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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • shopping

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

Choose Paphos for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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. Brisbane 55, Paphos 76: Paphos leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Paphos 45: Brisbane leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Paphos 62: Paphos leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Paphos 38: Brisbane leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Paphos 70: Brisbane leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Paphos 64: Paphos leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Paphos 68: Brisbane leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Paphos 40: Brisbane leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Paphos 25: Brisbane leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Paphos 52: Paphos leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Paphos 22: Brisbane leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 40, Paphos 42: Paphos leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Paphos.

Your match

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

Brisbane
Best match
54match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

Paphos
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.

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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

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. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Paphos: 1991-2020 normals, Paphos Airport (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbanePaphos
Official languageEnglishTurkish, Greek, Modern Greek
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+10UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation0 m72 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre58 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbanePaphos
City population2,706,96635,961
People per km²1711,987
Museums within 10 km164
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 months6 months

Where else could you go?

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.