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Tempio Voltiano on the lakeshore, Como
ComoTempio Voltiano on the lakeshore
The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park

Photos: Como by Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Como 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 Como for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose Paphos for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • 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. Como 36, Paphos 76: Paphos leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Como and Paphos are level on 45.
Culture & sights. Como 52, Paphos 62: Paphos leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Como 22, Paphos 38: Paphos leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Como 82, Paphos 70: Como leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Como 87, Paphos 64: Como leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Como 47, Paphos 68: Paphos leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Como 66, Paphos 40: Como leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Como 42, Paphos 25: Como leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Como 30, Paphos 52: Paphos leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Como 34, Paphos 22: Como leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Como 44, Paphos 42: Como leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Como and Paphos.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Como
49match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Paphos
50match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Como in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
158 mmrain in the month
8 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

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. Como: 1991-2020 normals, Lugano (23 km from centre). Paphos: 1991-2020 normals, Paphos Airport (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureComoPaphos
Official languageItalianTurkish, Greek, Modern Greek
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation201 m72 m
Main airportMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)34 km from centre208 non-stop destinationsPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre58 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureComoPaphos
City population83,18435,961
People per km²2,2421,987
Museums within 10 km114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km82
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.