With €100,000, the same calculation yields about 29 square metres in Limassol and 50 in Nicosia. The difference of 21 sq m is enough to change the kind of home a buyer might look for. Yet an actual listing in Aglantzia puts a studio with 40 sq m of internal space at €97,000. That is where the useful comparison begins.
What the comparison shows in Cyprus
The starting point was the Global Property Guide comparison of 15 eurozone cities covered by iefimerida. Cyprus does not appear in the 10 November post. To see the picture here, we applied the same calculation to the publisher’s separate Cyprus series for the second quarter of 2026. We divided €100,000 by its published price per square metre for each city.
| City | Price per sq m | With €100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Limassol | €3,433 | 29.1 sq m |
| Paphos | €2,365 | 42.3 sq m |
| Nicosia | €1,989 | 50.3 sq m |
The series covers residential property as a whole. A newly built flat, an older studio and a home in another neighbourhood can carry very different prices per square metre. In Limassol, for example, 40 sq m at the indicative price in the table comes to €137,320. The same area in Nicosia comes to €79,560. The two calculations show how much the starting point for the search can change.
Ten square metres in Paris, forty in Athens
In the European snapshot from 10 November, the range starts at 9 sq m in Luxembourg and reaches 63 in Palermo. Athens comes in at 40 sq m among the 15 cities listed. The European figures come from the publisher’s post. The Cyprus calculations use data for a different period, and geographical coverage and property types vary by market.
| City | Space for €100,000 |
|---|---|
| Luxembourg | 9 sq m |
| Paris | 10 sq m |
| Madrid | 17 sq m |
| Rome | 26 sq m |
| Athens | 40 sq m |
| Palermo | 63 sq m |
What two listings in Cyprus say
In Aglantzia, My Real Estate Cyprus listing 3271 asked €97,000 for a studio with 40 sq m of internal space and separately listed 7 sq m of covered veranda. In Paphos, Foytina listing 3854 showed a ground-floor studio of 37 sq m for €85,000, with a separate veranda area of 12 sq m. It was already marked ‘under offer’ and said the full title deeds were pending.
The two listings are examples of asking prices. The first works out at €2,425 per internal square metre even though the veranda offers additional usable space. In the second, the lower amount comes with information about the listing status and title that affects what an interested buyer can do. In either case, the published price precedes the final amount paid.
What is left of €100,000 on the day of purchase
If that sum is all the money available, the price of the home is only one line in the calculation. It also needs to include VAT or transfer fees where applicable, legal and technical checks, and initial work. For illustration, setting aside €5,000 as a reserve leaves €95,000 for the purchase price. The same calculation then yields about 28 sq m in Limassol and 48 in Nicosia. The €5,000 is an assumption to show the difference, not an estimate of costs for a specific property.
Once you are comparing two homes you can actually visit, the most useful figure is how much space you will use every day for the total amount you will pay. That is why the comparison starts with the price per square metre and ends with the floor plan, the paperwork and the condition of the flat itself.
Global Property Guide · Comparison of 15 eurozone cities, 10 November 2026 · Global Property Guide · Prices per square metre in Cyprus, second quarter of 2026 · iefimerida · The article that highlighted the table · My Real Estate Cyprus · Listing 3271, Aglantzia · Foytina · Listing 3854, Paphos · Department of Lands and Surveys · Transfer fee calculation
