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The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park
The boardwalk at Delaware Avenue, Rehoboth Beach
Rehoboth BeachThe boardwalk at Delaware Avenue

Photos: Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Rehoboth Beach by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Paphos or Rehoboth Beach?

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

  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Rehoboth Beach for

  • shopping
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Rehoboth Beach’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, Rehoboth Beach 70: Paphos leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Paphos 45, Rehoboth Beach 44: Paphos leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Paphos 62, Rehoboth Beach 14: Paphos leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Paphos 38, Rehoboth Beach 40: Rehoboth Beach leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Paphos 70, Rehoboth Beach 50: Paphos leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Paphos 64, Rehoboth Beach 50: Paphos leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Paphos 68, Rehoboth Beach 70: Rehoboth Beach leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Paphos 40, Rehoboth Beach 50: Rehoboth Beach leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Paphos 25, Rehoboth Beach 45: Rehoboth Beach leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Paphos 52, Rehoboth Beach 32: Paphos leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Paphos 22, Rehoboth Beach 28: Rehoboth Beach leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Paphos 42, Rehoboth Beach 32: Paphos leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Paphos and Rehoboth Beach.

Your match

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

Paphos
Best match
50match

Wins on culture and sights and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Rehoboth Beach
44match

Wins on shopping 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
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Rehoboth Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
23 °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.

Rehoboth Beach 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). Rehoboth Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Georgetown / Rogers Development (24.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePaphosRehoboth Beach
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern Greek-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation72 m5 m
Main airportPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre59 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)56 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePaphosRehoboth Beach
City population35,9611,108
People per km²1,987258
Museums within 10 km42
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months3 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.