Paphos weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇾 Cyprus · beach resort · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Paphos is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 98/100), with June and August close behind. Paphos averages about 3,248 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 3 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,248
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 98/100
- Rain / year
- 423 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 29°C / 84°F
- Population
- 36k
- Elevation
- 10 m
When is the best time to visit Paphos?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Paphos is July, then June and August. The dullest month is January (54/100, 94 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Paphos?
Paphos is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,248 hours of sunshine a year. July (98/100) is noticeably better than January (54). Paphos is the sunniest of the 4 destinations tracked in Cyprus. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 60% of the year's 423 mm falls in the three months around January.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54 | 16° / 61°F | 14° / 57°F | 94 mm | 2 | 20° / 68°F |
| February | 58 | 16° / 61°F | 14° / 57°F | 65 mm | 3 | 19° / 66°F |
| March | 69 | 17° / 63°F | 15° / 59°F | 38 mm | 5 | 18° / 64°F |
| April | 87 | 19° / 66°F | 17° / 63°F | 21 mm | 7 | 20° / 68°F |
| May | 96 | 22° / 72°F | 20° / 68°F | 15 mm | 8 | 21° / 70°F |
| June | 97 | 25° / 77°F | 23° / 73°F | 5 mm | 10 | 26° / 79°F |
| July | 98 | 28° / 82°F | 26° / 79°F | 3 mm | 10 | 27° / 81°F |
| August | 97 | 28° / 82°F | 27° / 81°F | 5 mm | 9 | 29° / 84°F |
| September | 97 | 27° / 81°F | 25° / 77°F | 9 mm | 8 | 28° / 82°F |
| October | 93 | 25° / 77°F | 23° / 73°F | 27 mm | 5 | 26° / 79°F |
| November | 90 | 22° / 72°F | 20° / 68°F | 46 mm | 3 | 23° / 73°F |
| December | 67 | 18° / 64°F | 17° / 63°F | 95 mm | 2 | 21° / 70°F |
Sea temperature in Paphos by month
The sea off Paphos is warmest in August at around 29°C / 84°F, and coolest in March at 18°C / 64°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 8 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Ercan (North Nicosia) Cyprus · 105 km · best in Jun · 3,011 h sun/yr
- Larnaca Cyprus · 105 km · best in Jun · 3,200 h sun/yr
- Alanya (Gazipaşa) Türkiye · 177 km · best in May · 2,876 h sun/yr
- Antalya Türkiye · 286 km · best in May · 3,075 h sun/yr
- Beirut Lebanon · 293 km · best in Jun · 3,247 h sun/yr
- Tarsus Türkiye · 336 km · best in Oct · 3,101 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Lefkoniko (Geçitkale) Cyprus · 126 km · 3,012 h sun/yr · best in Jun
Head-to-head
How Paphos compares month by month: Paphos vs Alexandria · Paphos vs Alanya (Gazipaşa) · Paphos vs Tenerife · Paphos vs Ercan (North Nicosia) · all comparisons
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