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Larnaca

Home to the main international airport, gentler-paced coastal town, mid-range pricing. Salt Lake and flamingos in winter.

Population
154,200
Larnaka district · Census 2021
Growth since 2011
+7.7%
from 143,200
Share of Cyprus
17%
of the enumerated population

Census of Population 2021 — preliminary results, CyStat · published May 2022. Final results are published separately; these are the preliminary figures.

Live market read · Larnaca

For sale: 40,168 properties — 28,624 apartments · 4,954 houses · 4,000 plots · 1,081 commercial · 1,509 other.

Long-term rental homes: 1,989 (1,428 flats · 561 houses), plus 541 non-residential lettings, not included in the rent bands below.

Active listings seen in the last 30 days, one per property even when several agents advertise it. Asking prices, not sale prices.

⌬3 sources· n=43k
Median apartment price
€260,000
median of 28,624 apartments for sale · middle half €205,000–€335,000
Median house price
€485,000
median of 4,954 houses for sale · middle half €340,000–€720,000
Apartment €/m² · what the band actually looks like
why two numbers?
Asking price (live listings)
€3,168
median of 16,607 apartments that state a size (of 28,624)
Realised transactions
€2,250
Central Bank Cyprus RICS Index Q4-2025

Asking prices run ~41% above realised transactions in Larnaca— partly the asking-vs-realised gap (sellers list high, deals close lower), partly the listing pool skewing toward new-build and prime stock. Plan your budget against the realised number; use the asking number for what's on the market now.

What it costs to rent in Larnaca

Long-term asking rents by size. The band is where the middle half of the market sits — a single median would hide the fact that Larnaca holds cheap and expensive stock at the same time, which is the part worth knowing before you choose a neighbourhood.

One bed248 listings with a stated rent
Flats€700 – €1,000 · median €850/mo (242)
Housesmedian €678/mo (6)
Two beds978 listings with a stated rent
Flats€1,000 – €1,450 · median €1,200/mo (891)
Houses€1,100 – €1,800 · median €1,300/mo (87)
Three beds367 listings with a stated rent
Flats€1,100 – €1,700 · median €1,400/mo (177)
Houses€1,400 – €2,775 · median €2,000/mo (190)
Also in the 1,989 rental homes, not banded above: 236 with four or more bedrooms · 17 with the number of bedrooms not stated · 143 one-to-three-bed homes without a stated rent.

How to read these

These are asking rents, taken from what landlords and agents advertise — mostly on Bazaraki, the classifieds site almost every Cyprus listing passes through, plus the portals alongside it. They are an opening position, not a market rate.

In Cyprus, rents and prices are genuinely negotiable — never take the first figure as final. A long lease, a quiet month, paying a few months up front, or simply a property that has been sitting all move the number. Expect to land under the advertised figure, and treat anything at the top of the band as a starting point rather than a verdict.

Active long-term listings, quality-checked and seen in the last 30 days, one per property — homes only, excluding commercial premises. Asking prices, not signed contracts. Medians use only listings that state a rent; below 5 we do not publish one, and below 12 we show the median alone: a quartile drawn from a handful of listings is not a range. How we calculate this

The airport is fifteen minutes from the seafront, which shapes everything — it is the easiest district to live in if you fly often, and the salt lake fills with flamingos in the months everyone else calls winter.

Best for

  • · Travelers / cabin crew / digital nomads
  • · Mid-budget families
  • · Beach lovers

Watch out for

  • · Airport flight noise in eastern suburbs
  • · Some industrial pockets

What goes on here

The things residents build a year around. Every one links to who says so.

FestivalLate May or June — Orthodox Pentecost, so it moves with Easter · 2027 dates not yet announced

Kataklysmos

Larnaca's is the big one. Six days on the seafront with competitions, theatre and fireworks — the tourism ministry calls it the most important folklore festival in Cyprus.

“Larnaka holds the most important folklore festival in Cyprus lasting 6 days with music, dance, poetry, theatre, cultural and athletic competitions and firework shows at the Larnaka Seafront.”
Annual Events 2026 — Deputy Ministry of Tourism

Neighbourhood by neighbourhood

67 neighbourhoods in Larnaca measured on live listings. The ones in gold have a page of their own.

Every other measured neighbourhood in Larnaca

Right now in Larnaca

26°C
Partly cloudy · wind 16 km/h
via Open-Meteo · 5-day outlook
Sun
29° / 20°
Partly cloudy
Mon
28° / 21°
Overcast
Tue
28° / 19°
Overcast
Wed
27° / 21°
Partly cloudy
0.9mm
Thu
27° / 19°
Overcast
1.5mm

See it on the map

How does this compare with everywhere else?

The property map puts every measured neighbourhood side by side on price per square metre, so you can see whether this one is a premium and roughly how much of one.