All things you need to know about living in Nuoro
Nuoro, in the province of Nuoro, is home to 18 Argentinians: 0.05% of its 33,054 residents.
That is the 947th-highest concentration of Argentinians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Sardegna it ranks 36th.
ISTAT counts 1,082 residents with a foreign citizenship in Nuoro, 3.27% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Argentinians (18), Spaniards (7), Brazilians (6).
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Nuoro scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for burglaries reported and electricity from renewable sources.
It scores in the bottom quarter for intentional homicide rate and people with at least upper secondary education level (25-64 years old).
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 32.4°C (90°F) and winters a low of 3.8°C (39°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Nuoro sees about 60 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 576mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 89 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Nuoro at about €1,317 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 18.7 years of renting the same property.
Nuoro population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 291 | 0.88% |
| Albania | 19 | 0.06% |
| Argentina | 18 | 0.05% |
| Poland | 10 | 0.03% |
| Spain | 7 | 0.02% |
| Brazil | 6 | 0.02% |
| Germany | 6 | 0.02% |
| France | 6 | 0.02% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 0.02% |
| Ukraine | 5 | 0.02% |
| Russia | 4 | 0.01% |
| Czechia | 3 | 0.01% |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0.01% |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 0.01% |
| Slovakia | 2 | 0.01% |
| United States | 2 | 0.01% |
| Australia | 1 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 1 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 1 | 0.00% |
| Hungary | 1 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 1 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 1 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 1 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 1 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 1 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 1 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 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 | 31,509 | 95.33% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 619 | 1.87% |
| Born outside the EU | 926 | 2.80% |
Argentinians over time
Quality of life in Nuoro
Full BES profile for Nuoro →Nuoro on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
About the Nuoro average of €1,259/m². Averaged across 3 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
18.7 years of rent here equal the purchase price — below 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 31% more than ordinary condition — €1,722/m² against €1,317.
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.
Seismic zone
Nuoro 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: P.O. C. Zonchello, about 1.5 km / 2 minutes by road from Nùgoro/Nuoro (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: P.O. San Francesco, Nuoro (DEA level I), about 1.8 km / 2 minutes by road from Nùgoro/Nuoro (the main town).
Nearest airport: Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB), about 101.7 km / 75 minutes by road from Nùgoro/Nuoro (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Conad, about 0.5 km / 1 minute by road from Nùgoro/Nuoro (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Gali srl, about 0.6 km / 1 minute by road from Nùgoro/Nuoro (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Nuoro, about 1 km / 1 minute by road from Nùgoro/Nuoro (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 Nuoro, 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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