All things you need to know about living in Canegrate
Canegrate, in the province of Milano, is home to 7 Spaniards: 0.06% of its 12,714 residents.
That is the 1265th-highest concentration of Spaniards among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Lombardia it ranks 408th.
ISTAT counts 1,413 residents with a foreign citizenship in Canegrate, 11.11% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Spaniards (7), Russians (6), Brazilians (5).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Milano scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for average disposable income per capita and density and importance of museums' heritage.
It scores in the bottom quarter for electricity from renewable sources and PM10 Annual average concentration.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 28.8°C (84°F) and winters a low of -0.6°C (31°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Canegrate sees about 26 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,355mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 126 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Canegrate at about €1,413 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
Canegrate population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Albania | 143 | 1.12% |
| Romania | 99 | 0.78% |
| Ukraine | 86 | 0.68% |
| Bulgaria | 13 | 0.10% |
| Croatia | 8 | 0.06% |
| Spain | 7 | 0.06% |
| Russia | 6 | 0.05% |
| Brazil | 5 | 0.04% |
| Germany | 5 | 0.04% |
| Mexico | 5 | 0.04% |
| Poland | 5 | 0.04% |
| France | 4 | 0.03% |
| Argentina | 3 | 0.02% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 0.02% |
| Venezuela | 3 | 0.02% |
| Japan | 2 | 0.02% |
| South Korea | 2 | 0.02% |
| Latvia | 2 | 0.02% |
| Portugal | 2 | 0.02% |
| Austria | 1 | 0.01% |
| Australia | 1 | 0.01% |
| Denmark | 1 | 0.01% |
| Estonia | 1 | 0.01% |
| Finland | 1 | 0.01% |
| Greece | 1 | 0.01% |
| United States | 1 | 0.01% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Hungary | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 0 | 0.00% |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 11,073 | 87.09% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 186 | 1.46% |
| Born outside the EU | 1,455 | 11.44% |
Spaniards over time
Quality of life in Milano
Full BES profile for Milano →Milano on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Canegrate is far below the Milano average of €3,110/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
18.6 years of rent here equal the purchase price — below the national median of 22.2 years.
A ratio between two OMI prices, not a return on investment. It leaves out purchase taxes, IMU, maintenance, financing and the months a place sits empty — all of which push the real figure up. Useful for the question it does answer: whether this town looks expensive to buy relative to what renting in it costs.
Housing here in excellent condition costs 38% more than ordinary condition — €1,952/m² against €1,413.
That gap is what the market charges for a place you don’t have to work on. It is not what the work would cost you — OMI prices property, not builders.
A detached house here averages €1,363/m², against €1,413 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 3% less per square meter.
OMI prices “Ville e Villini” separately from the apartments every other figure on this page describes. Nationally a house costs about 14% more per square meter, but in 450 comuni it costs less — worth checking rather than assuming.
Seismic zone
Canegrate is in seismic zone 4. Of the four zones, zone 1 is the highest hazard and zone 4 the lowest. The Department of Civil Protection describes zone 4 as the lowest-hazard zone, where a strong earthquake is very unlikely.
This is the legal classification the Region gave the comune, used for planning and for control of building works. It is not a forecast, and it says nothing about the building you are looking at: since the 2018 building code the design load of a new building comes from site-specific hazard, not from the zone. Have any specific property checked by a qualified engineer.
Not to be confused with the “seismic” routes of the 7% pensioner regime. Those turn on whether the comune was in the 2009 L’Aquila or 2016–17 central-Italy earthquake areas, not on its zone, and being in zone 1 does not make anyone eligible for that regime, or for any tax treatment.
See every comune on the map →Hospital, airport and daily-needs distance
Nearest hospital: Casa di Cura Mater Domini - Castellanza, about 6.1 km / 8 minutes by road from Canegrate (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Casa di Cura Mater Domini - Castellanza (Pronto Soccorso), about 6.1 km / 8 minutes by road from Canegrate (the main town).
Nearest DEA (level I or II): Ospedale Civile di Legnano (DEA level II), about 5.7 km / 9 minutes by road from Canegrate (the main town).
Nearest airport: Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP), about 29.7 km / 25 minutes by road from Canegrate (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): EuroSpin, about 0.6 km / 1 minute by road from Canegrate (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Unica Bonomi, about 0 km / 1 minute by road from Canegrate (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Canegrate, about 0.2 km / 1 minute by road from Canegrate (the main town).
Measured by road from the main town of the comune (its OpenStreetMap place point; the geographic center for the few comuni with none), at free-flow speeds with no traffic. It is approximate. For Canegrate, a trip from your own address can take longer or shorter. Drive the route before you rely on it, and ask the local health authority which hospital serves the town. Shops, pharmacies and stations are the nearest to the main town, not to your address.
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