Living in Porto Torres

In Porto Torres, unemployment is 12.2% (2023).

At the start of 2026, the city covered 104.7 km² and had a population density of 197 people per km². The foreign population count was 334 at the start of 2026.

Last checked 2026-10-0715 sources

Population20,846people31 Dec 2024Official source · Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)

Median gross salary (region)1,434EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · servizi2.inps.it

Average net rent5.69EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2025Regional figureOfficial source · Rapporto Immobiliare 2026 – Il settore residenziale

Unemployment rate12.19%country median 6.0% — 102% aboveOfficial source · www.istat.it

Recorded crime3,125incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024District figureOfficial source · Tasso di delittuosità - prov

PM2.5, annual mean7µg/m³country median 14.0 — 50% belowOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Higher unemployment than 88% of Italian cities that publish it, less recorded crime than any other Italian city that publishes it and cleaner air than 98% of Italian cities that publish it.

Which Italy-wide rules apply when you move to Porto Torres?

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 Porto Torres.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€30

Mobile plan, 10 GB€12

Net rent across major citiesPorto Torres 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 fibre³Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	11.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	iliad GIGA mobile tariff²Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	5.69 EUR/m²/month	31 Dec 2025	Rapporto Immobiliare 2026 – Il settore residenziale¹²Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	520 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Rapporto Immobiliare 2026 – Il settore residenziale¹²Official · regional context

Is Porto Torres a good place to live?

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Remote worker47%strong on work, weak on safety · range 37–57%

Skilled employee53%strong on work, weak on safety · range 44–62%

Student54%strong on education, weak on work · range 44–64%

Family54%strong on family, weak on legal route · range 43–65%

Retirement58%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 46–70%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Porto Torres?

The unemployment rate is about 12.2 % (2023).

Unemployment rate: 12.19 % · www.istat.it¹⁵

Unemployment across cities in ItalyUnemployment in Porto Torres is 12.2%. Of 2,393 cities with data, 1,023 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Porto Torres 12.2%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	1,434 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	servizi2.inps.it¹³Official
Unemployment rate	12.19 %country median 6.0%	31 Dec 2023	www.istat.it¹⁵Official

What does a salary buy in Porto Torres?

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

Left over each month€0of €0 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile

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.	outside the model's range
Rent, 60 m²€5.69/m² · official · Rapporto Immobiliare 2026 – Il settore residenziale · 2025-12-31	− €341
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	—

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

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Porto Torres. 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 Porto Torres. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	5 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministero dell'Istruzione e del Merito (dati.istruzione.it)⁵Official
Schools	21 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministero dell'Istruzione e del Merito (dati.istruzione.it)⁵Official

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; Porto Torres's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Porto Torres?

Police recorded about 3,125 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 - prov¹⁴

Recorded crime across major citiesPorto Torres 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	3,125 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Tasso di delittuosità - prov¹⁴Official · county

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	31 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁰Official
Nearest airport	AHO	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹¹Official
Distance to nearest airport	24 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹¹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Porto Torres. 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 Porto Torres.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Porto Torres?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency¹

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

PM2.57WHO 5 · EU 25

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 Porto Torres is 7.0 µg/m³. Of 1,693 cities with data, 204 have annual PM2.5 of 12 to under 13 µg/m³.

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Porto Torres 7.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7 µg/m³country median 14.0	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency¹Official
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 16.7 · Feb 16.82 · Mar 19.8 · Apr 22.78 · May 27.44 · Jun 30.04 · Jul 32.74 · Aug 32.44 · Sep 29.89 · Oct 26.1 · Nov 22.49 · Dec 19.43 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan 6.14 · Feb 4.89 · Mar 6.09 · Apr 9.33 · May 11.7 · Jun 14.62 · Jul 18.6 · Aug 19.47 · Sep 16.77 · Oct 11.56 · Nov 9.24 · Dec 6.57 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 12.15 · Feb 11.67 · Mar 12.91 · Apr 14.88 · May 17.7 · Jun 21.52 · Jul 24.18 · Aug 24.65 · Sep 22.5 · Oct 20 · Nov 16.51 · Dec 13.57 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official

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

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Annual PM2.5 fell 17.4% between 2013 and 2024, from 8.5 to 7.0.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Porto Torres?

The published population was 20,846 people in 2024. Source: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)⁴

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.4%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	104.7 km²	2026	Official SITUAS report 74 (Comuni - Dimensione): exact municipality surface in km2, with annual area vintage.⁸Official
Foreign residents	334 people	1 Jan 2026	Official ISTAT STRASA estimate of resident foreign population by municipality at 1 January 2026; Età=999 is the total.⁷Official
Population density	197 people/km²	1 Jan 2026	Official SITUAS report 74 (Comuni - Dimensione): exact municipality surface in km2, with annual area vintage.⁹Official
Population	20,846 people	31 Dec 2024	Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)⁴Official

Alternatives for people set on Porto Torres

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.

Siena as a Porto Torres alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 367 km, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Unemployment: 5.0% Siena vs 12.2% Porto Torres−59%
Median gross pay, region: €2,013 Siena vs €1,434 Porto Torres+40%
Nearest airport: 55.0 km Siena vs 24.0 km Porto Torres+129%
Rent: €7.60/m² Siena vs €5.69/m² Porto Torresno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,042 Siena vs 3,125 Porto Torressame level

Full comparison More about Siena

Alternative cities in Italy

Other cities in Italy to compare with Porto Torres, nearest in population first.

All Italy cities

Cortona20,834 residents Monsummano Terme20,797 residents Romano di Lombardia20,929 residents Sestu20,751 residents Bussolengo20,943 residents Cormano20,744 residents

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Porto Torres in rankings

#7 of 30 in Cities with cleanest air in Italy

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Porto Torres 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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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Porto Torres?

The published population was 20,846 people in 2024. Source: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT).

Is the air quality good in Porto Torres?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 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 Porto Torres?

Police recorded about 3,125 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 Porto Torres?

The unemployment rate is about 12.2 % (2023). Source: www.istat.it.

What is the typical salary around Porto Torres?

The median gross salary is 1,434 EUR/month. Source: servizi2.inps.it.

Is Porto Torres a good place to live?

Porto Torres 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.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Porto Torres, Italy: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 9bf21aef45ad6ecfc5b497f317add19c]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/it/porto-torres/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  title = {Porto Torres, Italy: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety},
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  date = {2026-10-16},
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European Environment Agency air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-03
iliad GIGA mobile tariff iliad.it · checked 2026-09-15
iliadbox fixed fibre iliad.it · checked 2026-09-15
Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT) istat.it · checked 2026-08-02
Ministero dell'Istruzione e del Merito (dati.istruzione.it) dati.istruzione.it · checked 2026-08-03
NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-03
Official ISTAT STRASA estimate of resident foreign population by municipality at 1 January 2026; Età=999 is the total. demo.istat.it · checked 2026-07-15
Official SITUAS report 74 (Comuni - Dimensione): exact municipality surface in km2, with annual area vintage. situas-servizi.istat.it · checked 2026-07-15
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