A 10-kilometre journey in the capital now takes around 32 minutes on average, a travel time higher than the previous year.
Navigation and mapping company TomTom places Nicosia on the global congestion map, estimating almost 100 hours lost annually due to traffic delays. It is the only Cypriot city included in the dataset.
In Greece, Athens ranks among the top ten most congested cities in Europe and 37th worldwide. London takes the lead in Europe, with an average of 113 hours lost during peak periods, followed by Dublin, Barcelona, Bucharest and Bordeaux. Brussels ranks sixth and Rome seventh. Athens records 111 lost hours annually, with Vienna and Wroclaw completing the top ten. Thessaloniki is 131st globally and 68th in Europe, with 80 hours lost and peak-hour journeys averaging about 23 minutes.
Globally, TomTom’s top ten include Barranquilla (Colombia), followed by three Indian cities — Kolkata, Bengaluru and Pune — with London next. Kyoto, Lima, Davao, Trujillo and Dublin complete the list.
In Detrack’s ranking, Manila in the Philippines is the most congested city, followed closely by Mumbai in India. São Paulo ranks third, followed by Istanbul, Jakarta, Bangkok, Mexico City, Moscow, Los Angeles and Rio de Janeiro.
Jackwin, which measures vehicle density and hours lost, places Mexico City first, followed by Bangkok, Davao, Kumamoto and Bucharest. Plovdiv, Łódź, Bandung, Lima and Dublin follow.
In the INRIX index, Istanbul leads with more than 100 hours lost, followed by Chicago, Mexico City, New York and Philadelphia. Cape Town ranks sixth, followed by Dublin, London, Paris and Los Angeles.
Sources: TomTom Traffic Index, Detrack, Jackwin, INRIX.