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The emergence of the infectious virus known as Coronavirus in the Chinese city of Wuhan at the end of 2019 not only affected the world politically, socially and, economically but also had an impact on the environmental issues in most of the countries. During the curfew period in many countries due to the coronavirus, it was hypothesized that there would be a decrease in the level of air pollution due to the significant decrease in anthropogenic activities. The aim of the study is to analyze the level of air pollution for specific pollutants (Particulate matter, NO2, Ozone) in Cyprus within the period from January 2020 to June 2020 and to compare the obtained results with the air quality data for the same period in 2019. This period was selected to cover the time frames before lockdown, during lockdown and partial lockdown implemented in Cyprus. In order to make a comparative analysis with 2019, monthly mean values of the pollutants and mean values of three phases were obtained using the satellite data. Differences were presented as percentages and t-test was applied to determine if these differences were significant. Significant reduction in NO2 values was detected during the lockdown and partial lockdown periods compared to the values obtained at the same periods of 2019, while AOD and Ozone values did not decrease significantly during the lockdown period.