All things you need to know about living in Cuasso al Monte
Cuasso al Monte, in the province of Varese, is home to 15 Brazilians: 0.42% of its 3,531 residents.
That is the 102nd-highest concentration of Brazilians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Lombardia it ranks 29th.
ISTAT counts 172 residents with a foreign citizenship in Cuasso al Monte, 4.87% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Brazilians (15), Germans (8), Swiss nationals (7).
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Varese scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for road mortality in non-urban roads and intentional homicide rate.
It scores in the bottom quarter for electricity from renewable sources and burglaries reported.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 25.7°C (78°F) and winters a low of -0.7°C (31°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Cuasso al Monte sees about 4 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,676mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 142 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Cuasso al Monte at about €1,123 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 22.5 years of renting the same property.
Cuasso al Monte population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 29 | 0.82% |
| Ukraine | 17 | 0.48% |
| Brazil | 15 | 0.42% |
| Albania | 12 | 0.34% |
| Germany | 8 | 0.23% |
| Switzerland | 7 | 0.20% |
| Poland | 6 | 0.17% |
| Russia | 6 | 0.17% |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 0.11% |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0.08% |
| Portugal | 2 | 0.06% |
| Austria | 1 | 0.03% |
| Czechia | 1 | 0.03% |
| Hungary | 1 | 0.03% |
| Lithuania | 1 | 0.03% |
| Slovakia | 1 | 0.03% |
| United States | 1 | 0.03% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 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% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 3,209 | 90.88% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 86 | 2.44% |
| Born outside the EU | 236 | 6.68% |
Brazilians over time
Quality of life in Varese
Full BES profile for Varese →Varese on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Cuasso al Monte is below the Varese average of €1,300/m². Averaged across 4 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
22.5 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 €1,394/m², against €1,123 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 24% 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
Cuasso al Monte 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: Casa di Cura Le Terrazze - Cunardo, about 14 km / 17 minutes by road from Cuasso al Monte (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, Varese (DEA level II), about 15.5 km / 18 minutes by road from Cuasso al Monte (the main town).
Nearest airport: Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP), about 53.4 km / 43 minutes by road from Cuasso al Monte (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Penny, about 5.5 km / 8 minutes by road from Cuasso al Monte (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia PESCATORE DR. VITTORIO DI Antonio Prospero PESCATORE & C. SAS, about 0 km / 1 minute by road from Cuasso al Monte (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Porto Ceresio, about 5.6 km / 7 minutes by road from Cuasso al Monte (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 Cuasso al Monte, 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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