Best for
- · Retirees
- · Remote workers wanting calm
- · British expats
- · Families on a moderate budget
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Paphos(Pafos)
Quieter Mediterranean lifestyle, strong British retiree community, UNESCO heritage sites. Cheaper than Limassol with a slower pace.
Population
101,900
Pafos district · Census 2021
Growth since 2011
+15.4%
the fastest-growing district on the island
Share of Cyprus
11%
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 · Paphos
For sale: 30,902 properties — 11,933 apartments · 11,298 houses · 4,130 plots · 1,493 commercial · 2,048 other.
Long-term rental homes: 1,401 (605 flats · 796 houses), plus 381 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.
Median apartment price
€360,000
median of 11,933 apartments for sale · middle half €279,000–€475,000
Median house price
€824,000
median of 11,297 houses for sale · middle half €525,000–€1,450,000
Apartment €/m² · what the band actually looks like
why two numbers?Asking price (live listings)
€4,362
median of 7,165 apartments that state a size (of 11,933)
Realised transactions
€2,800
PwC Cyprus Real Estate H2-2024
Asking prices run ~56% above realised transactions in Paphos— 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 Paphos
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 Paphos holds cheap and expensive stock at the same time, which is the part worth knowing before you choose a neighbourhood.
One bed99 listings with a stated rent
Flats€780 – €1,293 · median €1,040/mo (92)
Housesmedian €600/mo (7)
Two beds359 listings with a stated rent
Flats€1,200 – €2,000 · median €1,500/mo (269)
Houses€1,000 – €1,800 · median €1,300/mo (90)
Three beds445 listings with a stated rent
Flats€1,500 – €2,600 · median €2,250/mo (95)
Houses€1,900 – €4,288 · median €2,950/mo (350)
Also in the 1,401 rental homes, not banded above: 290 with four or more bedrooms · 17 with the number of bedrooms not stated · 191 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
A UNESCO archaeological park inside the town, a harbour you can walk to from most of it, and wine villages in the hills behind. The most British of the districts and the one where the pace drops most noticeably.
Watch out for
- · Tourism-driven seasonality (winter quiet)
- · Patchy public transport
- · Older housing stock in some villages
What goes on here
The things residents build a year around. Every one links to who says so.
To see
Kato Pafos Archaeological Park
A UNESCO World Heritage site in the middle of the modern town — Roman villas with mosaic floors, an odeon and the Tombs of the Kings a short walk north. Most residents end up with an annual pass.
Visit Cyprus — Deputy Ministry of TourismFestivalLate May or June — Orthodox Pentecost, so it moves with Easter · 2027 dates not yet announced
Kataklysmos at the Old Port
Pentecost, celebrated at the water. Games, folk dancing, swimming races and boat races along the harbour — a feast the tourism ministry notes is peculiar to Cyprus.
“"Kataklysmos" is a religious and popular feast celebrated only in Cyprus. … Pafos: Festivities at Old Port area.”Annual Events 2026 — Deputy Ministry of Tourism
FestivalMay · 2027 dates not yet announced
Anthestiria flower festival
The spring festival, run by the municipality. Worth knowing that several towns cancelled theirs for 2026 and Paphos did not.
Annual Events 2026 — Deputy Ministry of TourismNeighbourhood by neighbourhood
42 neighbourhoods in Paphos measured on live listings. The ones in gold have a page of their own.
Kato Paphos€5,648/m²Pegeia€4,042/m²Tala€3,902/m²Coral Bay€4,963/m²ChlorakaKissonerga€4,275/m²Polis Chrysochous€2,985/m²LatchiTsada€7,727/m²
Every other measured neighbourhood in Paphos
GeroskipouChlorakasUniversalTombs Of The KingsAgios TheodorosKoniaAnavargosEmpaKoukliaTown Center PaphosTremithousaKatoAgia MarinoudaMesogiUniversal, KatoTownPaphosAnaritaAgios PavlosAphrodite HillsMoutallosAphrodite hills KoukliaSea CavesKoloniMandria PafouMandriaNeo Chorio PafouLatsiEmbaTombs Of The Kings, KatoPano PaphosKouklia PafouProdromiCity CenterNeo Chorio
Right now in Paphos
23°C
Overcast · wind 8 km/h
Sun
26° / 21°
Thunderstorm
5.6mm
Mon
24° / 21°
Showers
5.3mm
Tue
27° / 21°
Overcast
Wed
26° / 20°
Overcast
0.8mm
Thu
24° / 20°
Overcast
0.6mm
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.