All things you need to know about living in Chiari
Chiari, in the province of Brescia, is home to 1,342 Albanians: 6.86% of its 19,552 residents.
That is the 13th-highest concentration of Albanians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Lombardia it ranks 4th.
ISTAT counts 3,217 residents with a foreign citizenship in Chiari, 16.45% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Brazilians (8), Spaniards (4), Greeks (4).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Brescia scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for life expectancy at birth and hospital beds in high-care wards.
It scores in the bottom quarter for burglaries reported 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 28.9°C (84°F) and winters a low of -0.6°C (31°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Chiari sees about 26 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,155mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 128 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Chiari at about €1,273 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
Chiari population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Albania | 1,342 | 6.86% |
| Romania | 499 | 2.55% |
| Ukraine | 73 | 0.37% |
| Brazil | 8 | 0.04% |
| Poland | 6 | 0.03% |
| Spain | 4 | 0.02% |
| Greece | 4 | 0.02% |
| Germany | 3 | 0.02% |
| Slovakia | 3 | 0.02% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 0.01% |
| Estonia | 2 | 0.01% |
| Croatia | 2 | 0.01% |
| Russia | 2 | 0.01% |
| Venezuela | 2 | 0.01% |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 0.01% |
| Canada | 1 | 0.01% |
| Cyprus | 1 | 0.01% |
| Czechia | 1 | 0.01% |
| Hungary | 1 | 0.01% |
| Ireland | 1 | 0.01% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0.01% |
| United States | 1 | 0.01% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| France | 0 | 0.00% |
| United Kingdom | 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% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 15,700 | 80.30% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 432 | 2.21% |
| Born outside the EU | 3,420 | 17.49% |
Albanians over time
Quality of life in Brescia
Full BES profile for Brescia →Brescia on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Chiari is below the Brescia average of €1,392/m². Averaged across 4 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
21.6 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.
Housing here in excellent condition costs 23% more than ordinary condition — €1,569/m² against €1,273.
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 €1,458/m², against €1,273 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 18% 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.
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