🇬🇷 Greece vs 🇨🇾 Cyprus
Side by side on the data that actually changes your life: prices, taxes, climate, air, safety. Every number has a source and a date.
Climate (capital)
Open-Meteo historical weather
Jan 11° · Jul 31° · Athens
Jan 12° · Jul 30° · Nicosia
Sunny days (capital)
Open-Meteo, days with over 4.5h of sunshine
337 days / yr
351 days / yr
Air quality (capital)
WAQI, capital station
AQI 42 · Good
AQI 63 · Moderate
Prices vs EU average
Eurostat price level index, EU27 = 100
−13% (2025)
−11% (2025)
Employment taxes (not your rate)
OECD tax wedge, single average worker
~39% of what a job costs goes to tax (2025)
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Special tax regimes
Official tax authorities, verified June 2026
7% flat tax for foreign pensioners · 50% inbound-worker exemption
Non-dom regime · 50% high-earner exemption
Inflation
World Bank
2.5% / yr (2025)
0.1% / yr (2025)
Unemployment
World Bank, ILO-modelled estimate
8.5% (2025)
4.9% (2025)
Messenger apps
OONI network measurements, last 6 months
No known issues
No known issues
Safety advisory
U.S. State Department travel advisory
Level 1 · Exercise Normal Precautions
Level 1 · Exercise Normal Precautions
Population
World Bank total population
10.4M (2025)
1.4M (2025)
Population density
World Bank, people per km²
81 / km² (2023)
146 / km² (2023)
Foreign-born residents
World Bank migrant stock
14.2% of population (2024)
14.9% of population (2024)
Life expectancy
WHO
80 yrs
82 yrs
Currency
ISO 4217
EUR
EUR
Timezone (capital)
Open-Meteo
UTC+3
UTC+3
Legal
Crypto-friendly
Short-term gains
15%
8%
Long-term gains
15%
8%
Long-term holding period
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Staking income
44%
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Mining income
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General rates, not personal tax advice.
Climate, inflation and life expectancy verified 12 July 2026. Prices, taxes and air quality verified 7 July 2026. Sources shown per row.
Bottom line: which should you choose?
Pick 🇨🇾 Cyprus if you want
more sunshine.
Based only on the sourced metrics above. Visa eligibility and paperwork depend on your passport — build a free plan for the full picture.
Special tax regimes, verified
Regimes change often and many sites still advertise closed ones. We link the official source for each.
🇬🇷 Greece
7% flat tax on all foreign income · 15 years
Verified June 2026 · AADE (tax authority)
🇬🇷 Greece
Half of Greek employment income tax-free · 7 years
Verified June 2026 · AADE (tax authority)
🇨🇾 Cyprus
No tax on dividends & interest · 17 years
Verified June 2026 · Ministry of Finance
🇨🇾 Cyprus
Half of employment income tax-free above ~€55k · 17 years
Verified June 2026 · Ministry of Finance
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