Limassol climate

Name: Limassol
Address: CY

Limassol is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 9.4 °C. January is the wettest month (60 mm) and July the driest (1.0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Limassol averages 273 mm of rain and 173 days above 25 °C.

Cyprus · population 154,000 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 33 °C
Coldest month February 9.4 °C
Driest month July 1 mm
Wettest month January 60 mm
Least cloud July 2 % cloud
Hottest on record August 41 °C
Coldest on record February 2.5 °C
Warmest sea August 27 °C

What to expectLimassol through the year

Limassol has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 16 °C in February to 33 °C in July, a swing of 16 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 173 days a year reach 25 °C, 98 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 60 mm against 1 mm in July — 59 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Limassol is warmest in August at 27 °C and coldest in February at 17 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	15.3 °C	60 mm	44 %
February	15.8 °C	42 mm	42 %
March	18.3 °C	28 mm	37 %
April	21.9 °C	16 mm	32 %
May	26.3 °C	13 mm	21 %
June	30.4 °C	3 mm	6 %
July	32.9 °C	1 mm	2 %
August	32.8 °C	1 mm	3 %
September	30.4 °C	3 mm	6 %
October	27.0 °C	16 mm	21 %
November	21.7 °C	29 mm	36 %
December	17.1 °C	59 mm	45 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	15.3 °C	9.5 °C	12.3 °C	21.5 °C	2.8 °C	0	0
February	15.8 °C	9.4 °C	12.5 °C	25.5 °C	2.5 °C	0	0
March	18.3 °C	10.8 °C	14.5 °C	27.9 °C	3.3 °C	1	0
April	21.9 °C	13.4 °C	17.7 °C	32.7 °C	5.8 °C	5	1
May	26.3 °C	17.3 °C	22.0 °C	40.6 °C	12.0 °C	18	5
June	30.4 °C	21.1 °C	26.1 °C	39.9 °C	14.7 °C	30	16
July	32.9 °C	23.7 °C	28.6 °C	40.5 °C	18.5 °C	31	28
August	32.8 °C	24.2 °C	28.6 °C	41.2 °C	20.7 °C	31	29
September	30.4 °C	22.3 °C	26.3 °C	38.9 °C	16.8 °C	30	16
October	27.0 °C	19.3 °C	22.9 °C	36.7 °C	11.6 °C	24	4
November	21.7 °C	15.0 °C	18.2 °C	29.9 °C	7.9 °C	4	0
December	17.1 °C	11.3 °C	14.1 °C	26.3 °C	3.5 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	60 mm	9	10 h/day	44 %	75 %	16 km/h	17.5 °C
February	42 mm	7	11 h/day	42 %	73 %	17 km/h	16.8 °C
March	28 mm	6	12 h/day	37 %	69 %	17 km/h	17.0 °C
April	16 mm	4	13 h/day	32 %	65 %	16 km/h	17.9 °C
May	13 mm	3	14 h/day	21 %	61 %	16 km/h	20.1 °C
June	3 mm	1	14 h/day	6 %	58 %	16 km/h	23.3 °C
July	1 mm	0	14 h/day	2 %	59 %	17 km/h	26.1 °C
August	1 mm	0	13 h/day	3 %	63 %	16 km/h	27.1 °C
September	3 mm	1	12 h/day	6 %	64 %	15 km/h	26.3 °C
October	16 mm	4	11 h/day	21 %	66 %	14 km/h	24.8 °C
November	29 mm	5	10 h/day	36 %	70 %	14 km/h	22.3 °C
December	59 mm	8	9.8 h/day	45 %	76 %	14 km/h	19.5 °C

How Limassol compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Limassol	33 °C	9.4 °C	273 mm	173
Nicosia · Cyprus	36 °C	7.2 °C	345 mm	183
Alanya · Turkey	31 °C	5.3 °C	968 mm	139
Beirut · Lebanon	31 °C	7.8 °C	631 mm	178
Sidon · Lebanon	30 °C	8.5 °C	646 mm	167
Tripoli · Lebanon	30 °C	7.7 °C	703 mm	164
Ţarţūs · Syria	30 °C	8.8 °C	766 mm	156

Where Limassol ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Europe in November	1stof 50	78/100
Best beach destinations in Europe in October	1stof 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in Europe in April	1stof 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in Europe in November	1stof 50	97/100
The driest places in Europe in August	1stof 50	1.4 mm
The driest places in Europe in September	1stof 50	3.2 mm

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Limassol.

QuestionsCommon questions about Limassol’s climate

When is the best time to visit Limassol?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Limassol get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 98 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 9.4 °C in February, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Limassol?

January, averaging 60 mm over 9 days with rain. The driest month is July with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 273 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Limassol rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.