All things you need to know about living in Cavargna
Cavargna, in the province of Como, is home to 2 Swiss nationals: 1.17% of its 171 residents.
ISTAT counts 3 residents with a foreign citizenship in Cavargna, 1.75% of the population. Among the nationalities we follow most closely, the only group is Swiss nationals (2).
That puts Cavargna in the bottom ten percent of Italian comuni for foreign residents. Anyone moving here should expect to be unusual.
These are small numbers, so we would not read much into the percentage or any change in it.
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 22.6°C (73°F) and winters a low of -4.0°C (25°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Cavargna sees about 0 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,603mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 163 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Cavargna at about €800 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 21.5 years of renting the same property.
Cavargna population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2 | 1.17% |
| Ukraine | 1 | 0.58% |
| Albania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Germany | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| France | 0 | 0.00% |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Hungary | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Poland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Romania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Russia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 165 | 96.49% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 0 | 0.00% |
| Born outside the EU | 6 | 3.51% |
Swiss 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 Cavargna is well below the Como average of €1,460/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market.
21.5 years of rent here equal the purchase price, close to 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.
A detached house here averages €975/m², against €800 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 22% 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.
Seismic zone
Cavargna 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.
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Nearest hospital: Ospedale Erba- Renaldi - Menaggio, about 19.7 km / 24 minutes by road from Cavargna (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale Erba- Renaldi - Menaggio (Pronto Soccorso), about 19.7 km / 24 minutes by road from Cavargna (the main town).
Nearest DEA (level I or II): Osp. Moriggia Pelascini - Gravedona, Gravedona ed Uniti (DEA level I), about 37.7 km / 43 minutes by road from Cavargna (the main town).
Nearest airport: Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP), about 105.5 km / 97 minutes by road from Cavargna (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Supermarket, about 10.5 km / 13 minutes by road from Cavargna (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Sanbartolomeo Garibaldi, about 9 km / 15 minutes by road from Cavargna (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Dubino, about 49.5 km / 58 minutes by road from Cavargna (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 Cavargna, 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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