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The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park
The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress

Photos: Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License.

Paphos or Salzburg?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Salzburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Salzburg’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, Salzburg 35: Paphos leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Paphos and Salzburg are level on 45.
Culture & sights. Paphos 62, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Paphos 38, Salzburg 25: Paphos leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Paphos 70, Salzburg 86: Salzburg leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Paphos 64, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Paphos 68, Salzburg 65: Paphos leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Paphos 40, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Paphos 25, Salzburg 48: Salzburg leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Paphos 52, Salzburg 32: Paphos leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Paphos 22, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Paphos 42, Salzburg 55: Salzburg leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Paphos and Salzburg.

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.

Salzburg
Best match
58match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePaphosSalzburg
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekGerman, Austrian Sign Language
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 m424 m
Main airportPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre58 non-stop destinationsSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePaphosSalzburg
City population35,961155,021
People per km²1,9872,360
Museums within 10 km438
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
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.