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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Avignon 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 Avignon for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Paphos for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

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. Avignon 22, Paphos 76: Paphos leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Paphos 45: Avignon leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Paphos 62: Avignon leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Paphos 38: Paphos leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon and Paphos are level on 70.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Paphos 64: Avignon leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Paphos 68: Paphos leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Paphos 40: Avignon leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Paphos 25: Avignon leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Paphos 52: Paphos leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Paphos 22: Avignon leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 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: Avignon and Paphos.

Your match

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

Avignon
Best match
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and day trips with your weighting.

Paphos
50match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Avignon in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
24 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Paphos in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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

Avignon 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.

Avignon's sunshine is measured 65 km from the centre, at Marseille / Marignane.

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. Avignon: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Avignon / Morières-lès-Avignon (8.6 km from centre). Paphos: 1991-2020 normals, Paphos Airport (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonPaphos
Official languageFrenchTurkish, Greek, Modern Greek
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m72 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre58 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonPaphos
City population92,18835,961
People per km²1,4201,987
Museums within 10 km114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km62
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 months

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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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.