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The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Paphos or Toronto?

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 Toronto for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Paphos leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Paphos 45, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Paphos 62, Toronto 50: Paphos leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Paphos 38, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Paphos 70, Toronto 52: Paphos leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Paphos 64, Toronto 50: Paphos leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Paphos 68, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Paphos 40, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Paphos 25, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 41 points.
Affordability. Paphos 52, Toronto 34: Paphos leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Paphos 22, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Paphos 42, Toronto 33: Paphos leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Paphos and Toronto.

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.

Toronto
Best match
55match

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
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
20 °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). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePaphosToronto
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation72 m76 m
Main airportPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre58 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePaphosToronto
City population35,9612,794,356
People per km²1,9874,434
Museums within 10 km432
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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.