Living in Sesto San Giovanni

In Sesto San Giovanni, rent averages €9.53 per m² a month (2025) and unemployment is 5.5% (2023).

The city had 60 schools in August 2025. In 2022, annual PM2.5 was 20 µg/m³. The city covers 11.74 km², with a population density of 6,717.3 people per km² at the start of 2026. The city had 43,308 dwellings in 2023.

Last checked 2026-09-2336 sources

Population78,792people1 Jan 2025Official source · ISTAT municipality population and citizenship tables 2025

Median gross salary (region)2,973EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · servizi2.inps.it

Average net rent9.53EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Collected source

Unemployment rate5.54%country median 6.0% — 8% belowOfficial source · Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)

Recorded crime6,989incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024District figureOfficial source · Tasso di delittuosità - prov

PM2.5, annual mean20µg/m³country median 14.0 — 43% aboveOfficial source · Validated annual station statistic media_yy for the requested pollutant

Which Italy-wide rules apply when you move to Sesto San Giovanni?

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 Sesto San Giovanni.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Sesto San Giovanni?

Average net cold rent is about 9.53 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): 9.53 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 citiesSesto San Giovanni 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 fibre⁵Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	11.99 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	iliad GIGA mobile tariff⁴Official · national market
Dwellings	43,308 dwellings	31 Dec 2023	ISTAT permanent population and housing census by census section and municipality¹²Official
Main residence dwellings	38,526 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)⁷Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	9.53 EUR/m²/month	31 Dec 2025	Collected source¹Official · municipality zone median

Is Sesto San Giovanni 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 worker58%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 48–68%

Skilled employee68%strong on work, weak on safety · range 59–77%

Student66%strong on education, weak on work · range 56–76%

Family65%strong on family, weak on legal route · range 54–76%

Retirement49%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 37–61%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 572 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 9.53 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 Sesto San Giovanni?

The unemployment rate is about 5.5 % (2023).

Unemployment rate: 5.54 % · Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)¹⁴

Unemployment across cities in ItalyUnemployment in Sesto San Giovanni is 5.5%. Of 2,393 cities with data, 1,023 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Sesto San Giovanni 5.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People in employment	35,457 people	31 Dec 2021	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)⁸Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,973 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	servizi2.inps.it²⁴Official
Unemployment rate	5.54 %country median 6.0%	31 Dec 2023	Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)¹⁴Official

What does a salary buy in Sesto San Giovanni?

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

Left over each month€1,535of €2,148 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.	€2,148
Rent, 60 m²€9.53/m² · official · Collected source · 2025-12-31	− €572
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	€1,535

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

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Sesto San Giovanni. 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 Sesto San Giovanni. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	60 schools	31 Aug 2025	MIM Open Data - Anagrafe scuole statali e paritarie¹⁷Official
Primary schools	13 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministero dell'Istruzione e del Merito (dati.istruzione.it)¹⁸Official
Schools	60 count	3 Aug 2026	Ministero dell'Istruzione e del Merito (dati.istruzione.it)¹⁸Official

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; Sesto San Giovanni's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Sesto San Giovanni?

Police recorded 6,989 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 - prov²⁵

Recorded crime across major citiesSesto San Giovanni 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	6,989 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Tasso di delittuosità - prov²⁵Official · county

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	33 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights²²Official
Nearest airport	LIN	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports²³Official
Distance to nearest airport	11 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports²³Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Sesto San Giovanni. 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

Open the full Italy section

National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Sesto San Giovanni.

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Climate and air quality

Annual NO₂ was 40 µg/m³ in 2022.

Is the air quality good in Sesto San Giovanni?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 20 µg/m³ (2022) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Validated annual station statistic media_yy for the requested pollutant²⁶

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

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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7°0°

10°1°

15°4°

19°8°

24°13°

28°17°

31°19°

30°19°

26°15°

19°10°

12°5°

7°1°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

112

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

180

163

217

220

252

265

298

268

206

163

128

JFMAMJJASOND

hours

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

PM2.520WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1033WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂40WHO 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 Sesto San Giovanni is 20.0 µg/m³. Of 1,693 cities with data, 204 have annual PM2.5 of 12 to under 13 µg/m³.

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Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	40 µg/m³country median 15.0	2022	Validated annual station statistic media_yy for the requested pollutant²⁶Official
PM10 — annual mean	33 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — IT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station MILANO - V.LE MARCHE)²Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean	20 µg/m³country median 14.0	2022	Validated annual station statistic media_yy for the requested pollutant²⁶Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 7.26 · Feb 10.01 · Mar 15.46 · Apr 19.26 · May 23.85 · Jun 28.14 · Jul 30.71 · Aug 29.94 · Sep 25.51 · Oct 18.96 · Nov 12.37 · Dec 7.4 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station MilanoLinate_16080.csv²⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -0.38 · Feb 0.58 · Mar 4.38 · Apr 8.4 · May 12.76 · Jun 17.17 · Jul 19.33 · Aug 18.83 · Sep 14.88 · Oct 10.16 · Nov 5.26 · Dec 0.6 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station MilanoLinate_16080.csv²⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 3.19 · Feb 5.2 · Mar 9.92 · Apr 13.81 · May 18.49 · Jun 22.69 · Jul 25.11 · Aug 24.42 · Sep 19.93 · Oct 14.41 · Nov 8.7 · Dec 3.87 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station MilanoLinate_16080.csv²⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 35.88 · Feb 38.22 · Mar 42.2 · Apr 57.65 · May 70.34 · Jun 67.42 · Jul 44.23 · Aug 82.21 · Sep 73.83 · Oct 82.04 · Nov 112.4 · Dec 45.8 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station MilanoLinate_16080.csv²⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 179.8 · Feb 163 · Mar 216.7 · Apr 220.2 · May 251.7 · Jun 264.6 · Jul 297.6 · Aug 268.2 · Sep 205.5 · Oct 162.8 · Nov 127.5 · Dec 91.45 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station MilanoLinate_16080.csv²⁷Official · nearest-station reading

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

14.7

20.9

27.1

33.3

17.0201320162018202020222024

Annual PM2.5 fell 45.2% between 2013 and 2024, from 31.0 to 17.0.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Sesto San Giovanni?

The published population was 78,792 people in 2025. Source: ISTAT municipality population and citizenship tables 2025¹¹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport84%
Foreign residents16%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	527.8 cars/1000 residents	31 Dec 2023	IstatData / ACI Pubblico registro automobilistico¹³Official
City area	11.74 km²	2026	Official SITUAS report 74 (Comuni - Dimensione): exact municipality surface in km2, with annual area vintage.²⁰Official
Foreign residents	12,596 people	1 Jan 2026	Official ISTAT STRASA estimate of resident foreign population by municipality at 1 January 2026; Età=999 is the total.¹⁹Official
Population density	6,717 people/km²	1 Jan 2026	Official SITUAS report 74 (Comuni - Dimensione): exact municipality surface in km2, with annual area vintage.²¹Official
Female residents	40,646 people	31 Dec 2024	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)⁶Official
Male residents	38,146 people	31 Dec 2024	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)⁶Official
Population	78,792 people	1 Jan 2025	ISTAT municipality population and citizenship tables 2025¹¹Official

Population over time8 published observations, 2018–2025

78,238

79,480

80,721

81,963

78,7922018202020222025

Population fell 3.5% between 2018 and 2025, from 81,667 to 78,792.

International community in Sesto San Giovanni

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)	78,792	100.0%
Italia	63,932	81.1%
Egitto	3,221	4.1%
Perù	1,394	1.8%
Filippine	1,176	1.5%
Romania	950	1.2%
Cina	780	1.0%
Ucraina	745	0.9%
Albania	744	0.9%
Ecuador	672	0.9%

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Published group	People	Share
Marocco	447	0.6%
Moldova	383	0.5%
El Salvador	332	0.4%
Brasile	264	0.3%
Sri Lanka	256	0.3%
Federazione russa	201	0.3%
Bangladesh	185	0.2%
Repubblica Dominicana	183	0.2%
Senegal	146	0.2%
Germania	132	0.2%
Colombia	125	0.2%
Francia	123	0.2%
Svizzera	117	0.1%
Iran	111	0.1%
Argentina	105	0.1%
Venezuela	104	0.1%
Tunisia	97	0.1%
Bolivia	96	0.1%
Bulgaria	87	0.1%
Polonia	86	0.1%
Cuba	85	0.1%
India	79	0.1%
Spagna	69	0.1%
Turchia	65	0.1%
Regno Unito	59	0.1%
Etiopia	57	0.1%
Libia	57	0.1%
Georgia	51	0.1%
Pakistan	50	0.1%
Siria	47	0.1%
Maurizio	47	0.1%
Algeria	46	0.1%
Nigeria	44	0.1%
Belgio	31	0.0%
Bielorussia	30	0.0%
Cile	29	0.0%
Stati Uniti d'America	27	0.0%
Macedonia del Nord	23	0.0%
Giappone	23	0.0%
Serbia	22	0.0%
Thailandia	21	0.0%
Grecia	20	0.0%
Croazia	20	0.0%
Gambia	20	0.0%
Messico	20	0.0%
Libano	19	0.0%
Costa d'Avorio	19	0.0%
Corea del Sud	18	0.0%
Kosovo	17	0.0%
Ungheria	16	0.0%
Camerun	16	0.0%
Guinea	16	0.0%
Repubblica ceca	15	0.0%
Uruguay	15	0.0%
Paesi Bassi	14	0.0%
Portogallo	14	0.0%
Eritrea	14	0.0%
Afghanistan	13	0.0%
Canada	13	0.0%
Giordania	12	0.0%
Honduras	12	0.0%
Congo	11	0.0%
Indonesia	10	0.0%
Nepal	10	0.0%
Togo	10	0.0%
Bosnia-Erzegovina	9	0.0%
Slovacchia	9	0.0%
Kenya	9	0.0%
Guatemala	9	0.0%
Australia	9	0.0%
Svezia	8	0.0%
Lettonia	8	0.0%
Vietnam	8	0.0%
Nicaragua	8	0.0%
Austria	7	0.0%
Iraq	7	0.0%
Armenia	7	0.0%
Kirghizistan	7	0.0%
Costa Rica	7	0.0%
Norvegia	6	0.0%
Arabia Saudita	6	0.0%
Uzbekistan	6	0.0%
Sierra Leone	6	0.0%
Paraguay	6	0.0%
Israele	5	0.0%
Burkina Faso	5	0.0%
Capo Verde	5	0.0%
Mali	5	0.0%
Sudafrica	5	0.0%
Estonia	4	0.0%
Lituania	4	0.0%
Slovenia	4	0.0%
Emirati Arabi Uniti	4	0.0%
Kazakhstan	4	0.0%
Angola	4	0.0%
Somalia	4	0.0%
Repubblica Democratica del Congo	4	0.0%
Panama	4	0.0%
Finlandia	3	0.0%
Malta	3	0.0%
San Marino	3	0.0%
Montenegro	3	0.0%
Azerbaigian	3	0.0%
Taiwan	3	0.0%
Guinea-Bissau	3	0.0%
Mauritania	3	0.0%
Seychelles	3	0.0%
Danimarca	2	0.0%
Monaco	2	0.0%
Myanmar/Birmania	2	0.0%
Cambogia	2	0.0%
Cipro	2	0.0%
Benin	2	0.0%
Burundi	2	0.0%
Ghana	2	0.0%
Madagascar	2	0.0%
Sudan	2	0.0%
Tanzania	2	0.0%
Uganda	2	0.0%
Zambia	2	0.0%
Andorra	1	0.0%
Lussemburgo	1	0.0%
Corea del Nord	1	0.0%
Palestina	1	0.0%
Kuwait	1	0.0%
Mongolia	1	0.0%
Oman	1	0.0%
Qatar	1	0.0%
Singapore	1	0.0%
Yemen	1	0.0%
Turkmenistan	1	0.0%
Botswana	1	0.0%
Liberia	1	0.0%
Ruanda	1	0.0%
Giamaica	1	0.0%
Nuova Zelanda	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁶

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)	78,792	100.0%
Italia	66,237	84.1%
Egitto	2,828	3.6%
Romania	1,271	1.6%
Filippine	1,240	1.6%
Perù	1,110	1.4%
Cina	990	1.3%
Ucraina	705	0.9%
Ecuador	520	0.7%
Albania	485	0.6%

Show 120 more groups

Published group	People	Share
El Salvador	368	0.5%
Marocco	314	0.4%
Sri Lanka	282	0.4%
Moldova	198	0.3%
Bangladesh	175	0.2%
Repubblica Dominicana	138	0.2%
Senegal	118	0.1%
Federazione russa	117	0.1%
Brasile	110	0.1%
Iran	105	0.1%
Bolivia	85	0.1%
Tunisia	79	0.1%
Bulgaria	75	0.1%
Colombia	74	0.1%
Turchia	69	0.1%
India	64	0.1%
Polonia	63	0.1%
Pakistan	52	0.1%
Spagna	50	0.1%
Cuba	48	0.1%
Venezuela	47	0.1%
Georgia	44	0.1%
Nigeria	42	0.1%
Maurizio	35	0.0%
Francia	32	0.0%
Algeria	32	0.0%
Regno Unito	30	0.0%
Germania	22	0.0%
Bielorussia	21	0.0%
Giappone	21	0.0%
Gambia	21	0.0%
Siria	20	0.0%
Portogallo	19	0.0%
Corea del Sud	19	0.0%
Argentina	19	0.0%
Cile	16	0.0%
Guinea	14	0.0%
Slovacchia	13	0.0%
Afghanistan	13	0.0%
Libano	13	0.0%
Etiopia	13	0.0%
Serbia	12	0.0%
Honduras	12	0.0%
Ungheria	11	0.0%
Grecia	10	0.0%
Camerun	10	0.0%
Croazia	9	0.0%
Repubblica ceca	9	0.0%
Costa d'Avorio	9	0.0%
Messico	9	0.0%
Paesi Bassi	8	0.0%
Macedonia del Nord	8	0.0%
Indonesia	8	0.0%
Thailandia	8	0.0%
Stati Uniti d'America	8	0.0%
Lituania	6	0.0%
Nepal	6	0.0%
Capo Verde	6	0.0%
Kenya	6	0.0%
Libia	6	0.0%
Uruguay	6	0.0%
Norvegia	5	0.0%
Svezia	5	0.0%
Lettonia	5	0.0%
Kosovo	5	0.0%
Iraq	5	0.0%
Congo	5	0.0%
Ghana	5	0.0%
Togo	5	0.0%
Nicaragua	5	0.0%
Finlandia	4	0.0%
Svizzera	4	0.0%
Vietnam	4	0.0%
Kirghizistan	4	0.0%
Canada	4	0.0%
Belgio	3	0.0%
Danimarca	3	0.0%
Israele	3	0.0%
Kazakhstan	3	0.0%
Uzbekistan	3	0.0%
Armenia	3	0.0%
Benin	3	0.0%
Burkina Faso	3	0.0%
Somalia	3	0.0%
Eritrea	3	0.0%
Dominica	3	0.0%
Panama	3	0.0%
San Marino	2	0.0%
Estonia	2	0.0%
Slovenia	2	0.0%
Bosnia-Erzegovina	2	0.0%
Myanmar/Birmania	2	0.0%
Giordania	2	0.0%
Azerbaigian	2	0.0%
Taiwan	2	0.0%
Guinea-Bissau	2	0.0%
Mali	2	0.0%
Mauritania	2	0.0%
Sierra Leone	2	0.0%
Tanzania	2	0.0%
Costa Rica	2	0.0%
Australia	2	0.0%
Austria	1	0.0%
Irlanda	1	0.0%
Montenegro	1	0.0%
Cipro	1	0.0%
Palestina	1	0.0%
Mongolia	1	0.0%
Yemen	1	0.0%
Angola	1	0.0%
Botswana	1	0.0%
Liberia	1	0.0%
Madagascar	1	0.0%
Ruanda	1	0.0%
Seychelles	1	0.0%
Sudan	1	0.0%
Zambia	1	0.0%
Guatemala	1	0.0%
Paraguay	1	0.0%
Nuova Zelanda	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁵

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents born abroad	18.28 %	31 Dec 2023	ISTAT permanent population and housing census by census section and municipality¹²Official
Non-citizens, share of residents	15.93 %	31 Dec 2024	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)⁹Official
Households	39,580 households	31 Dec 2024	Istat (Italian National Institute of Statistics)¹⁰Official

Alternatives for people set on Sesto San Giovanni

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.

Busto Arsizio as a Sesto San Giovanni alternative in the same region

31 km away, better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Rent: €4.70/m² Busto Arsizio vs €9.53/m² Sesto San Giovanni−51%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,778 Busto Arsizio vs 6,989 Sesto San Giovanni−46%
Median gross pay, region: €2,253 Busto Arsizio vs €2,973 Sesto San Giovanni−24%
Nearest airport: 10.0 km Busto Arsizio vs 11.0 km Sesto San Giovanni−9%
Residents: 84,005 Busto Arsizio vs 78,792 Sesto San Giovanni+7%
Unemployment: 5.4% Busto Arsizio vs 5.5% Sesto San Giovannisame level

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Asti as a Sesto San Giovanni alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 107 km, better on 2 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

Nearest airport: 55.0 km Asti vs 11.0 km Sesto San Giovanni+400%
Rent: €4.45/m² Asti vs €9.53/m² Sesto San Giovanni−53%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,049 Asti vs 6,989 Sesto San Giovanni−56%
Median gross pay, region: €2,037 Asti vs €2,973 Sesto San Giovanni−31%
Residents: 73,440 Asti vs 78,792 Sesto San Giovanni−7%
Annual PM2.5: 20.0 µg/m³ Asti vs 20.0 µg/m³ Sesto San Giovannisame level

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Cities near Sesto San Giovanni

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Milan Commuting Zone · 8.1 km away

Rent: 30 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in Italy

Other cities in Italy to compare with Sesto San Giovanni, nearest in population first.

All Italy cities

Varese78,992 residents Torre del Greco79,397 residents Marsala79,571 residents Grosseto81,264 residents Brindisi81,723 residents Pozzuoli75,375 residents

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Is Sesto San Giovanni part of Milan?

Sesto San Giovanni is in the published commuting zone of Milan; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Milan city profile

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Common questions

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How many people live in Sesto San Giovanni?

The published population was 78,792 people in 2025. Source: ISTAT municipality population and citizenship tables 2025.

How much does it cost to rent in Sesto San Giovanni?

Average net cold rent is about 9.53 EUR/m² per month (2025-S2), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 667 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Collected source.

Is the air quality good in Sesto San Giovanni?

How safe is Sesto San Giovanni?

Police recorded 6,989 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 Sesto San Giovanni?

The unemployment rate is about 5.5 % (2023). Source: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT).

What is the typical salary around Sesto San Giovanni?

The median gross salary is 2,973 EUR/month. Source: servizi2.inps.it.

Is Sesto San Giovanni a good place to live?

Sesto San Giovanni 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.

Is Sesto San Giovanni part of Milan?

Sesto San Giovanni is in the published commuting zone of Milan; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Sesto San Giovanni?

Milan, Cinisello Balsamo, Cologno Monzese, Bresso, Cusano Milanino are near Sesto San Giovanni. 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 Sesto San Giovanni?

The official country of birth distribution records 78,792 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). Sesto San Giovanni, Italy: population, rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 5f4e53af7c197b00ae36ce67f0a7a49a]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/it/sesto-san-giovanni/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Sesto San Giovanni, Italy: population, rent, salary, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {5f4e53af7c197b00ae36ce67f0a7a49a},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/it/sesto-san-giovanni/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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