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A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach
The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park

Photos: Miami by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Miami 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 Miami for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Paphos for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • 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. Miami 90, Paphos 76: Miami leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Miami 72, Paphos 45: Miami leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Miami 57, Paphos 62: Paphos leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Miami 82, Paphos 38: Miami leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Miami 64, Paphos 70: Paphos leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Miami 42, Paphos 64: Paphos leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Miami 64, Paphos 68: Paphos leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Miami 35, Paphos 40: Paphos leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Miami 71, Paphos 25: Miami leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Miami 27, Paphos 52: Paphos leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Miami 55, Paphos 22: Miami leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Miami 44, Paphos 42: Miami leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Miami and Paphos.

Your match

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

Miami
Best match
59match

Wins on shopping and nightlife with your weighting.

Paphos
50match

Wins on prices 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.

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
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

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. Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre). Paphos: 1991-2020 normals, Paphos Airport (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMiamiPaphos
Official language-Turkish, Greek, Modern Greek
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2 m72 m
Main airportMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinationsPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre58 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureMiamiPaphos
City population442,24135,961
People per km²3,0461,987
Museums within 10 km174
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.