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title: "Cost of Living in Cyprus vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Cyprus is about 35% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.646, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Cyprus, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
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Purchasing Power Parity · Cyprus

# Cost of living in 🇨🇾 Cyprus vs the United States

Cyprus has a US-relative price level of **0.646** (US = 1.0) — about 35% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.

## What US salaries are worth in Cyprus

| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
| --- | --- | --- |
| $50,000 | $77,399 | $32,300 |
| $80,000 | $123,839 | $51,680 |
| $120,000 | $185,759 | $77,520 |
| $180,000 | $278,638 | $116,280 |
| $250,000 | $386,997 | $161,500 |

“Feels like” = income ÷ price level; “cost of a US lifestyle” = income × price level. Try your own number in the [interactive calculator](https://geo-parity.com/?target=CY).

## How the sources compare

Each provider measures Cyprus's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.

Consensus (median) 0.646 2025

World Bank — GDP 0.647 2025

IMF (WEO) 0.644 2025

Penn World Table 0.933 2023

World Bank — Consumption 0.669 2025

Eurostat (GDP) 0.631 2024

CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.639 2024

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇲🇹 Malta](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/malta/) — price level 0.645
- [🇯🇵 Japan](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/japan/) — price level 0.641
- [🇸🇮 Slovenia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/slovenia/) — price level 0.638
- [🇪🇸 Spain](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/spain/) — price level 0.658
- [🇯🇲 Jamaica](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/jamaica/) — price level 0.627

Relocating for work? use the [Fair Pay Localizer](https://geo-parity.com/?tab=salary).

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## Frequently asked questions

- **How expensive is Cyprus compared to the United States?**: Cyprus has a price level of 0.646 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 35% cheaper than the United States), based on the median of independent votes from the World Bank/IMF (one vote — both use the official exchange rate), the Eurostat-OECD PPP programme and the Penn World Table, reference year 2025.
- **What is a $100,000 salary worth in Cyprus?**: In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $154,799 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Cyprus; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $64,600.
- **Where does the Cyprus cost-of-living data come from?**: Real price-level figures from the World Bank, IMF World Economic Outlook, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table, blended as a per-country median of independent votes and refreshed at build time.

Figures are informational estimates from public datasets — not investment or relocation advice. Agents: GET /api/calculate.json?income=100000&target=CY.

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Source: Geo-Parity — https://geo-parity.com/ppp/cyprus/ · JSON: https://geo-parity.com/api/calculate.json?income=100000&target=CY