Погода: Ларнака, сентябрь

September is the month Cyprus regulars name as the island's best, and the structure of their argument is that one thing leaves and another stays. What leaves is the punishing part of July and August; what stays is the heat itself - still 38 or 39C on the hottest days, with a monthly mean nearer 33 - and the sea, which has absorbed a whole summer and is at its warmest. Our row gives Limassol 30.7C reading as 34C with a 27.7C sea, and the evenings warm but bearable at 21.8C. Rain remains very rare: 5.1mm across 1.4 days. Limassol's own advantage is that its 14km of coastline means there is always something open. The record: humidity 66 percent and 11.4 hours of sun.

Forum posters cite typical December daytime temperatures in Larnaca around 18-20C, dropping enough after dark that warm clothing becomes necessary, with darkness setting in by around 4:30pm. Posters are direct that the sea (around 17C) and unheated hotel pools are both too cold for comfortable December swimming. Posters discussing Cyprus's wider winter pattern note the Troodos mountains inland can see real snow some years - a genuinely different climate from Larnaca's own mild coastal setting - with conditions varying considerably year to year: one recent winter was wet, chilly and snowy in the mountains, the following one ran warm and sunny for most of the season. Posters generally rate December as cool, sometimes chilly after dark but nothing shuts down for winter in Larnaca, a hotel with reliable heating the main comfort factor to check for.

Forum posters describe early June as high-20s to low-30sC by day, genuinely hot but noticeably more moderate than the peak of July-August, with rain called rare this time of year. Posters note it doesn't get properly hot until later in the month, so early June draws visitors specifically wanting summer beach weather without the most intense heat or the biggest crowds. Wind is a recurring practical detail: mornings tend to be calm, but a stronger onshore breeze typically picks up by early afternoon and continues into evening, worth factoring into beach or boat-trip plans for later in the day.