Where to live in Cyprus
We track 3 cities in Cyprus: Larnaca, Limassol and Nicosia. Each averages 20°C over the year. We estimate a couple needs €2,906 to €3,036 a month to live centrally. Cyprus sits in our low to medium tax tier. For citizens from outside the EU, EEA and Switzerland, long-term residency is comparatively open.
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- Tax tier
- Low to medium
- Moderate personal income tax
- Languages
- Greek, English
- Good English
- Safety
- 78/100
- country-level
- Healthcare
- 70/100
- country-level
- Internet
- ~90 Mbps
- median fixed broadband
The 3 cities we track
Source: City size from GeoNames, temperature from the Open-Meteo archive (2019 to 2023 averages), rainfall from TerraClimate (1991 to 2020 normals), coast distance from Natural Earth. Cost is our model estimate for a couple living centrally.
Taxes
Cyprus sits in our low to medium tax tier: moderate personal income tax. The tier applies to every city here, and couples who cap tax below it will not see these cities in their results.
Source: OurNextCity tax tiers, assigned by hand from each country's top marginal personal income tax rate and overall tax reputation, with no fixed rate cut-offs. Coarse by design; not tax advice.
Residency and visas
Comparatively open, for people from outside the EU, EEA and Switzerland. Cyprus offers a fast-track permanent residence through property or fund investment and a means-based Category F permanent residence for persons of independent means who can show secured income from abroad.
Citizens of the EU, EEA and Switzerland have freedom-of-movement or simplified residency rights here.
The cheapest self-funded routes we track for Cyprus:
- Income: about $926 a month (Cyprus Category F permanent residence (persons of independent means), EUR 9,568/yr secured income from abroad = ~EUR 797/mo single applicant; converted at EUR/USD 1.1619; as of June 2026)
- Investment: about $349k (Cyprus fast-track PR via investment (Regulation 6(2)), EUR 300,000 + VAT in new property, Cyprus funds, or company shares; converted at EUR/USD 1.1619; as of June 2026)
For short visits, 93 of 198 passports can enter visa-free and 105 need a visa in advance.
Source: OurNextCity residency dataset, hand-reviewed approximations researched against published immigration rules, figures as of June 2026. Not legal advice: check the official source before you apply. Short-stay entry from the passport-index dataset (ilyankou, MIT).