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The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Paphos or Sao Paulo?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Sao Paulo’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, Sao Paulo 42: Paphos leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Paphos 45, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Paphos 62, Sao Paulo 60: Paphos leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Paphos 38, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Paphos 70, Sao Paulo 48: Paphos leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Paphos 64, Sao Paulo 47: Paphos leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Paphos 68, Sao Paulo 52: Paphos leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Paphos 40, Sao Paulo 44: Sao Paulo leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Paphos 25, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 45 points.
Affordability. Paphos 52, Sao Paulo 62: Sao Paulo leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Paphos 22, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 54 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Paphos 42, Sao Paulo 25: Paphos leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Paphos and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Paphos
50match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Sao Paulo
Best match
58match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

Sao Paulo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
53 mmrain in the month
6 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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PaphosSao Paulo

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). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePaphosSao Paulo
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation72 m760 m
Main airportPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre58 non-stop destinationsSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasurePaphosSao Paulo
City population35,96111,451,999
People per km²1,9877,519
Museums within 10 km490
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.