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The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

Photos: Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Verona by NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Paphos or Verona?

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
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Verona for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Verona’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, Verona 44: Paphos leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Paphos 45, Verona 66: Verona leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Paphos 62, Verona 76: Verona leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Paphos 38, Verona 37: Paphos leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Paphos 70, Verona 65: Paphos leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Paphos 64, Verona 92: Verona leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Paphos 68, Verona 66: Paphos leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Paphos 40, Verona 68: Verona leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Paphos 25, Verona 52: Verona leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Paphos 52, Verona 46: Paphos leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Paphos 22, Verona 66: Verona leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Paphos 42, Verona 48: Verona leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Paphos and Verona.

Your match

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

Paphos
50match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Verona
Best match
61match

Wins on live music and the arts and day trips 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

Verona in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePaphosVerona
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation72 m59 m
Main airportPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre58 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePaphosVerona
City population35,961255,588
People per km²1,9871,285
Museums within 10 km418
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km25
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.