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The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple
The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park

Photos: Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Luxor 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 Luxor for

  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Paphos for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Luxor 6, Paphos 76: Paphos leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Luxor 30, Paphos 45: Paphos leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Luxor 95, Paphos 62: Luxor leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Luxor 10, Paphos 38: Paphos leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luxor 32, Paphos 70: Paphos leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Luxor 62, Paphos 64: Paphos leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Luxor 30, Paphos 68: Paphos leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Luxor 35, Paphos 40: Paphos leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Luxor and Paphos are level on 25.
Affordability. Luxor 90, Paphos 52: Luxor leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luxor 10, Paphos 22: Paphos leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luxor 28, Paphos 42: Paphos leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luxor and Paphos.

Your match

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

Luxor
38match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Paphos
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches 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.

Luxor in July

41 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Paphos in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
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

Luxor 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.

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. Luxor: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Luxor (6.5 km from centre). Paphos: 1991-2020 normals, Paphos Airport (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuxorPaphos
Official languageArabicTurkish, Greek, Modern Greek
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation89 m72 m
Main airportLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre58 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuxorPaphos
City population202,23235,961
People per km²4861,987
Museums within 10 km44
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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). 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. 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. 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.