Business / Shopping Hours

PUBLIC SERVICE HOURS
Winter Period (September 1 - June 30)
Monday - Friday: 07:30 - 14:30
Thursday: 07:30 - 14:30, 15:00 - 18:00

Summer Period (July 1 - August 31)
Monday - Friday: 07:30 - 14:30

SHOPPING HOURS
Winter Period (November 1 - March 31)
Mon, Tue, Thu : up to 19:00 hrs
Wednesday : up to 14:00 hrs
Friday : up to 20:00 hrs
Saturday : up to 15:00 hrs

Summer Period (April 1 - October 31)
Mon, Tue, Thu : up to 20:30 hrs
Wednesday : up to 14:00 hrs
Friday : up to 21:30 hrs
Saturday : up to 17:00 hrs
Summer afternoon recess Mon, Tue, Thu and
Friday (June 15-August 31) from 14:00-17:00 hrs

OFFICES HOURS
September 15 - May 31
Monday - Friday: 08:00 - 13:00, 15:00 - 18:00
June 1 - September 14
Monday - Friday: 08:00 - 13:00, 16:00 - 19:00

Banking hours for the public:
Monday - Friday: 08:15 - 13:00
Monday: 15:15 - 16:45
(May, June, July, August: Monday - Friday: 08:15 - 13:00)

Centrally located Banks provide "afternoon tourist services".

Banks at the Larnaca and Paphos International Airports provide services in the daytime, as well as a night service for most flights.

Banking facilities are also available at the Limassol Harbour.

A number of Automatic Exchange Machines operate on a 24hrs basis in central places of all towns and the main tourist resorts Agia Napa and Paralimni. Most currencies and denominations are acceptable.

Bank holidays are the same as Public Holidays plus Easter Tuesday. Christmas Eve is a working day for banks.

In towns, shops close at 19.00hrs during the Winter period (November-March) and at 20:30 hrs during the Summer period (April-October). As from 15th of June till 31st of August shops in towns close between 14:00 and 17:00 hrs for the summer afternoon break.

On Sundays, shops in towns are closed. On Wednesday and Saturday shops close at 14:00 hrs.Just before Christmas and Easter, shops usually remain open until late in the evening.Supermarkets close one hour later on Friday evening.

CHEMISTS PHARMACIES / DRUG STORES They stay open during shopping hours. Names, addresses and telephone numbers of chemists which stay open until late at night, on Public Holidays and on Sundays are listed in the daily papers. They can also be traced through the following automatic telephones: Nicosia: 1412, Limassol: 1415, Larnaca 1414, Paphos: 1416, Ammochostos: 1413.