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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Florianopolis 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 Florianopolis for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • beaches

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

Choose Paphos for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

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. Florianopolis 85, Paphos 76: Florianopolis leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Paphos 45: Florianopolis leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Paphos 62: Paphos leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Paphos 38: Florianopolis leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Paphos 70: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Paphos 64: Paphos leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Paphos 68: Paphos leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Paphos 40: Paphos leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Paphos 25: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Paphos 52: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Paphos 22: Florianopolis leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Paphos 42: Florianopolis leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Paphos.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Florianopolis
52match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Paphos
50match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Florianopolis in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
18 °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. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Paphos: 1991-2020 normals, Paphos Airport (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisPaphos
Official languagePortugueseTurkish, Greek, Modern Greek
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCN60 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation3 m72 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre59 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisPaphos
City population587,48635,961
People per km²8701,987
Museums within 10 km114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.