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The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park
The US Capitol, Washington DC
Washington DCThe US Capitol

Photos: Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Washington DC by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Paphos or Washington DC?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Washington DC for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Washington DC’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, Washington DC 12: Paphos leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Paphos 45, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Paphos 62, Washington DC 84: Washington DC leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Paphos 38, Washington DC 57: Washington DC leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Paphos 70, Washington DC 64: Paphos leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Paphos 64, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Paphos 68, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Paphos 40, Washington DC 72: Washington DC leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Paphos 25, Washington DC 52: Washington DC leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Paphos 52, Washington DC 28: Paphos leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Paphos 22, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Paphos 42, Washington DC 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 Washington DC.

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.

Washington DC
Best match
56match

Wins on live music and the arts 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
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Washington DC in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
108 mmrain in the month
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PaphosWashington DC

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). Washington DC: 1991-2020 normals, Washington National Airport (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePaphosWashington DC
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern Greek-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation72 m72 m
Main airportPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre58 non-stop destinationsRonald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)5 km from centre105 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePaphosWashington DC
City population35,961689,545
People per km²1,9873,896
Museums within 10 km498
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months3 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. 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.