How much does it cost to live in an Italian town? The cost-of-living index combines house prices, rents and services into a value comparable across all municipalities. The result overturns clichés: the most expensive towns are not only the big cities, but above all mountain and seaside tourist resorts.
The most expensive towns
The 15 most expensive towns in Italy
Composite cost-of-living index — highest values
The cheapest towns
At the opposite end, the cheapest towns are almost all in the inland South and the Apennines, where property prices collapsed along with the population.
The 15 cheapest towns in Italy
Composite cost-of-living index — lowest values
The 3D map of prices
Each municipality is a column proportional to property prices: luxury tourist resorts tower, while inland areas stay low.
3D map: property prices by municipality
Height proportional to prices — drag to rotate, scroll to zoom
Explore each municipality's cost of living in the Cost of living section and compare up to 4 in the Compare section. Cost of living, crossed with income, says a lot about a territory's real purchasing power.