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The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Paphos or Ushuaia?

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
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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, Ushuaia 3: Paphos leads by 73 points.
Food & drink. Paphos 45, Ushuaia 40: Paphos leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Paphos 62, Ushuaia 22: Paphos leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Paphos 38, Ushuaia 18: Paphos leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Paphos 70, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Paphos 64, Ushuaia 14: Paphos leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Paphos 68, Ushuaia 40: Paphos leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Paphos 40, Ushuaia 45: Ushuaia leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Paphos 25, Ushuaia 22: Paphos leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Paphos 52, Ushuaia 42: Paphos leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Paphos 22, Ushuaia 10: Paphos leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Paphos 42, Ushuaia 26: Paphos leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Paphos and Ushuaia.

Your match

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

Paphos
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
No seasea
8 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). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePaphosUshuaia
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation72 m23 m
Main airportPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre59 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePaphosUshuaia
City population35,96182,615
People per km²1,9873,592
Museums within 10 km45
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.