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The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Paphos or Tampa?

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

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tampa for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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, Tampa 70: Paphos leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Paphos 45, Tampa 57: Tampa leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Paphos 62, Tampa 42: Paphos leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Paphos 38, Tampa 52: Tampa leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Paphos 70, Tampa 55: Paphos leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Paphos 64, Tampa 54: Paphos leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Paphos 68, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Paphos 40, Tampa 22: Paphos leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Paphos 25, Tampa 40: Tampa leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Paphos 52, Tampa 40: Paphos leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Paphos 22, Tampa 47: Tampa leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Paphos 42, Tampa 30: Paphos leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Paphos and Tampa.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Paphos
50match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

Tampa
49match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping 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

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 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). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePaphosTampa
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern Greek-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation72 m30 m
Main airportPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre58 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePaphosTampa
City population35,961384,959
People per km²1,987848
Museums within 10 km46
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months8 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.