⭐️ Total score | 3.47/5 (Rank #188) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🙂 Okay: $2,586 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 10Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 22°C72°F (feels 22°C72°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 79% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 69 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Good: 62 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | High |
💰 Income level* | Low: $1,969 / mo |
❤️ Liked by members | 👍60% liked it 👎40% disliked it |
🙊 English speaking* | Good |
🚶 Walkability | Okay |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Okay |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Cyprus |
⏱ Average trip length | 20 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 10 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 22°C 72°F + 😊 Comfy (79%) = feels 22°C 72°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 69 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 62 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | CYTA |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 105 |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Let Them Eat Cake |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 33,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $23,631 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
🏠 Apartment listings | X-E |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Ryanair |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | EasyJet |
🏥 Best hospital | Iasis Private Hospital Paphos |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,586 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,664 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,638 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $754 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $342 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $105 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,094 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $51 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 33 listings) | $2,748 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $90 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $11 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomad List members here all year round
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Expensive
❌ Nomad List members didn't like going here
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 6418° cool | 6418° cool | 6317° cool | 7021° mild | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 9133° hot | 9736° hot | 8630° warm | 7725° warm | 7323° mild | 6116° cool |
Real | 6317° cool | 6418° cool | 6317° cool | 6820° mild | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 8429° very warm | 8831° hot | 8228° very warm | 7725° warm | 7323° mild | 6116° cool |
Humidity | nice 58% | nice 62% | nice 63% | nice 61% | nice 65% | nice 70% | nice 70% | nice 65% | nice 67% | nice 62% | nice 61% | nice 62% |
Rain | rainy 168mm | dry 28mm | dry 45mm | dry 23mm | dry 2mm | dry 3mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 5mm | dry 8mm | dry 39mm | rainy 195mm |
Cloud | cloudy 59% | pockets 28% | pockets 39% | pockets 32% | pockets 18% | pockets 14% | clear 8% | clear 8% | pockets 16% | pockets 14% | cloudy 52% | cloudy 62% |
Air quality | clean 44 US AQI | okay 62* US AQI | okay 62* US AQI | okay 62* US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | okay 63 US AQI | okay 67 US AQI | okay 66 US AQI | okay 62 US AQI | okay 62 US AQI | okay 67 US AQI | okay 51 US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 400 people | 800 people | 450 people | 300 people | 650 people | 300 people | 333 people | 400 people | 433 people | 720 people | 760 people | 800 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 29° 84° 27° 80°AQI 42✈️4h$4,361 / mo🌇 Also went here31 people×A top city. Everything works, beautiful greenery (hehe), cycling everywhere, happy people, great nightlife... Lots to love about. For nomads? Not a chance. Price of housing is outrageous, and the city is expensive af. They charge you 4.5-5 eur for a capuccino, completely shameless. An hour of public transport is 3 euros. I could go on and on. I'd love to live there, but it's not worth it.
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