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The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Paphos or Zagreb?

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
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Zagreb for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’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, Zagreb 10: Paphos leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Paphos 45, Zagreb 55: Zagreb leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Paphos 62, Zagreb 56: Paphos leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Paphos 38, Zagreb 47: Zagreb leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Paphos 70, Zagreb 62: Paphos leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Paphos 64, Zagreb 60: Paphos leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Paphos 68, Zagreb 52: Paphos leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Paphos 40, Zagreb 70: Zagreb leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Paphos 25, Zagreb 40: Zagreb leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Paphos 52, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Paphos 22, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Paphos 42, Zagreb 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 Zagreb.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Paphos
50match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Zagreb
50match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 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). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePaphosZagreb
Official languageTurkish, Greek, Modern GreekCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation72 m127 m
Main airportPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre58 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePaphosZagreb
City population35,961767,131
People per km²1,987-
Museums within 10 km427
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.