All things you need to know about living in Dumenza
Dumenza, in the province of Varese, is home to 2 Latvians: 0.14% of its 1,456 residents.
That is the 18th-highest concentration of Latvians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Lombardia it ranks 7th.
ISTAT counts 98 residents with a foreign citizenship in Dumenza, 6.73% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Swiss nationals (18), Argentinians (5), Germans (4).
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 25.4°C (78°F) and winters a low of -0.6°C (31°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Dumenza sees about 3 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,722mm 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 Dumenza at about €942 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 23.1 years of renting the same property.
Dumenza population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 18 | 1.24% |
| Albania | 9 | 0.62% |
| Ukraine | 9 | 0.62% |
| Romania | 7 | 0.48% |
| Argentina | 5 | 0.34% |
| Germany | 4 | 0.27% |
| Poland | 3 | 0.21% |
| Latvia | 2 | 0.14% |
| Austria | 1 | 0.07% |
| France | 1 | 0.07% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 0.07% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0.07% |
| Norway | 1 | 0.07% |
| Portugal | 1 | 0.07% |
| 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% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 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% |
| Malta | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 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 | 1,295 | 88.94% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 34 | 2.34% |
| Born outside the EU | 127 | 8.72% |
Latvians 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 Dumenza is well below the Varese average of €1,300/m². Averaged across 3 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
23.1 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 €1,137/m², against €942 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 21% 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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