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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Cadiz 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 Cadiz for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

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

Choose Paphos for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Cadiz 80, Paphos 76: Cadiz leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Paphos 45: Cadiz leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz and Paphos are level on 62.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Paphos 38: Cadiz leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Paphos 70: Paphos leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Paphos 64: Cadiz leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Paphos 68: Paphos leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Paphos 40: Cadiz leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Paphos 25: Cadiz leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Paphos 52: Cadiz leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Paphos 22: Cadiz leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz and Paphos are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Paphos.

Your match

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

Cadiz
Best match
60match

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

Paphos
50match

Wins on families and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cadiz in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Paphos: 1991-2020 normals, Paphos Airport (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizPaphos
Official languageSpanishTurkish, Greek, Modern Greek
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m72 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre59 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizPaphos
City population109,95035,961
People per km²9,0871,987
Museums within 10 km114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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). 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.