The estimated cost for a family of four living in Cyprus is €3,861/month, while the estimated cost for a single person is €1,782/month, according to according to expatistan.com, an online platform designed to allow you to get a better understanding of the cost of living of any city before you move there.
The prices are entered for six categories of consumer items: Food, Housing, Clothes, Transportation, Personal Care, and Entertainment.
Limassol
It’s perhaps not surprising that the cost of living in Limassol is considerably higher than the rest of the island due to the high property prices and rents. The estimated monthly cost for a family of four is €4,262 and a single person €2,368.
The monthly rent for an 85 sqm furnished apartment in an expensive area is €2,004 and in a normal area, €1,429.
Nicosia
The estimated monthly cost for a family of four living in Nicosia is €3,273 and €1,398 for a single person.
The monthly rent for an 85 sqm furnished apartment in an expensive area is €904 and in a normal area, €697.
Larnaca
The estimated monthly cost for a family of four living in Larnaca is €2,895 and €1,242 for a single person.
The monthly rent for an 85 sqm furnished apartment in an expensive area is €942 and in a normal area, €447.
Cost of living comparisons
Limassol is 17% more expensive than Nicosia and 27% more expensive than Larnaca.
Nicosia is 15% less expensive than Limassol but 9% more expensive than Larnaca.
Larnaca is 21% cheaper than Limassol and 8% cheaper than Nicosia.
(Sadly, information for Paphos is not listed.)
About Expatistan.com
Expatistan.com was founded in 2009 by Gerardo Robledillo, a software engineer specializing in web applications. An expat himself, he created Expatistan to solve a problem that every expat faces; How much money will I need in my new city?
Expatistan runs one of the biggest collaborative cost-of-living databases of prices in the world. This database is constantly updated and improved in a collaborative way by expats all over the world.
Alternative cost of living site
Numbeo.com is a Serbian crowd-sourced online database of perceived consumer prices, real property prices, and quality of life metrics. The website was founded in April 2009 by former Google employee Mladen Adamovi? to enable users to share and compare information about the cost of living between countries and cities.
