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Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral
People's Square (Narodni trg), Zadar
ZadarPeople's Square (Narodni trg)

Photos: Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0; Zadar by Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, cropped.

Limassol or Zadar?

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

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Zadar for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Zadar’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, Zadar 72: Limassol leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Limassol 58, Zadar 45: Limassol leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Limassol 38, Zadar 55: Zadar leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Limassol 50, Zadar 38: Limassol leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Limassol 65, Zadar 82: Zadar leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Limassol 76, Zadar 70: Limassol leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Limassol 63, Zadar 55: Limassol leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Limassol 38, Zadar 58: Zadar leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Limassol 42, Zadar 27: Limassol leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Limassol 44, Zadar 52: Zadar leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Limassol 32, Zadar 28: Limassol leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Limassol 42, Zadar 35: Limassol leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Limassol and Zadar.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Limassol
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Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Zadar
51match

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

Zadar in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °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.

Zadar 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.

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). Zadar: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zadar / Zemunik (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLimassolZadar
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m5 m
Main airportLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinationsZadar Airport (ZAD)10 km from centre66 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLimassolZadar
City population107,97070,779
People per km²2,405-
Museums within 10 km21
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months4 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.