Nicosia
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About
Nicosia, also known as Lefkosia or Lefkoşa, is the capital of Cyprus. Its northern part is the de facto capital of Northern Cyprus. It is the southeasternmost capital city among European Union member states.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nicosia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Nicosia
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Partly cloudy
25° / 17°
UV Very high
Sat
Overcast
28° / 17°
UV Very high
Sun
Partly cloudy
30° / 17°
UV Very high
Mon
Overcast
27° / 18°
UV Very high
Tue
Overcast
29° / 17°
UV Very high
Wed
Overcast
27° / 16°
UV High
Thu
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
38° / 12°
Typical high / low
0 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
14.0h
05:43 – 19:42local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Nicosia
4 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Ercan International Airport (ECN) at 13 km.
Getting around Nicosia
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, The mr peabody.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.