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The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church
The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park

Photos: Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License; Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Ljubljana 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 Ljubljana for

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

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

Choose Paphos for

  • beaches
  • families
  • culture and sights

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. Ljubljana 22, Paphos 76: Paphos leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Ljubljana 55, Paphos 45: Ljubljana leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Ljubljana 55, Paphos 62: Paphos leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Ljubljana 40, Paphos 38: Ljubljana leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ljubljana 80, Paphos 70: Ljubljana leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Ljubljana 78, Paphos 64: Ljubljana leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Ljubljana 54, Paphos 68: Paphos leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Ljubljana 74, Paphos 40: Ljubljana leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Ljubljana 33, Paphos 25: Ljubljana leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Ljubljana 54, Paphos 52: Ljubljana leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ljubljana 50, Paphos 22: Ljubljana leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ljubljana and Paphos are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ljubljana and Paphos.

Your match

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

Ljubljana
Best match
53match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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.

Ljubljana in July

28 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
121 mmrain in the month
9 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. Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre). Paphos: 1991-2020 normals, Paphos Airport (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLjubljanaPaphos
Official languageSloveneTurkish, 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
Elevation309 m72 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre58 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureLjubljanaPaphos
City population284,29335,961
People per km²1,7361,987
Museums within 10 km144
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.