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The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

Photos: Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Paphos or Split?

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

  • families
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Split for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Split’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, Split 75: Paphos leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Paphos 45, Split 57: Split leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Paphos 62, Split 66: Split leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Paphos 38, Split 52: Split leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Paphos 70, Split 77: Split leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Paphos 64, Split 78: Split leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Paphos 68, Split 54: Paphos leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Paphos 40, Split 67: Split leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Paphos 25, Split 32: Split leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Paphos 52, Split 45: Paphos leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Paphos 22, Split 37: Split leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Paphos 42, Split 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 Split.

Your match

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

Paphos
50match

Wins on families and prices with your weighting.

Split
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

Split in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
25 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °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). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePaphosSplit
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 centre58 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePaphosSplit
City population35,961160,577
People per km²1,987-
Museums within 10 km411
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.