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The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Paphos or The Hague?

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
  • prices

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

Choose The Hague for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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, The Hague 38: Paphos leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Paphos 45, The Hague 48: The Hague leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Paphos 62, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Paphos and The Hague are level on 38.
Nature & outdoors. Paphos 70, The Hague 52: Paphos leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Paphos 64, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Paphos 68, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Paphos 40, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Paphos 25, The Hague 55: The Hague leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Paphos 52, The Hague 35: Paphos leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Paphos 22, The Hague 58: The Hague leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Paphos 42, The Hague 45: The Hague leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Paphos and The Hague.

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.

The Hague
Best match
56match

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

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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.

The Hague 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.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Paphos: 1991-2020 normals, Paphos Airport (8.4 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePaphosThe Hague
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekDutch
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 m1 m
Main airportPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre58 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePaphosThe Hague
City population35,961548,320
People per km²1,9875,589
Museums within 10 km454
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 monthsNone

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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.