All things you need to know about living in Carate Urio
Carate Urio, in the province of Como, is home to 2 Maltese nationals: 0.18% of its 1,104 residents.
That is the 3rd-highest concentration of Maltese nationals among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Lombardia it ranks 2nd.
ISTAT counts 79 residents with a foreign citizenship in Carate Urio, 7.16% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Britons (10), Danes (8), Germans (7).
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Como scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for intentional homicide rate and life expectancy at birth.
It scores in the bottom quarter for burglaries reported and medical specialists.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 25.2°C (77°F) and winters a low of -1.2°C (30°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Carate Urio sees about 3 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,702mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 148 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Carate Urio at about €1,343 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 16.7 years of renting the same property.
Carate Urio population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 10 | 0.91% |
| Denmark | 8 | 0.72% |
| Ukraine | 8 | 0.72% |
| Germany | 7 | 0.63% |
| Sweden | 4 | 0.36% |
| Albania | 3 | 0.27% |
| Brazil | 2 | 0.18% |
| France | 2 | 0.18% |
| Malta | 2 | 0.18% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 0.18% |
| Portugal | 2 | 0.18% |
| Austria | 1 | 0.09% |
| Australia | 1 | 0.09% |
| Canada | 1 | 0.09% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0.09% |
| Spain | 1 | 0.09% |
| Hungary | 1 | 0.09% |
| Japan | 1 | 0.09% |
| Mexico | 1 | 0.09% |
| Poland | 1 | 0.09% |
| Russia | 1 | 0.09% |
| Slovakia | 1 | 0.09% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Romania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 980 | 88.77% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 31 | 2.81% |
| Born outside the EU | 93 | 8.42% |
Maltese nationals over time
Quality of life in Como
Full BES profile for Como →Como on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Carate Urio is below the Como average of €1,460/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
16.7 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 49% more than ordinary condition — €2,004/m² against €1,343.
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 €2,550/m², against €1,343 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 36% more 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.
Nearby comuni
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