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Skiers at the Albion base of the ski area, Alta, Utah
Alta, UtahSkiers at the Albion base of the ski area
The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Alta, Utah or Paphos?

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 Alta, Utah for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Alta, Utah’s own page.

Choose Paphos for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Paphos’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. Alta, Utah 3, Paphos 76: Paphos leads by 73 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Paphos 45: Paphos leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Paphos 62: Paphos leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Paphos 38: Paphos leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Paphos 70: Alta, Utah leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Paphos 64: Paphos leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Paphos 68: Paphos leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Paphos 40: Paphos leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Paphos 25: Paphos leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Paphos 52: Paphos leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Paphos 22: Paphos leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Paphos 42: Paphos leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Paphos.

Your match

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

Alta, Utah
23match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Paphos
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches 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.

Alta, Utah in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Paphos in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Alta, Utah has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Paphos 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. Alta, Utah: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Paphos: 1991-2020 normals, Paphos Airport (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahPaphos
Official language-Turkish, Greek, Modern Greek
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,610 m72 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre59 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahPaphos
City population22835,961
People per km²191,987
Museums within 10 km04
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.