Cyprus

The residence routes we hold for Cyprus, each requirement as its rule states it, and what a month costs in its cities. This page assesses no one.

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Country in brief

Pros

300+ days of sun; mild winters.
EU member; English is an everyday business language; British-style legal system.
Low corporate tax and a non-dom regime that attract holding companies and remote workers.
Limassol has a large international community.
Safe, with low crime.

Cons

Hot, dry summers; water scarcity.
Divided island; the north is not under government control.
Small economy, dependent on finance, property and tourism; reputational issues from past banking crises.
Limassol housing is now expensive; Paphos is cheaper but quieter.
Public healthcare (GESY) is not open to non-working EU newcomers without permanent residence.

Emigrator’s assessment, 6 October 2026. Where a point names a figure, the sourced data above governs.

Routes we hold for Cyprus

What each rule states, as we encoded it from the source. A money threshold that grows with the size of the household is shown for the reference household named under the costs.

EU/EEA free movement (register within four months of arrival)

Checked against the law

We read this route’s requirements in the instrument that sets them and checked every rule against it on the date shown below.

Checked 13 October 2026 · limit 45 days · within the limit

Requirement	Rule says	Type
Citizen of an EU or EEA state	Holds at least one of: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakiathe European Union, the EEA EFTA states — 30 countries, as read on 7 September 2026	Mandatory
A basis for staying beyond three months	This requirement can be met in more than one way:	Conditional
Working or self-employed there	Must be Yes	—
Comprehensive sickness insurance	Must be Yes	—

What the authority states and we cannot test

Quoted in the authority’s own words rather than summarised. No rule of ours tests these.

διαθέτουν επαρκείς πόρους για τους ίδιους και τα μέλη των οικογενειών τους, ώστε να μην επιβαρύνουν κατά τη διάρκεια της περιόδου διαμονής τους το σύστημα κοινωνικής πρόνοιας της Δημοκρατίας, καθώς και πλήρη ασφαλιστική κάλυψη ασθένειας στη Δημοκρατία
Our translation: they have sufficient resources for themselves and the members of their families, so as not to burden during the period of their residence the social welfare system of the Republic, as well as full sickness insurance cover in the Republic — Emigrator, machine-assisted and reviewed against the source
Stated by CyLaw — Ο περί του Δικαιώματος των Πολιτών της Ένωσης και των Μελών των Οικογενειών τους να Κυκλοφορούν και να Διαμένουν Ελεύθερα εντός της Επικράτειας της Δημοκρατίας Νόμος του 2007 (7(I)/2007), ενοποιημένο κείμενο, άρθρο 9(1)(β)

Immigration permit, Category F (secured annual income from abroad)

Draft — not checked by us yet

We built these rules from the country’s own sources and have not finished checking them line by line.

Checked 10 September 2026 · limit 45 days · past the limit — verification required

Requirement	Rule says	Type
Secured annual income from abroad^*	At least €1,181.72 per month	Mandatory
No business, trade or profession in Cyprus	Must be No	Mandatory

A month here, for a reference household

Reference household: two adults aged 38 and 37, a one-bedroom home, no children.

Residence fees and health cover are those of EU/EEA free movement (register within four months of arrival). The low, middle and high figures are the 25th, 50th and 75th percentiles where a publisher states them; each line says who published it.

illustrative Money figures on this page are illustrative unless the figure names its publisher. The illustrative ones are arranged so the shape is right — a larger flat costs more than a smaller one, and the expensive cities are the expensive ones — and they are accurate in nothing. Do not plan on them.

City	P25	P50	P75
LimassolThis total does not include Building or service charge, Statutory levies and licences, Residence permit renewals, Domestic help and Household and leisure baseline, which nobody publishes for this city. It is the sum of what we hold, not of what the household will pay.	not published	€2,022	not published
PaphosThis total does not include Building or service charge, Statutory levies and licences, Residence permit renewals, Domestic help and Household and leisure baseline, which nobody publishes for this city. It is the sum of what we hold, not of what the household will pay.	not published	€1,865	not published

Its cities

Limassol

Safety: 98 / 100measured
Healthcare: 87 / 100measured
Air quality: not held

9 of 12 months between 10 and 26 °C

Jan151413
Feb151413
Mar171514
Apr201816
May232119
Jun272523
Jul302826
Aug302826
Sept282625
Oct252422
Nov212018
Dec171615

Each cell: average daily high, monthly mean, average daily low, in °C. These are averages of daily values over 2001–2020, not records — the hottest day is higher and is not shown.

Paphos

Safety: 98 / 100measured
Healthcare: 87 / 100measured
Air quality: not held

10 of 12 months between 10 and 26 °C

Jan14119
Feb14129
Mar171411
Apr201713
May242017
Jun292421
Jul322724
Aug322724
Sept292522
Oct252219
Nov201715
Dec161311

Each cell: average daily high, monthly mean, average daily low, in °C. These are averages of daily values over 2001–2020, not records — the hottest day is higher and is not shown.

How this country is governed

World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators, 2024, on a 0–100 scale the Bank publishes itself. They describe the country, not any city in it.

Political stability and absence of violence: 72the World Bank governance score for political stability
Rule of law: 69the World Bank governance score for rule of law
Control of corruption: 59the World Bank governance score for control of corruption

Where this comes from

Publisher	Last checked
EUR-Lex — Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States. Consolidated version of 16/06/2011	8 September 2026
CyLaw — Ο περί του Δικαιώματος των Πολιτών της Ένωσης και των Μελών των Οικογενειών τους να Κυκλοφορούν και να Διαμένουν Ελεύθερα εντός της Επικράτειας της Δημοκρατίας Νόμος του 2007 (7(I)/2007), ενοποιημένο κείμενο	13 October 2026
Republic of Cyprus, Civil Registry and Migration Department — Immigration Permits (gov.cy). Retrieved with a browser: moi.gov.cy returned 404, mip.gov.cy served an expired certificate and gov.cy returned 403 to a scripted fetch on 9 September 2026. The same URL opens in a browser.	10 September 2026

Provenance

Rule set 1.58.0-2026-10-11 · read on 26 October 2026. Every figure on this page was computed by the engine from versioned rule files. No language model produced any number here, and translation happens only after the calculation.

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