Nicosia rate history — COLA (Post Allowance) (%). Query any past effective date directly via the API.
| Effective date | COLA (Post Allowance) (%) |
|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2026 | 10% |
| Feb 8, 2026 | 15% |
| Jan 25, 2026 | 10% |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 15% |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 10% |
| Sep 7, 2025 | 15% |
| Aug 10, 2025 | 10% |
| Jul 13, 2025 | 15% |
| May 4, 2025 | 10% |
| Mar 9, 2025 | 5% |
| Jan 26, 2025 | 0% |
| Sep 24, 2023 | 5% |
| Jul 2, 2023 | 10% |
| Jun 4, 2023 | 5% |
| Apr 9, 2023 | 10% |
| Feb 26, 2023 | 5% |
| Jan 29, 2023 | 10% |
| Dec 4, 2022 | 5% |
| Jul 17, 2022 | 0% |
| Mar 27, 2022 | 5% |
| Oct 10, 2021 | 10% |
| Oct 11, 2020 | 0% |
| Jun 21, 2020 | 10% |
| Feb 2, 2020 | 5% |
| Jan 19, 2020 | 10% |
| Sep 1, 2019 | 5% |
| Jun 9, 2019 | 10% |
| Aug 5, 2018 | 15% |
| Jul 22, 2018 | 20% |
| Jun 10, 2018 | 15% |
| Jan 7, 2018 | 20% |
| Dec 24, 2017 | 15% |
| Dec 10, 2017 | 20% |
| Oct 15, 2017 | 15% |
| Sep 17, 2017 | 20% |
| Jun 11, 2017 | 15% |
| Oct 30, 2016 | 10% |
| Sep 4, 2016 | 15% |
| Jul 10, 2016 | 10% |
| Apr 3, 2016 | 15% |
| Mar 6, 2016 | 10% |
| Feb 21, 2016 | 15% |
| Nov 15, 2015 | 10% |
| Sep 6, 2015 | 15% |
| Feb 8, 2015 | 20% |
| Jan 25, 2015 | 25% |
| Nov 16, 2014 | 30% |
| Sep 7, 2014 | 35% |
| Jan 12, 2014 | 42% |
The same location's rates under other U.S. travel-rate systems:
The post (cost-of-living) allowance offsets higher overseas costs of goods and services for U.S. government civilian employees assigned to Nicosia. It is expressed as a percentage of spendable income and is used by mobility, HR and payroll teams to compute overseas compensation.
The exact request that returns this page's data. Change the
date parameter to query any historical effective
date, or pull it straight into your ERP, payroll, or expense system.
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \ "https://api.allowancesapi.com/v1/dssr/allowances/CY?type=cola"{
"effective_date": "2026-07-12",
"results": [
{
"cola": {
"effective_date": "2026-07-12",
"rate": 10
},
"iso_code": "CY",
"location": "Nicosia",
"postcode": "10126"
}
],
"verification_url": "https://aoprals.state.gov/content.asp?content_id=184\u0026menu_id=78"
}The current DSSR COLA (Post Allowance) rate for Nicosia, Cyprus is 10%, effective Jul 12, 2026.
In Feb 8, 2026 the COLA (Post Allowance) rate was 15%. The full history is shown in the table above and is queryable by effective date via the API.
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