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Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Limassol or York?

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
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose York for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on York’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, York 14: Limassol leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Limassol 58, York 42: Limassol leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Limassol 38, York 70: York leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Limassol 50, York 36: Limassol leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Limassol 65, York 62: Limassol leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Limassol 76, York 80: York leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Limassol 63, York 60: Limassol leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Limassol 38, York 72: York leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Limassol 42, York 46: York leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Limassol 44, York 38: Limassol leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Limassol 32, York 38: York leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Limassol 42, York 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 York.

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 food and drink with your weighting.

York
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

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 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.

York 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.

York's sunshine is measured 48 km from the centre, at Leeming.

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). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimassolYork
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation10 m25 m
Main airportLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimassolYork
City population107,970208,400
People per km²2,405766
Museums within 10 km224
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
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. 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.