How much does a cleaner cost in Cyprus? 2026 prices

What cleaners in the directory charge right now

This table is calculated live from the hourly rate on every public cleaner profile, so it changes as cleaners join or update their prices.

Start with the median column: it is the middle of each city's range and the best guide to what an ordinary weekly clean will cost. A rate well below it is not automatically a bargain, so ask what each rate includes, such as products, travel to your area, ironing and the minimum visit length.

Nicosia and Limassol have the most cleaners listed and the widest choice of days and languages. Larnaca and Paphos have fewer, and holiday-rental cleaners there can be booked up all summer.

Hourly rate or fixed price?

Regular cleaning in Cyprus is almost always paid by the hour. Bigger one-off jobs are usually quoted as a fixed price once the cleaner has seen the property or photos of it.

• Hourly: weekly or fortnightly housekeeping and ironing, usually in visits of two to four hours.
• Fixed price: deep cleans, end-of-tenancy and after-builders cleans, where you both want to know the total before work starts.
• Per visit: holiday-rental changeovers, priced by bedrooms, bathrooms, outdoor areas and whether laundry is included.

Typical prices by type of cleaning job

These typical 2026 ranges come from cleaner profiles and the reference prices on the Cyprus Cleaners city and service pages. Your own quote depends on the size and state of the property.

Deep-clean ranges for bigger homes are estimates from typical job times: one cleaner usually needs six to nine hours for a two or three-bedroom apartment, and a house or villa with verandas often takes 10 to 16 hours of work, shared between two cleaners or split over two days. Thick limescale on shower screens and taps (see limescale and hard water in Cyprus), black mould after a wet winter or red dust after a dust storm all add hours. The deep cleaning page sets out what a full deep clean covers.

Why prices differ between Nicosia, Limassol, Larnaca and Paphos

The same job can cost a few euros an hour more in one city than another, mostly because of the type of property and how seasonal the work is.

• Nicosia: mostly apartments and family houses with steady demand all year. Weekly housekeeping is commonly €9–€11 an hour.
• Limassol: higher rents, many international households and large villas in areas such as Germasogeia and Agios Tychonas. Villa upkeep is often €13–€16 an hour and changeovers €45–€70.
• Larnaca: regular cleaning costs about the same as in Nicosia, with short-let changeovers at €40–€60.
• Paphos: holiday homes and villas with gardens and pools, many owned by people living abroad part of the year. Villa changeovers are typically €70–€110.
• Ayia Napa, Protaras and Paralimni: mostly holiday-rental changeovers between late spring and October.

What pushes a cleaning quote up or down

Two homes of the same size can get very different quotes, mainly because of these factors.

• Size: bedrooms and bathrooms matter more than square metres, and large verandas or roof terraces add time.
• Condition: a home cleaned weekly takes far less time than one left for months. Builders' dust, limescale and mould are the usual time sinks.
• Frequency: weekly clients often get a better hourly rate than one-off customers.
• Floors: marble and terrazzo need pH-neutral products and careful drying, and the stone floors of an old village house take longer than ceramic tiles.
• Products and equipment: weekly cleaners usually use the client's products and vacuum; a cleaner who brings everything, including a steam cleaner, charges more.
• Travel: a cleaner based in Limassol town may charge extra to reach Pissouri or the wine villages, and Paphos cleaners may do the same for Peyia or Polis.
• Short notice: same-day requests, especially before Easter, Christmas or a tenant's move-out date, cost more or are simply not possible.
• Sundays and public holidays: many independent cleaners do not work Sundays, and Sunday or public-holiday work (Easter Monday, 15 August) usually costs more.
• Extras: ironing, inside the oven and fridge, shutters and pet hair are often charged as extra time.

Independent cleaner or cleaning company?

An independent cleaner is usually cheaper per hour than a cleaning company, which has office costs, supervisors, vehicles and insurance to cover, and must add VAT once it is VAT-registered.

Cyprus's standard VAT rate is 19%. A business must register for VAT once its taxable turnover over the previous 12 months passes €15,600, or when it expects to pass that figure within the next 30 days. A busy independent cleaner can get there: 25 hours a week at €12 an hour for a full year comes to exactly €15,600. Always ask whether a quote includes VAT.

For the same trusted person in your home every week, an independent cleaner is usually the better fit. For offices, apartment-block common areas or a large after-builders job, a team can make more sense; see office and business cleaning.

Employing a cleaner directly: social insurance and minimum wage

If the cleaner is registered as self-employed, they pay their own social insurance and tax, and you simply pay the agreed rate. Self-employed people pay social insurance of 16.6% on their insurable income plus 4% to the General Healthcare System (GESY), and their hourly rate has to cover that. If you hire someone as your employee, you take on an employer's obligations and the real cost is higher than the wage.

1. 1

   Register as an employer

   Before the person starts, apply to the Register of Employers at your district Social Insurance Services office (form ΥΚΑ 01-001) to get an employer number.

2. 2

   Report the new employee

   Notify the hire electronically through the ERGANI system, no later than the day before the person starts.

3. 3

   Pay contributions every month

   Pay your share and the amount deducted from the wage by the end of the following month.

4. 4

   Check holiday pay

   Ask the Social Insurance Services whether you must also pay into the Central Holiday Fund, which some employers are exempt from.

On a gross wage of €600 a month, you would pay about €92 on top, and the cleaner would take home about €531 after their own deductions. The Social Insurance Services publish a worked example for a domestic worker using these same funds. Employing someone without registering them is undeclared work, and fines start at €1,000 per undeclared worker.

How to agree a price and avoid surprises

Most disputes over cleaning costs start with a vague brief, so agree the details in writing first, even if only in a WhatsApp message.

1. 1

   Describe the home honestly

   Send the number of bedrooms and bathrooms, floor types, balconies and problem areas, with a few photos. Mention pets, parking and whether there is a lift.

2. 2

   Write down the scope

   List what is included, such as floors, bathrooms, kitchen surfaces and dusting, and what counts as extra, such as the oven, windows, shutters or ironing.

3. 3

   Agree the rate and the minimum

   Confirm the hourly rate or fixed price, the minimum visit length, whether VAT applies and how you will pay.

4. 4

   Book a trial visit

   Two or three hours show how the cleaner works and whether you get on. In a home that has not been cleaned for a while, the first visit takes longer than later ones.

5. 5

   Set cancellation terms

   Agree a notice period on both sides, for example 24 or 48 hours, and what you pay if you cancel late or the cleaner cannot get in.

You can compare hourly rates, languages and specialties on cleaner profiles in the directory and contact cleaners directly. Holiday-let owners can check what a changeover should include on the holiday rental cleaning page.