All things you need to know about living in Grosotto
Grosotto, in the province of Sondrio, is home to 25 Hungarians: 1.52% of its 1,650 residents.
That is the 1st-highest concentration of Hungarians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Lombardia it ranks 1st.
ISTAT counts 121 residents with a foreign citizenship in Grosotto, 7.33% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Spaniards (2), Britons (1), Portuguese nationals (1).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Sondrio scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for electricity from renewable sources and urban green.
It scores in the bottom quarter for density and importance of museums' heritage 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 19.3°C (67°F) and winters a low of -12.9°C (9°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Grosotto sees about 0 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,230mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 172 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Grosotto at about €1,000 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
Grosotto population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 25 | 1.52% |
| Romania | 16 | 0.97% |
| Spain | 2 | 0.12% |
| Ukraine | 2 | 0.12% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 0.06% |
| Croatia | 1 | 0.06% |
| Portugal | 1 | 0.06% |
| 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% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Germany | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| France | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 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% |
| 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 | 1,489 | 90.24% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 42 | 2.55% |
| Born outside the EU | 119 | 7.21% |
Hungarians over time
Quality of life in Sondrio
Full BES profile for Sondrio →Sondrio on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Grosotto is well below the Sondrio average of €1,483/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
26.2 years of rent here equal the purchase price — above 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 24% more than ordinary condition — €1,239/m² against €1,000.
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 €1,050/m², against €1,000 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — the two cost about the same per square meter — the opposite of what the two averages above suggest, because OMI prices houses and flats in different parts of town.
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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