What's on in Paphos (Cyprus), Cyprus through the year

Quiet — school holidays in 7 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Winter season (15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually))

Quiet — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Winter season (15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Winter season (15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually))

Busy — Orthodox Easter, school holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it

• Holiday

  Orthodox Easter

  10–13 AprEaster & Holy WeekCrowdedClosures

  The biggest week of the Cypriot year: bonfires outside the village churches on the Saturday night, lamb on the Sunday, and everything except the tavernas shut for two days. Source ↗

Busy — Kataklysmos, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

• Season

  Sea warm enough to swim

  20 May – 15 Nov · usually

  Cyprus has the warmest water in the Mediterranean and holds it into November, which is the whole argument for coming in October rather than August.

• Festival

  Kataklysmos

  29 May – 1 JunMajor festivalCrowded

  The flood festival, kept only in Cyprus, lands on Pentecost and runs for days on the harbour front: stalls, folk singing contests and people throwing water at each other. Source ↗

Still on: Orthodox Easter (10–13 Apr)

Busy — Kataklysmos, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

• Nature

  Turtle nesting at Lara

  1 Jun – 15 Oct · usuallyClosures

  Lara bay on the Akamas is a protected green and loggerhead beach: nests are caged through the summer, the track in is rough enough to need four wheels, and it is closed after dark.

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (20 May – 15 Nov (usually)), Kataklysmos (29 May – 1 Jun)

Busy — school holidays in 7 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

Nothing new starts in July.

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (20 May – 15 Nov (usually)), Turtle nesting at Lara (1 Jun – 15 Oct (usually))

Busy — school holidays in 7 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

• Festival

  Pafos Aphrodite Festival

  4–5 SepMajor festivalBook early

  One opera, two nights, staged in the square of the medieval castle at the end of the harbour. It has run since the mid-nineties and sells out before the summer does. Source ↗

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (20 May – 15 Nov (usually)), Turtle nesting at Lara (1 Jun – 15 Oct (usually))

Busy — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (20 May – 15 Nov (usually)), Turtle nesting at Lara (1 Jun – 15 Oct (usually)), Pafos Aphrodite Festival (4–5 Sep)

Shoulder season — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in October.

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (20 May – 15 Nov (usually)), Turtle nesting at Lara (1 Jun – 15 Oct (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Season

  Winter season

  15 Nov – 31 Mar · usuallyWinter-sun season

  Paphos does not shut: the hotels stay open for northern Europeans on long stays, the golf courses are at their best and the Akamas is walkable for the only time all year.

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (20 May – 15 Nov (usually))

Quiet — school holidays in 7 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: Winter season (15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually))