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The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Paphos or Seville?

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
  • families

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

Choose Seville for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Seville’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, Seville 18: Paphos leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Paphos 45, Seville 73: Seville leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Paphos 62, Seville 82: Seville leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Paphos 38, Seville 62: Seville leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Paphos 70, Seville 52: Paphos leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Paphos 64, Seville 80: Seville leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Paphos 68, Seville 55: Paphos leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Paphos 40, Seville 72: Seville leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Paphos 25, Seville 55: Seville leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Paphos 52, Seville 58: Seville leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Paphos 22, Seville 68: Seville leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Paphos 42, Seville 40: Paphos leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Paphos and Seville.

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.

Seville
Best match
60match

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

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePaphosSeville
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekSpanish
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 m18 m
Main airportPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre58 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePaphosSeville
City population35,961689,423
People per km²1,9874,896
Museums within 10 km424
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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.