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The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Paphos or Perth?

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 Paphos for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Perth for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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. Paphos 76, Perth 86: Perth leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Paphos 45, Perth 58: Perth leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Paphos 62, Perth 42: Paphos leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Paphos 38, Perth 42: Perth leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Paphos 70, Perth 72: Perth leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Paphos 64, Perth 48: Paphos leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Paphos 68, Perth 74: Perth leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Paphos 40, Perth 55: Perth leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Paphos 25, Perth 44: Perth leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Paphos 52, Perth 28: Paphos leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Paphos 22, Perth 50: Perth leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Paphos 42, Perth 38: Paphos leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Paphos and Perth.

Your match

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

Paphos
50match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Perth
Best match
53match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 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. Paphos: 1991-2020 normals, Paphos Airport (8.4 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePaphosPerth
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112000
Elevation72 m2 m
Main airportPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre58 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePaphosPerth
City population35,9612,141,834
People per km²1,987334
Museums within 10 km415
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months5 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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.