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The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Paphos or Quebec City?

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
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Quebec City for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’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, Quebec City 18: Paphos leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Paphos 45, Quebec City 57: Quebec City leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Paphos 62, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Paphos 38, Quebec City 42: Quebec City leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Paphos 70, Quebec City 79: Quebec City leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Paphos 64, Quebec City 58: Paphos leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Paphos 68, Quebec City 64: Paphos leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Paphos 40, Quebec City 50: Quebec City leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Paphos 25, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Paphos 52, Quebec City 45: Paphos leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Paphos 22, Quebec City 52: Quebec City leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Paphos 42, Quebec City 55: Quebec City leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Paphos and Quebec City.

Your match

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

Paphos
50match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Quebec City
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
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PaphosQuebec City

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). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePaphosQuebec City
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation72 m98 m
Main airportPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre59 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasurePaphosQuebec City
City population35,961574,482
People per km²1,9871,184
Museums within 10 km416
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.