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The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Paphos or Puerto Iguazu?

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
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Iguazu’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, Puerto Iguazu 5: Paphos leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Paphos 45, Puerto Iguazu 28: Paphos leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Paphos 62, Puerto Iguazu 9: Paphos leads by 53 points.
Nightlife. Paphos 38, Puerto Iguazu 14: Paphos leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Paphos 70, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Paphos 64, Puerto Iguazu 33: Paphos leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Paphos 68, Puerto Iguazu 55: Paphos leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Paphos 40, Puerto Iguazu 54: Puerto Iguazu leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Paphos 25, Puerto Iguazu 17: Paphos leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Paphos 52, Puerto Iguazu 48: Paphos leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Paphos 22, Puerto Iguazu 7: Paphos leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Paphos 42, Puerto Iguazu 34: Paphos leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Paphos and Puerto Iguazu.

Your match

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

Paphos
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Puerto Iguazu
33match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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

Puerto Iguazu in July

22 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
103 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
No seasea
11 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). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePaphosPuerto Iguazu
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation72 m162 m
Main airportPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre58 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePaphosPuerto Iguazu
City population35,96154,903
People per km²1,987-
Museums within 10 km40
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 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. 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.