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Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan
The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park

Photos: New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

New York 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 New York for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • nightlife

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

Choose Paphos for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • 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. New York 50, Paphos 76: Paphos leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. New York 92, Paphos 45: New York leads by 47 points.
Culture & sights. New York 89, Paphos 62: New York leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. New York 97, Paphos 38: New York leads by 59 points.
Nature & outdoors. New York 55, Paphos 70: Paphos leads by 15 points.
Day trips. New York 68, Paphos 64: New York leads by 4 points.
Good for families. New York 70, Paphos 68: New York leads by 2 points.
Getting around. New York 82, Paphos 40: New York leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. New York 97, Paphos 25: New York leads by 72 points.
Affordability. New York 12, Paphos 52: Paphos leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. New York 99, Paphos 22: New York leads by 77 points.
Wellness & relaxation. New York and Paphos are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: New York and Paphos.

Your match

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

New York
Best match
71match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping with your weighting.

Paphos
50match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
22 °Csea
15 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. New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre). Paphos: 1991-2020 normals, Paphos Airport (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNew YorkPaphos
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
Elevation25 m72 m
Main airportJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinationsPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre58 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureNew YorkPaphos
City population8,804,19035,961
People per km²7,2561,987
Museums within 10 km1574
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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.