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The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park
The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower

Photos: Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License.

Paphos or Pisa?

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

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Pisa for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Pisa’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, Pisa 58: Paphos leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Paphos 45, Pisa 55: Pisa leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Paphos 62, Pisa 68: Pisa leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Paphos 38, Pisa 40: Pisa leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Paphos 70, Pisa 62: Paphos leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Paphos 64, Pisa 92: Pisa leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Paphos 68, Pisa 52: Paphos leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Paphos 40, Pisa 76: Pisa leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Paphos 25, Pisa 38: Pisa leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Paphos 52, Pisa 55: Pisa leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Paphos 22, Pisa 38: Pisa leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Paphos 42, Pisa 45: Pisa leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Paphos and Pisa.

Your match

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

Paphos
50match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Pisa
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around 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.

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

Pisa in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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). Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePaphosPisa
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation72 m4 m
Main airportPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre58 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePaphosPisa
City population35,96188,737
People per km²1,987479
Museums within 10 km427
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months4 months

Where else could you go?

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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. 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.