Cyprus electricity bills ease from 2023 peak but stay above pre-crisis level
Eurostat puts household power at €0.26 per kWh in the first half of 2026, down from €0.37 three years earlier but still well above what Cypriots paid before 2021.
Household power in Cyprus averaged €0.26 per kilowatt-hour in the first half of 2026, including all taxes and levies, according to Eurostat figures reported by the Cyprus Mail. That is down from the €0.37 recorded in the first half of 2023.
Even so, the island's households pay noticeably more than they did before the energy crisis, when the rate moved between roughly €0.15 and €0.22. Across the EU the average slipped to €0.28 per kWh from €0.29 in the second half of 2025.
Adjusted for purchasing power, Cyprus stood at 29.9 units per 100 kilowatt-hours, against 46.9 in Romania and 13.8 in Malta.
What it means for residents
The direction of travel is helpful, but the level is not: a household bill is still rooted above what it was five years ago, so budget for power at the current rate rather than the pre-2021 one.
- Check the tariff, not just the headline. The published figure bundles taxes and levies; your own bill depends on the plan you are on and how much you use.
- Watch the seasonal swing. Cooling in summer and heating in winter drive consumption up, and the per-unit price is only half the story.
- Compare purchasing power. Cyprus sits mid-table in PPS terms, meaning the burden here is real but smaller than in Romania, Poland or Czechia.
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