Living in Perugia

In Perugia, rent averages €5.00 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 6.4% (2023).

The foreign population count was 21,436 at the start of 2026. Perugia covers 449.6 km², with a population density of 361.1 people per km² at the start of 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-2338 sources

Population162,050people1 Jan 2025Official source · ISTAT municipality population and citizenship tables 2025

Median gross salary (region)1,825EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · servizi2.inps.it

Average net rent5EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Collected source

Unemployment rate6.38%country median 6.0% — 6% aboveOfficial source · Eurostat

Recorded crime3,555incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024District figureOfficial source · Tasso di delittuosità - prov

PM2.5, annual mean13µg/m³country median 14.0 — 7% belowOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Less recorded crime than any other Italian city that publishes it and cleaner air than 61% of Italian cities that publish it.

Which Italy-wide rules apply when you move to Perugia?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in ItalyNational rates and thresholds that apply in Perugia.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Perugia?

Average net cold rent is 5 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 EUR/m²/month · Collected source¹

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€30

Mobile plan, 10 GB€12

Net rent across major citiesPerugia highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Milan€30.00

Rome€17.15

Naples€9.10

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	29.9 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	iliadbox fixed fibre¹⁰Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	11.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	iliad GIGA mobile tariff⁹Official · national market
Dwellings	88,804 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)¹²Official
Main residence dwellings	72,290 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)¹³Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	5 EUR/m²/month	31 Dec 2025	Collected source¹Official · municipality zone median

Is Perugia 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.

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Remote worker55%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 45–65%

Skilled employee65%strong on work, weak on safety · range 56–74%

Student65%strong on education, weak on work · range 56–74%

Family65%strong on family, weak on legal route · range 55–75%

Retirement52%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 41–63%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 300 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5 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.

Source period: 2025-S2

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Perugia?

The unemployment rate is about 6.4 % (2023).

Unemployment rate: 6.38 % · Eurostat³

Unemployment across cities in ItalyUnemployment in Perugia is 6.4%. Of 2,393 cities with data, 1,023 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Perugia 6.4%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People in employment	70,223 people	31 Dec 2021	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)¹⁴Official
Median gross salary (regional)	1,825 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	servizi2.inps.it²⁸Official
Unemployment rate	6.38 %country median 6.0%	31 Dec 2023	Eurostat³Official

Unemployment rate over time9 published observations, 1991–2023

5.8%

8.6%

11.5%

14.3%

6.4%19912011201920212023

Unemployment rate fell 47.8% between 1991 and 2023, from 12.2% to 6.4%.

What does a salary buy in Perugia?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€1,184of €1,526 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions.	€1,526
Rent, 60 m²€5.00/m² · official · Collected source · 2025-12-31	− €300
Internet€30 · official · iliadbox fixed fibre · 2026-09-30	− €30
Mobile plan€12 · official · iliad GIGA mobile tariff · 2026-09-30	− €12
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€1,184

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Perugia Salary needed to live in Perugia

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Perugia. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Centri per l'impiego — Public employment service

Italian public employment services / regional employment centres

Job SearchTraining

Search jobs

Open the Italy service overview

Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Perugia. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	53 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministero dell'Istruzione e del Merito (dati.istruzione.it)²⁰Official
Schools	177 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministero dell'Istruzione e del Merito (dati.istruzione.it)²⁰Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 6 to 16, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Italian L2 laboratories and support for foreign pupils (DPR 394/1999 art 45 route). How to enrol a child (istruzione.it).

A country-wide rule for Italy; Perugia's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	641.2 beds per 100,000	1 Jan 2023	Posti letto per stabilimento ospedaliero e disciplina 2023²⁷Official
Hospitals	5 count	1 Jan 2023	Posti letto per stabilimento ospedaliero e disciplina 2023²⁷Official
Pharmacies	52 count	15 Sept 2026	Farmacie⁷Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Perugia 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.

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Hospital beds per 100,000 residents641.2 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-09-16

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Perugia?

Police recorded about 3,555 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Tasso di delittuosità - prov²⁹

Recorded crime across major citiesPerugia highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Florence11,422

Milan10,343

Bologna9,973

Turin9,170

Venice9,092

Catania7,485

Rome7,475

Verona6,667

Naples6,521

Genoa5,692

Palermo5,384

Bari4,616

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	3,555 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Tasso di delittuosità - prov²⁹Official · county

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	5 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights²⁵Official
Nearest airport	PEG	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports²⁶Official
Distance to nearest airport	10 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports²⁶Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Perugia. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

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.

ItalianCEFR A2In PersonCost varies

Open official information

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.

ItalianIn Person, Online

Open official information

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Perugia.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Perugia?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 13 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency²

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.513WHO 5 · EU 25

NO₂10.8WHO 10 · EU 40

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in ItalyAnnual PM2.5 in Perugia is 13.0 µg/m³. Of 1,693 cities with data, 204 have annual PM2.5 of 12 to under 13 µg/m³.

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3–44–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1111–1212–1313–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–2222–2323–2424–2525–2628–29

Perugia 13.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	10.8 µg/m³country median 15.0	31 Dec 2013	Eurostat⁴Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	13 µg/m³country median 14.0	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency²Official
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 16.55 · Feb 18.38 · Mar 22.77 · Apr 28.78 · May 31.94 · Jun 38.11 · Jul 41.16 · Aug 40.72 · Sep 36.59 · Oct 28.23 · Nov 25.83 · Dec 16.99 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center²¹Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -8.55 · Feb -10.56 · Mar -7.83 · Apr -3.74 · May 2.14 · Jun 6.28 · Jul 11.44 · Aug 9.78 · Sep 5.49 · Oct 0.54 · Nov -3.68 · Dec -5.75 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center²¹Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 4.05 · Feb 4.77 · Mar 7.83 · Apr 11.68 · May 15.98 · Jun 21.33 · Jul 24.93 · Aug 24.65 · Sep 19.09 · Oct 14.51 · Nov 9.48 · Dec 5.15 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center²¹Official

Annual PM2.5 over time11 published observations, 2013–2024

9.2

13.1

16.9

20.8

13.0201320162018202020222024

Annual PM2.5 fell 7.1% between 2013 and 2024, from 14.0 to 13.0.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Perugia?

The published population was 162,050 people in 2025. Source: ISTAT municipality population and citizenship tables 2025¹⁷

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport86.8%
Foreign residents13.2%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	778.6 cars per 1000 people	31 Dec 2024	Eurostat⁵Official
City area	449.6 km²	2026	Official SITUAS report 74 (Comuni - Dimensione): exact municipality surface in km2, with annual area vintage.²³Official
Foreign-resident share	12.9 %	31 Dec 2025	Eurostat⁶Official
Foreign residents	21,436 people	1 Jan 2026	Official ISTAT STRASA estimate of resident foreign population by municipality at 1 January 2026; Età=999 is the total.²²Official
Population density	361.1 people/km²	1 Jan 2026	Official SITUAS report 74 (Comuni - Dimensione): exact municipality surface in km2, with annual area vintage.²⁴Official
Female residents	83,931 people	31 Dec 2024	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)¹¹Official
Male residents	78,119 people	31 Dec 2024	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)¹¹Official
Population	162,050 people	1 Jan 2025	ISTAT municipality population and citizenship tables 2025¹⁷Official

Population over time12 published observations, 2014–2025

161,680

163,469

165,257

167,046

162,05020142016201820222025

Population fell 2.4% between 2014 and 2025, from 166,030 to 162,050.

Foreign residents over time13 published observations, 2014–2026

20,290

20,855

21,420

21,985

21,436201420162018202220242026

Foreign residents fell 1.7% between 2014 and 2026, from 21,817 to 21,436.

International community in Perugia

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)	162,050	100.0%
Italia	136,070	84.0%
Albania	2,771	1.7%
Romania	2,526	1.6%
Marocco	1,724	1.1%
Ecuador	1,626	1.0%
Ucraina	1,534	0.9%
Perù	1,397	0.9%
Moldova	1,160	0.7%
Nigeria	787	0.5%

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Published group	People	Share
Filippine	755	0.5%
Cina	709	0.4%
Costa d'Avorio	534	0.3%
Brasile	472	0.3%
Bangladesh	461	0.3%
Tunisia	421	0.3%
Polonia	418	0.3%
Camerun	409	0.3%
Francia	400	0.2%
Svizzera	395	0.2%
Germania	385	0.2%
Iran	373	0.2%
Pakistan	369	0.2%
Federazione russa	348	0.2%
Colombia	296	0.2%
Algeria	260	0.2%
Macedonia del Nord	237	0.1%
Bulgaria	219	0.1%
Egitto	215	0.1%
Congo	214	0.1%
Argentina	211	0.1%
Stati Uniti d'America	200	0.1%
Regno Unito	170	0.1%
Grecia	165	0.1%
Libia	165	0.1%
Cuba	156	0.1%
Etiopia	154	0.1%
Venezuela	151	0.1%
Senegal	149	0.1%
India	140	0.1%
Repubblica Dominicana	126	0.1%
Spagna	109	0.1%
Gambia	94	0.1%
Mali	93	0.1%
Belgio	88	0.1%
Siria	84	0.1%
Serbia	82	0.1%
Giappone	72	0.0%
Libano	68	0.0%
Turchia	67	0.0%
Israele	64	0.0%
Afghanistan	62	0.0%
Bielorussia	58	0.0%
Burkina Faso	58	0.0%
Gabon	58	0.0%
Kosovo	55	0.0%
Paesi Bassi	54	0.0%
Croazia	54	0.0%
Iraq	54	0.0%
Lussemburgo	50	0.0%
Giordania	50	0.0%
Australia	48	0.0%
Guinea	46	0.0%
Canada	46	0.0%
Ungheria	45	0.0%
Eritrea	44	0.0%
Bosnia-Erzegovina	43	0.0%
Somalia	43	0.0%
Repubblica Democratica del Congo	43	0.0%
Cile	43	0.0%
Repubblica ceca	41	0.0%
Messico	40	0.0%
Uzbekistan	38	0.0%
Palestina	34	0.0%
Armenia	33	0.0%
Ghana	33	0.0%
Austria	29	0.0%
Svezia	28	0.0%
Slovacchia	28	0.0%
Uruguay	27	0.0%
Thailandia	25	0.0%
Mongolia	24	0.0%
Georgia	24	0.0%
Lituania	23	0.0%
Kazakhstan	23	0.0%
Sri Lanka	20	0.0%
Corea del Sud	20	0.0%
Benin	20	0.0%
Bolivia	20	0.0%
Finlandia	18	0.0%
Irlanda	18	0.0%
Kirghizistan	18	0.0%
Danimarca	17	0.0%
Portogallo	17	0.0%
Kenya	17	0.0%
Costa Rica	17	0.0%
Vietnam	15	0.0%
Sudafrica	14	0.0%
Cipro	13	0.0%
Angola	13	0.0%
Madagascar	13	0.0%
Togo	13	0.0%
Guatemala	13	0.0%
Indonesia	12	0.0%
Kuwait	12	0.0%
Taiwan	11	0.0%
Yemen	10	0.0%
Azerbaigian	10	0.0%
Paraguay	10	0.0%
Sierra Leone	9	0.0%
Cambogia	8	0.0%
Emirati Arabi Uniti	8	0.0%
Turkmenistan	8	0.0%
Liberia	8	0.0%
Sudan	8	0.0%
Haiti	8	0.0%
Honduras	8	0.0%
Lettonia	7	0.0%
Arabia Saudita	7	0.0%
Capo Verde	7	0.0%
Gibuti	7	0.0%
Montenegro	6	0.0%
Tanzania	6	0.0%
Panama	6	0.0%
Malta	5	0.0%
Norvegia	5	0.0%
Nepal	5	0.0%
Zambia	5	0.0%
Zimbabwe	5	0.0%
El Salvador	5	0.0%
Estonia	4	0.0%
Slovenia	4	0.0%
Nuova Zelanda	4	0.0%
Monaco	3	0.0%
Burundi	3	0.0%
Maurizio	3	0.0%
Niger	3	0.0%
Ruanda	3	0.0%
Uganda	3	0.0%
San Marino	2	0.0%
Malaysia	2	0.0%
Guinea-Bissau	2	0.0%
Mauritania	2	0.0%
Seychelles	2	0.0%
Oman	1	0.0%
Qatar	1	0.0%
Singapore	1	0.0%
Tagikistan	1	0.0%
Ciad	1	0.0%
Mozambico	1	0.0%
Giamaica	1	0.0%
Nicaragua	1	0.0%
Santa Lucia	1	0.0%
Suriname	1	0.0%
Papua Nuova Guinea	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁹

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)	162,050	100.0%
Italia	141,163	87.1%
Romania	3,283	2.0%
Albania	1,980	1.2%
Marocco	1,458	0.9%
Ucraina	1,419	0.9%
Ecuador	1,298	0.8%
Nigeria	1,041	0.6%
Perù	1,001	0.6%
Cina	849	0.5%

Show 135 more groups

Published group	People	Share
Filippine	840	0.5%
Costa d'Avorio	478	0.3%
Moldova	472	0.3%
Bangladesh	470	0.3%
Camerun	390	0.2%
Tunisia	373	0.2%
Pakistan	371	0.2%
Polonia	355	0.2%
Congo	231	0.1%
Iran	229	0.1%
Algeria	218	0.1%
Colombia	200	0.1%
Egitto	196	0.1%
Bulgaria	187	0.1%
Brasile	184	0.1%
Macedonia del Nord	179	0.1%
Senegal	147	0.1%
Federazione russa	136	0.1%
Germania	122	0.1%
Spagna	122	0.1%
Libia	115	0.1%
Grecia	106	0.1%
Cuba	103	0.1%
Gambia	102	0.1%
Francia	99	0.1%
Mali	95	0.1%
India	94	0.1%
Stati Uniti d'America	83	0.1%
Regno Unito	82	0.1%
Etiopia	82	0.1%
Repubblica Dominicana	72	0.0%
Giappone	61	0.0%
Gabon	61	0.0%
Serbia	60	0.0%
Libano	58	0.0%
Afghanistan	57	0.0%
Venezuela	56	0.0%
Burkina Faso	55	0.0%
Iraq	54	0.0%
Turchia	53	0.0%
Bielorussia	47	0.0%
Guinea	47	0.0%
Siria	46	0.0%
Paesi Bassi	43	0.0%
Israele	41	0.0%
Argentina	36	0.0%
Palestina	34	0.0%
Ghana	33	0.0%
Repubblica ceca	30	0.0%
Giordania	29	0.0%
Armenia	29	0.0%
Croazia	25	0.0%
Belgio	24	0.0%
Kosovo	24	0.0%
Mongolia	24	0.0%
Svezia	23	0.0%
Bosnia-Erzegovina	22	0.0%
Sri Lanka	22	0.0%
Portogallo	21	0.0%
Somalia	21	0.0%
Lituania	19	0.0%
Togo	19	0.0%
Austria	17	0.0%
Svizzera	17	0.0%
Uzbekistan	17	0.0%
Repubblica Democratica del Congo	17	0.0%
Georgia	16	0.0%
Corea del Sud	15	0.0%
Irlanda	14	0.0%
Ungheria	14	0.0%
Slovacchia	14	0.0%
Kenya	14	0.0%
Angola	12	0.0%
Finlandia	11	0.0%
Benin	11	0.0%
Indonesia	10	0.0%
Thailandia	10	0.0%
Kazakhstan	10	0.0%
Kirghizistan	10	0.0%
Gibuti	10	0.0%
Canada	10	0.0%
Cipro	9	0.0%
Bolivia	9	0.0%
Cile	9	0.0%
Lettonia	8	0.0%
Eritrea	8	0.0%
Dominica	8	0.0%
Haiti	8	0.0%
Messico	8	0.0%
Danimarca	7	0.0%
Yemen	7	0.0%
Azerbaigian	7	0.0%
Madagascar	7	0.0%
Niger	7	0.0%
Australia	7	0.0%
Turkmenistan	6	0.0%
Sierra Leone	6	0.0%
Liberia	5	0.0%
Sudan	5	0.0%
Uruguay	5	0.0%
Nepal	4	0.0%
Guinea-Bissau	4	0.0%
Vietnam	3	0.0%
Taiwan	3	0.0%
Capo Verde	3	0.0%
Uganda	3	0.0%
Costa Rica	3	0.0%
El Salvador	3	0.0%
Guatemala	3	0.0%
Paraguay	3	0.0%
Norvegia	2	0.0%
Estonia	2	0.0%
Slovenia	2	0.0%
Montenegro	2	0.0%
Maurizio	2	0.0%
Ruanda	2	0.0%
Tanzania	2	0.0%
Santa Lucia	2	0.0%
Nuova Zelanda	2	0.0%
Islanda	1	0.0%
Malta	1	0.0%
Arabia Saudita	1	0.0%
Kuwait	1	0.0%
Maldive	1	0.0%
Malaysia	1	0.0%
Qatar	1	0.0%
Singapore	1	0.0%
Tagikistan	1	0.0%
Ciad	1	0.0%
Mauritania	1	0.0%
Seychelles	1	0.0%
Sud Sudan	1	0.0%
Honduras	1	0.0%
Nicaragua	1	0.0%
Panama	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁸

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Non-citizens, share of residents	12.89 %	31 Dec 2024	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)¹⁵Official
Households	75,502 households	31 Dec 2024	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)¹⁶Official

Alternatives for people set on Perugia

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Bastia Umbra as a Perugia alternative in the same region

14 km away, better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Rent: €3.25/m² Bastia Umbra vs €5.00/m² Perugia−35%
Residents: 21,321 Bastia Umbra vs 162,050 Perugia−87%
Nearest airport: 4.0 km Bastia Umbra vs 10.0 km Perugia−60%
Annual PM2.5: 12.0 µg/m³ Bastia Umbra vs 13.0 µg/m³ Perugia−8%
Median gross pay, region: €1,825 Bastia Umbra vs €1,825 Perugiasame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,555 Bastia Umbra vs 3,555 Perugiasame level

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Reggio Calabria as a Perugia alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 620 km, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2. Foreign residents cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €3.55/m² Reggio Calabria vs €5.00/m² Perugia−29%
Median gross pay, region: €1,420 Reggio Calabria vs €1,825 Perugia−22%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,825 Reggio Calabria vs 3,555 Perugia−21%
Foreign residents: 7.3% (2026) Reggio Calabria vs 12.9% (2025) Perugiano percentage
Hospital beds, per 100k: 561.7 Reggio Calabria vs 641.2 Perugia−12%
Residents: 168,779 Reggio Calabria vs 162,050 Perugia+4%

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Cities near Perugia

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Alternative cities in Italy

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All Italy cities

Ravenna156,340 residents Reggio Calabria168,779 residents Livorno153,154 residents Reggio Emilia172,284 residents Rimini150,333 residents Cagliari145,981 residents

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Common questions

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How many people live in Perugia?

The published population was 162,050 people in 2025. Source: ISTAT municipality population and citizenship tables 2025.

How much does it cost to rent in Perugia?

Average net cold rent is 5 EUR/m² per month (2025-S2), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 350 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Collected source.

Is the air quality good in Perugia?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 13 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Perugia?

Police recorded about 3,555 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Tasso di delittuosità - prov.

What is the unemployment rate in Perugia?

The unemployment rate is about 6.4 % (2023). Source: Eurostat.

What is the typical salary around Perugia?

The median gross salary is 1,825 EUR/month. Source: servizi2.inps.it.

Is Perugia a good place to live?

Perugia 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.

Which cities are near Perugia?

Corciano, Torgiano, Bastia Umbra, Deruta, Magione are near Perugia. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Derived source total (sum of all published country rows) live in Perugia?

The official country of birth distribution records 162,050 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Perugia, Italy: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 80a887f538c3f141203e6638657d008c]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/it/perugia/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Perugia, Italy: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {80a887f538c3f141203e6638657d008c},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/it/perugia/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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