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The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park
The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

Photos: Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Paphos or Rovinj?

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
  • families
  • prices

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Rovinj’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, Rovinj 70: Paphos leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Paphos 45, Rovinj 50: Rovinj leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Paphos 62, Rovinj 38: Paphos leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Paphos 38, Rovinj 25: Paphos leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Paphos 70, Rovinj 60: Paphos leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Paphos 64, Rovinj 68: Rovinj leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Paphos 68, Rovinj 52: Paphos leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Paphos 40, Rovinj 55: Rovinj leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Paphos 25, Rovinj 28: Rovinj leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Paphos 52, Rovinj 36: Paphos leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Paphos 22, Rovinj 15: Paphos leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Paphos and Rovinj are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Paphos and Rovinj.

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 families with your weighting.

Rovinj
45match

Wins on getting around and food and drink 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

Rovinj in July

29 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °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.

Rovinj's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Trieste.

Rovinj 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). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePaphosRovinj
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation72 m0 m
Main airportPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre59 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePaphosRovinj
City population35,96112,968
People per km²1,987-
Museums within 10 km41
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months4 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.