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Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Limassol or Wellington?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Wellington for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Limassol leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Limassol 58, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Limassol 38, Wellington 44: Wellington leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Limassol 50, Wellington 45: Limassol leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Limassol 65, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Limassol 76, Wellington 40: Limassol leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Limassol 63, Wellington 62: Limassol leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Limassol 38, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Limassol and Wellington are level on 42.
Affordability. Limassol 44, Wellington 33: Limassol leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Limassol 32, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Limassol 42, Wellington 30: Limassol leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Limassol and Wellington.

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.

Wellington
49match

Wins on getting around 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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °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.

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

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). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimassolWellington
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation10 m0 m
Main airportLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimassolWellington
City population107,970216,200
People per km²2,405487
Museums within 10 km212
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.