Living in Foggia
Foggia is a city in Italy. Annual PM2.5 was 11 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. The city covers 509.3 km², with a population density of 284.9 people per km² at the start of 2026. The foreign population count was 11,616 at the start of 2026.
Higher unemployment than 86% of Italian cities that publish it and cleaner air than 80% of Italian cities that publish it.
Which Italy-wide rules apply when you move to Foggia?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
How much does it cost to rent in Foggia?
Average net cold rent is about 5.63 EUR/m² per month (2025-S2), excluding heating and operating charges.
Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.
- Average net rent (nettokalt): 5.63 EUR/m²/month · Collected source1
City-level rent is published below; no city-level cost-of-living basket is published for Foggia yet.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dwellings | 69,553 dwellings | 31 Dec 2021 | Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)8Official |
| G05 Main Residential Dwellings | 58,885 dwellings | 31 Dec 2021 | Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)9Official |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 5.63 EUR/m²/month | 31 Dec 2025 | Collected source1Official · municipality zone median |
Worked out from these numbers
What does a 60 m² flat cost?
About 338 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 5.63 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.
Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.
Work and income
What is the unemployment rate in Foggia?
The unemployment rate is about 11.8 % (2023).
- Unemployment rate: 11.83 % · Eurostat4
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| People in employment | 49,318 people | 31 Dec 2021 | Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)10Official |
| Median gross salary (regional) | 1,414 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | servizi2.inps.it21Official |
| Unemployment rate | 11.83 %country median 6.0% | 31 Dec 2023 | Eurostat4Official |
Unemployment rate fell 27.8% between 2011 and 2023, from 16.4% to 11.8%.
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Foggia. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
Centri per l'impiego — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Foggia. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Family and education
Mobility and administration
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Foggia. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
CPIA public Italian-language and orientation courses for foreign adults — State Language Course
Italian public adult-education system — Centri Provinciali per l'Istruzione degli Adulti
For foreign adults, people seeking Italian language and culture courses.
L.O.R.R. — Language, Orientation, Recognition and Networks with CPIA — Job-related language course
Italian Ministry of Labour and Social Policies / FAMI 2021-2027 programme
For third-country nationals, vulnerable migrants, unaccompanied minors.
Climate and air quality
Is the air quality good in Foggia?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 11 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics — IT 2024 PM2.5 exact station subset2
Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.
City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 17 µg/m³country median 15.0 | 31 Dec 2024 | European Environment Agency3Official |
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 11 µg/m³country median 14.0 | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics — IT 2024 PM2.5 exact station subset2Official |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 12.01 · Feb 13.11 · Mar 16.1 · Apr 19.62 · May 25.15 · Jun 30.38 · Jul 33.19 · Aug 33.49 · Sep 27.9 · Oct 22.83 · Nov 17.19 · Dec 13.12 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI22Official |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan 3.15 · Feb 3.09 · Mar 5.02 · Apr 7.56 · May 11.84 · Jun 16.2 · Jul 18.67 · Aug 19.14 · Sep 15.49 · Oct 11.85 · Nov 7.95 · Dec 4.42 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI23Official |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 7.53 · Feb 7.94 · Mar 10.41 · Apr 13.49 · May 18.43 · Jun 23.27 · Jul 25.93 · Aug 26.13 · Sep 21.46 · Oct 17.11 · Nov 12.45 · Dec 8.72 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI24Official |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 37.22 · Feb 28.37 · Mar 34.64 · Apr 37.33 · May 32.13 · Jun 31.46 · Jul 17.27 · Aug 20.99 · Sep 41.54 · Oct 43.23 · Nov 50.35 · Dec 44.43 mm | 31 Dec 1991 | World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI25Official |
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Closest published populations, for a like-for-like comparison.
Population and city profile
How many people live in Foggia?
The published population was 145,198 people in 2025. Source: ISTAT municipality population and citizenship tables 202513
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars per 1,000 residents | 637.6 cars per 1000 people | 31 Dec 2024 | Eurostat5Official |
| City area | 509.3 km² | 2026 | Official SITUAS report 74 (Comuni - Dimensione): exact municipality surface in km2, with annual area vintage.18Official |
| Foreign-resident share | 7.3 % | 31 Dec 2025 | Eurostat6Official |
| Foreign residents | 11,616 people | 1 Jan 2026 | Official ISTAT STRASA estimate of resident foreign population by municipality at 1 January 2026; Età=999 is the total.17Official |
| Population density | 284.9 people/km² | 1 Jan 2026 | Official SITUAS report 74 (Comuni - Dimensione): exact municipality surface in km2, with annual area vintage.19Official |
| Population Female | 73,348 people | 31 Dec 2024 | Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)7Official |
| Population Male | 71,850 people | 31 Dec 2024 | Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)7Official |
| Population | 145,198 people | 1 Jan 2025 | ISTAT municipality population and citizenship tables 202513Official |
Population fell 5.2% between 2014 and 2025, from 153,143 to 145,198.
Foreign residents rose 107.0% between 2016 and 2026, from 5,612 to 11,616.
International community in Foggia
Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.
Country of birth
Resident population in Italy at 1 January 2025; source-native country dimension; total sex · 2025-01-01
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Derived source total (sum of all published country rows) | 145,198 | 100.0% |
| Italia | 133,820 | 92.2% |
| Marocco | 1,282 | 0.9% |
| Romania | 1,193 | 0.8% |
| Senegal | 999 | 0.7% |
| Mali | 835 | 0.6% |
| Gambia | 653 | 0.4% |
| Ucraina | 565 | 0.4% |
| Nigeria | 537 | 0.4% |
| Pakistan | 507 | 0.3% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 444 | 0.3% |
| Albania | 432 | 0.3% |
| Germania | 237 | 0.2% |
| Polonia | 236 | 0.2% |
| Guinea | 204 | 0.1% |
| Cina | 202 | 0.1% |
| Costa d'Avorio | 167 | 0.1% |
| Federazione russa | 164 | 0.1% |
| Tunisia | 164 | 0.1% |
| Bulgaria | 158 | 0.1% |
| Ghana | 147 | 0.1% |
| Macedonia del Nord | 138 | 0.1% |
| Guinea-Bissau | 137 | 0.1% |
| Francia | 128 | 0.1% |
| Svizzera | 123 | 0.1% |
| Venezuela | 115 | 0.1% |
| Egitto | 111 | 0.1% |
| Brasile | 82 | 0.1% |
| Afghanistan | 76 | 0.1% |
| Burkina Faso | 75 | 0.1% |
| India | 66 | 0.0% |
| Cuba | 64 | 0.0% |
| Moldova | 60 | 0.0% |
| Algeria | 60 | 0.0% |
| Sudan | 50 | 0.0% |
| Colombia | 50 | 0.0% |
| Regno Unito | 49 | 0.0% |
| Canada | 42 | 0.0% |
| Libia | 41 | 0.0% |
| Grecia | 40 | 0.0% |
| Belgio | 37 | 0.0% |
| Iraq | 37 | 0.0% |
| Somalia | 35 | 0.0% |
| Camerun | 32 | 0.0% |
| Spagna | 30 | 0.0% |
| Stati Uniti d'America | 29 | 0.0% |
| Argentina | 29 | 0.0% |
| Repubblica Dominicana | 27 | 0.0% |
| Togo | 24 | 0.0% |
| Filippine | 23 | 0.0% |
| Niger | 23 | 0.0% |
| Bielorussia | 21 | 0.0% |
| Etiopia | 21 | 0.0% |
| Australia | 20 | 0.0% |
| Sierra Leone | 19 | 0.0% |
| Georgia | 16 | 0.0% |
| Liberia | 16 | 0.0% |
| Perù | 16 | 0.0% |
| Iran | 15 | 0.0% |
| Ecuador | 15 | 0.0% |
| Croazia | 13 | 0.0% |
| Turchia | 13 | 0.0% |
| Lituania | 11 | 0.0% |
| Bosnia-Erzegovina | 10 | 0.0% |
| Slovacchia | 9 | 0.0% |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 0.0% |
| Kenya | 9 | 0.0% |
| Kosovo | 8 | 0.0% |
| Libano | 8 | 0.0% |
| Nepal | 8 | 0.0% |
| Siria | 8 | 0.0% |
| Thailandia | 8 | 0.0% |
| Sudafrica | 7 | 0.0% |
| Paesi Bassi | 6 | 0.0% |
| Vietnam | 6 | 0.0% |
| Congo | 6 | 0.0% |
| Messico | 6 | 0.0% |
| Austria | 5 | 0.0% |
| Repubblica ceca | 5 | 0.0% |
| Benin | 5 | 0.0% |
| Madagascar | 5 | 0.0% |
| Mauritania | 5 | 0.0% |
| Eritrea | 5 | 0.0% |
| Ungheria | 4 | 0.0% |
| Palestina | 4 | 0.0% |
| Giordania | 4 | 0.0% |
| Indonesia | 4 | 0.0% |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 0.0% |
| Malta | 3 | 0.0% |
| Portogallo | 3 | 0.0% |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 0.0% |
| Burundi | 3 | 0.0% |
| Ciad | 3 | 0.0% |
| Ruanda | 3 | 0.0% |
| Tanzania | 3 | 0.0% |
| Repubblica Democratica del Congo | 3 | 0.0% |
| Finlandia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Lussemburgo | 2 | 0.0% |
| Svezia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Slovenia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Serbia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Cambogia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Kirghizistan | 2 | 0.0% |
| Capo Verde | 2 | 0.0% |
| Guatemala | 2 | 0.0% |
| Bolivia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Cile | 2 | 0.0% |
| Paraguay | 2 | 0.0% |
| Irlanda | 1 | 0.0% |
| Monaco | 1 | 0.0% |
| Montenegro | 1 | 0.0% |
| Arabia Saudita | 1 | 0.0% |
| Corea del Sud | 1 | 0.0% |
| Giappone | 1 | 0.0% |
| Israele | 1 | 0.0% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 0.0% |
| Angola | 1 | 0.0% |
| Maurizio | 1 | 0.0% |
| Namibia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Uganda | 1 | 0.0% |
| Sud Sudan | 1 | 0.0% |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 0.0% |
| Haiti | 1 | 0.0% |
| Honduras | 1 | 0.0% |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source15
Citizenship
Resident population in Italy at 1 January 2025; source-native country dimension; total sex · 2025-01-01
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Derived source total (sum of all published country rows) | 145,198 | 100.0% |
| Italia | 134,634 | 92.7% |
| Romania | 1,460 | 1.0% |
| Marocco | 1,377 | 0.9% |
| Senegal | 1,020 | 0.7% |
| Mali | 852 | 0.6% |
| Gambia | 666 | 0.5% |
| Nigeria | 611 | 0.4% |
| Ucraina | 500 | 0.3% |
| Pakistan | 499 | 0.3% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 442 | 0.3% |
| Albania | 367 | 0.3% |
| Cina | 296 | 0.2% |
| Polonia | 226 | 0.2% |
| Guinea | 202 | 0.1% |
| Bulgaria | 164 | 0.1% |
| Ghana | 156 | 0.1% |
| Macedonia del Nord | 146 | 0.1% |
| Costa d'Avorio | 146 | 0.1% |
| Guinea-Bissau | 142 | 0.1% |
| Tunisia | 127 | 0.1% |
| Egitto | 110 | 0.1% |
| Burkina Faso | 80 | 0.1% |
| Afghanistan | 75 | 0.1% |
| India | 62 | 0.0% |
| Algeria | 56 | 0.0% |
| Sudan | 48 | 0.0% |
| Venezuela | 44 | 0.0% |
| Federazione russa | 41 | 0.0% |
| Cuba | 41 | 0.0% |
| Iraq | 35 | 0.0% |
| Somalia | 34 | 0.0% |
| Camerun | 28 | 0.0% |
| Colombia | 27 | 0.0% |
| Brasile | 26 | 0.0% |
| Filippine | 24 | 0.0% |
| Niger | 24 | 0.0% |
| Togo | 24 | 0.0% |
| Spagna | 23 | 0.0% |
| Moldova | 23 | 0.0% |
| Bosnia-Erzegovina | 22 | 0.0% |
| Georgia | 19 | 0.0% |
| Repubblica Dominicana | 18 | 0.0% |
| Liberia | 16 | 0.0% |
| Sierra Leone | 16 | 0.0% |
| Bielorussia | 15 | 0.0% |
| Turchia | 14 | 0.0% |
| Francia | 11 | 0.0% |
| Germania | 10 | 0.0% |
| Sri Lanka | 10 | 0.0% |
| Iran | 10 | 0.0% |
| Grecia | 9 | 0.0% |
| Lituania | 9 | 0.0% |
| Kenya | 9 | 0.0% |
| Nepal | 8 | 0.0% |
| Regno Unito | 7 | 0.0% |
| Slovacchia | 7 | 0.0% |
| Belgio | 6 | 0.0% |
| Croazia | 6 | 0.0% |
| Palestina | 6 | 0.0% |
| Vietnam | 6 | 0.0% |
| Ecuador | 6 | 0.0% |
| Mauritania | 5 | 0.0% |
| Perù | 5 | 0.0% |
| Repubblica ceca | 4 | 0.0% |
| Indonesia | 4 | 0.0% |
| Thailandia | 4 | 0.0% |
| Benin | 4 | 0.0% |
| Libia | 4 | 0.0% |
| Repubblica Democratica del Congo | 4 | 0.0% |
| Eritrea | 4 | 0.0% |
| Ungheria | 3 | 0.0% |
| Giordania | 3 | 0.0% |
| Ciad | 3 | 0.0% |
| Congo | 3 | 0.0% |
| Stati Uniti d'America | 3 | 0.0% |
| Argentina | 3 | 0.0% |
| Paesi Bassi | 2 | 0.0% |
| Serbia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Kosovo | 2 | 0.0% |
| Libano | 2 | 0.0% |
| Siria | 2 | 0.0% |
| Uzbekistan | 2 | 0.0% |
| Capo Verde | 2 | 0.0% |
| Etiopia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Madagascar | 2 | 0.0% |
| Tanzania | 2 | 0.0% |
| Canada | 2 | 0.0% |
| Apolide | 2 | 0.0% |
| Austria | 1 | 0.0% |
| Irlanda | 1 | 0.0% |
| Portogallo | 1 | 0.0% |
| Svizzera | 1 | 0.0% |
| Corea del Sud | 1 | 0.0% |
| Giappone | 1 | 0.0% |
| Kirghizistan | 1 | 0.0% |
| Angola | 1 | 0.0% |
| Burundi | 1 | 0.0% |
| Guinea Equatoriale | 1 | 0.0% |
| Ruanda | 1 | 0.0% |
| Uganda | 1 | 0.0% |
| Sud Sudan | 1 | 0.0% |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 0.0% |
| Honduras | 1 | 0.0% |
| Messico | 1 | 0.0% |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 0.0% |
| Bolivia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Paraguay | 1 | 0.0% |
| Uruguay | 1 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source14
Is Foggia a good place to live?
There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.
Additional context
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Foggia when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.
Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.
Open the official coverage guideCommon questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Foggia?
The published population was 145,198 people in 2025. Source: ISTAT municipality population and citizenship tables 2025.
How much does it cost to rent in Foggia?
Average net cold rent is about 5.63 EUR/m² per month (2025-S2), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 394 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Collected source.
Is the air quality good in Foggia?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 11 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics — IT 2024 PM2.5 exact station subset.
What is the unemployment rate in Foggia?
The unemployment rate is about 11.8 % (2023). Source: Eurostat.
What is the typical salary around Foggia?
The median gross salary is 1,414 EUR/month. Source: servizi2.inps.it.
How many foreign residents live in Foggia?
11,616 people residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Official ISTAT STRASA estimate of resident foreign population by municipality at 1 January 2026; Età=999 is the total..
Is Foggia a good place to live?
Foggia may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.
How many people born in Derived source total (sum of all published country rows) live in Foggia?
The official country of birth distribution records 145,198 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2025-01-01. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.
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