Paphos, Cyprus

Set in the Mediterranean basin, Paphos (Cyprus) is best understood through its weather data: our 2015–2024 climate record puts its peak at a 100/100 sun score in June, exactly the kind of reliability you want for a beach trip.

Across a typical year, afternoon temperatures swing between 16°C (January) and 31°C (July). The wet–dry contrast is pronounced: 41% rain-day odds in January against 1% in July. Beach-warm afternoons (24°C and up) hold through May–October.

Averaged by season, sun scores land at 92 for spring, 99 for summer, 96 for autumn and 69 for winter — with typical afternoons of 22°, 30°, 26° and 17°C respectively. In short: plan around summer if you can, keep autumn as the fallback, and go into winter with managed expectations (its season score is 69). A practical compromise is October — the edge of the warm window, averaging 26°C with a 96 sun score.

Best months to visit Paphos

Our month-by-month scoring puts June first (100/100), with August (100) and May (99) close behind. The dependable window is wider than the podium, though: February–December all score 70 or better. At the other end, January scores just 64, the weakest month of the year.

Put against its 109 mediterranean peers in June, it lands in the sunnier half of the group, ahead of 72% of them.

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Right now the 16-day outlook shows 7 mostly-clear days (under 40% cloud) and 3 with real rain risk, with temperatures between 13°C and 26°C — which is how Paphos earns its current 86/100 sun score.