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The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park
The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Paphos or Sapporo?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Sapporo for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Sapporo’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, Sapporo 28: Paphos leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Paphos 45, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Paphos 62, Sapporo 40: Paphos leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Paphos 38, Sapporo 62: Sapporo leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Paphos 70, Sapporo 86: Sapporo leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Paphos and Sapporo are level on 64.
Good for families. Paphos 68, Sapporo 72: Sapporo leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Paphos 40, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Paphos 25, Sapporo 58: Sapporo leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Paphos 52, Sapporo 60: Sapporo leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Paphos 22, Sapporo 44: Sapporo leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Paphos 42, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Paphos and Sapporo.

Your match

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

Paphos
50match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Sapporo
Best match
63match

Wins on getting around and wellness 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

Sapporo in July

25 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
19 °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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Paphos: 1991-2020 normals, Paphos Airport (8.4 km from centre). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePaphosSapporo
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation72 m5 m
Main airportPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre58 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePaphosSapporo
City population35,9611,959,313
People per km²1,9871,747
Museums within 10 km433
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months1 month

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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.