washington DC: 1991-2020 normals, Washington National Airport (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimassolWashington DC
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern Greek-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m72 m
Main airportLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsRonald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)5 km from centre105 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimassolWashington DC
City population107,970689,545
People per km²2,4053,896
Museums within 10 km298
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
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. 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.