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Paphos or Ubud?

Two destinations compared in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.

The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
Paphos

Photo: Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped

Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
Ubud

Photo: Pinterpandai, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped

Your match

Paphos
50
match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Ubud
✓ Best match
54
match

Wins on wellness and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders. The match scores above update as you do.

Scoreboard

Our verdict on each category, scored 0 to 100 against fixed benchmark cities.

PaphosUbud
Beaches & swimming. Paphos leads by 36 points.36
Food & drink. Ubud leads by 10 points.10
Culture & sights. Paphos leads by 4 points.4
Nightlife. Paphos leads by 24 points.24
Nature & outdoors. Ubud leads by 6 points.6
Day trips. Ubud leads by 4 points.4
Good for families. Paphos leads by 24 points.24
Getting around. Paphos leads by 30 points.30
Shopping & style. Ubud leads by 25 points.25
Affordability. Ubud leads by 30 points.30
Live music & performing arts. Ubud leads by 33 points.33
Wellness & relaxation. Ubud leads by 54 points.54
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Paphos and Ubud.

When should you go?

Pick the month you can travel and see both cities side by side. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Climate figures for July
JulyPaphosUbud
Daytime high30 °C29 °C
Night-time low21 °C24 °C
Rainfall in the month1 mm27 mm
SunshineNo figure9 hours a day
Sea temperature27 °C27 °C
Daylight14 hours a day12 hours a day

The whole year

Each row is shaded against that destination’s own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that figure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.

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F
M
A
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A
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D
Daytime high, °C
Paphos
17
17
19
21
25
28
30
31
29
27
23
19
Ubud
31
31
31
31
31
30
29
29
30
31
32
31
Sea temperature, °C
Paphos
17
17
17
18
21
24
27
28
27
25
22
19
Ubud
29
29
29
29
28
28
27
26
27
27
28
29
Rainfall, mm
Paphos
81
47
29
17
10
2
1
0
5
14
42
98
Ubud
396
289
222
125
76
38
27
12
30
74
132
295
Daylight, hours per day
Paphos
10
11
12
13
14
14
14
14
12
11
10
10
Ubud
13
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
13
13
Sunshine, hours per day
Paphos
No sunshine record
Ubud
7
6
7
8
9
8
9
9
9
9
8
6

Where the figures come from

Paphos's rainfall is measured 111 km from the centre, at Larnaca Airport.

Ubud's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai.

Ubud's station stands 209 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Paphos: 1991-2020 normals, Paphos Airport (8.4 km from centre). Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre).

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Getting there

Flying fromPaphosUbud
WarsawWAW, WMI
3 h 10 m
€123-135
PFO · 8 km
13 h 40 m
€782-910
3 stops
DPS · 29 km
AmsterdamAMS
4 h 5 m
€253-340
1 stop
PFO · 8 km
15 h 0 m
€615-646
DPS · 29 km
FrankfurtFRA, HHN
3 h 45 m
no fares
LCA · 110 km
14 h 45 m
€655-1139
1 stop
DPS · 29 km
Abu DhabiAUH
3 h 25 m
no fares
LCA · 110 km
9 h 30 m
€560-729
DPS · 29 km
IstanbulIST, SAW
1 h 35 m
no fares
ECN · 107 km
12 h 50 m
€633-726
DPS · 29 km
DubaiDXB, DWC
3 h 25 m
no fares
LCA · 110 km
9 h 30 m
€461-573
1 stop
DPS · 29 km
DohaDOH
3 h 5 m
no fares
LCA · 110 km
9 h 55 m
€774-911
2 stops
DPS · 29 km

The busiest departure cities for these two, with a place kept for each other part of the world. Busiest means arriving passengers where an official count exists, and where none does, the number of non-stop services flown: official route statistics are published by the European reporting countries and by nobody else, so a table ranked on them alone would offer a reader in New York or Tokyo ten European cities. Flying times are estimated from the distance between airports, and every row is a city flown non-stop to both. Where the typical offer connects anyway, the stops are shown. Under each figure is the airport the flight lands at and how far that is from the centre, because the nearest airport is not always the one a route is flown to. Where both columns name the same airport it is one flight, and the difference between the two is the distance printed beside it. Typical return fares for 2026-09 to 2026-10, cached market data up to 7 days old. The figure is the middle half of the offers found, so a single price means they agreed and a range means they did not; for a typical route that middle half spans about a quarter of the median, and for the least settled routes rather more than the median itself.

Before you go

MeasurePaphosUbud
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekIndonesian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112112
Elevation72 m210 m
Main airportPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre59 non-stop destinationsDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre63 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days-

By the numbers

MeasurePaphosUbud
City population35,961-
People per km²1,987-
Museums within 10 km414
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months12 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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. Typical fares from Travelpayouts (Aviasales data). Route-level air passenger statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate and flight figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-27. Typical prices can be up to 7 days old. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.