All things you need to know about living in Monteriggioni
Monteriggioni, in the province of Siena, is home to 11 Germans: 0.11% of its 9,950 residents.
That is the 965th-highest concentration of Germans among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Toscana it ranks 121st.
ISTAT counts 1,083 residents with a foreign citizenship in Monteriggioni, 10.88% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Germans (11), Greeks (11), French nationals (10).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Siena scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for medical specialists and employment rate (20-64 years old).
It scores in the bottom quarter for 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 30.5°C (87°F) and winters a low of 1.3°C (34°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Monteriggioni sees about 44 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 919mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 112 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Monteriggioni at about €1,643 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
Monteriggioni population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Albania | 259 | 2.60% |
| Romania | 176 | 1.77% |
| Ukraine | 58 | 0.58% |
| Poland | 21 | 0.21% |
| Germany | 11 | 0.11% |
| Greece | 11 | 0.11% |
| France | 10 | 0.10% |
| Spain | 7 | 0.07% |
| United States | 6 | 0.06% |
| Austria | 5 | 0.05% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 0.05% |
| Mexico | 5 | 0.05% |
| Brazil | 4 | 0.04% |
| Hungary | 4 | 0.04% |
| Netherlands | 4 | 0.04% |
| Venezuela | 4 | 0.04% |
| Finland | 3 | 0.03% |
| Croatia | 3 | 0.03% |
| Russia | 3 | 0.03% |
| Argentina | 2 | 0.02% |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 0.02% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 0.02% |
| Denmark | 2 | 0.02% |
| Japan | 2 | 0.02% |
| Portugal | 2 | 0.02% |
| Slovakia | 2 | 0.02% |
| Australia | 1 | 0.01% |
| Czechia | 1 | 0.01% |
| Latvia | 1 | 0.01% |
| Sweden | 1 | 0.01% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 8,607 | 86.50% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 280 | 2.81% |
| Born outside the EU | 1,063 | 10.68% |
Germans over time
Quality of life in Siena
Full BES profile for Siena →Siena on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Monteriggioni is above the Siena average of €1,408/m². Averaged across 7 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
26.9 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.
A detached house here averages €1,850/m², against €1,643 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 16% 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
Monteriggioni is in seismic zone 3. Of the four zones, zone 1 is the highest hazard and zone 4 the lowest. The Department of Civil Protection describes zone 3 as a zone where strong earthquakes are less likely than in zones 1 and 2.
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: Rugani Hospital SRL, about 12.9 km / 12 minutes by road from Monteriggioni (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale Dell'Alta Val D'Elsa, Poggibonsi (Pronto Soccorso), about 13.4 km / 13 minutes by road from Monteriggioni (the main town).
Nearest DEA (level I or II): Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Siena (DEA level II), about 16.9 km / 17 minutes by road from Monteriggioni (the main town).
Nearest airport: Florence Airport, Peretola (FLR), about 70.3 km / 50 minutes by road from Monteriggioni (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Coop, about 3.3 km / 5 minutes by road from Monteriggioni (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Politi, about 3.5 km / 5 minutes by road from Monteriggioni (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Castellina in Chianti-Monteriggioni, about 3.6 km / 5 minutes by road from Monteriggioni (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 Monteriggioni, 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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