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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Mumbai 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 Mumbai for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Paphos for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

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. Mumbai 18, Paphos 76: Paphos leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Paphos 45: Mumbai leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, Paphos 62: Mumbai leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, Paphos 38: Mumbai leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, Paphos 70: Paphos leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Paphos 64: Paphos leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, Paphos 68: Paphos leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Paphos 40: Paphos leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, Paphos 25: Mumbai leads by 41 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Paphos 52: Mumbai leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, Paphos 22: Mumbai leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Paphos 42: Paphos leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai 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

Mumbai
51match

Wins on shopping and food and drink 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.

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre). Paphos: 1991-2020 normals, Paphos Airport (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiPaphos
Official languageHindi, EnglishTurkish, Greek, Modern Greek
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation14 m72 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre58 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-17 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiPaphos
City population15,414,28835,961
People per km²25,5631,987
Museums within 10 km14
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.