All things you need to know about living in Peschiera Borromeo
Peschiera Borromeo, in the province of Milano, is home to 38 Brazilians: 0.16% of its 24,300 residents.
That is the 807th-highest concentration of Brazilians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Lombardia it ranks 285th.
ISTAT counts 1,939 residents with a foreign citizenship in Peschiera Borromeo, 7.98% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Brazilians (38), Russians (26), Spaniards (25).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Milano scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for average disposable income per capita and density and importance of museums' heritage.
It scores in the bottom quarter for electricity from renewable sources and PM10 Annual average concentration.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 30.1°C (86°F) and winters a low of -0.6°C (31°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Peschiera Borromeo sees about 42 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,151mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 114 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Peschiera Borromeo at about €2,008 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
Peschiera Borromeo population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 308 | 1.27% |
| Ukraine | 94 | 0.39% |
| Albania | 53 | 0.22% |
| Bulgaria | 45 | 0.19% |
| Brazil | 38 | 0.16% |
| Russia | 26 | 0.11% |
| Spain | 25 | 0.10% |
| France | 24 | 0.10% |
| Germany | 20 | 0.08% |
| South Korea | 19 | 0.08% |
| United Kingdom | 17 | 0.07% |
| Argentina | 12 | 0.05% |
| Poland | 11 | 0.05% |
| Hungary | 10 | 0.04% |
| Japan | 9 | 0.04% |
| Slovakia | 9 | 0.04% |
| United States | 9 | 0.04% |
| Venezuela | 9 | 0.04% |
| Netherlands | 7 | 0.03% |
| Ireland | 6 | 0.02% |
| Greece | 5 | 0.02% |
| Belgium | 4 | 0.02% |
| Switzerland | 4 | 0.02% |
| Canada | 3 | 0.01% |
| Cyprus | 3 | 0.01% |
| Croatia | 3 | 0.01% |
| Latvia | 3 | 0.01% |
| Austria | 2 | 0.01% |
| Australia | 2 | 0.01% |
| Denmark | 2 | 0.01% |
| Mexico | 2 | 0.01% |
| Czechia | 1 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 1 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 1 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 1 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 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 | 21,730 | 89.42% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 573 | 2.36% |
| Born outside the EU | 1,997 | 8.22% |
Brazilians over time
Quality of life in Milano
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Property prices
Buying in Peschiera Borromeo is well below the Milano average of €3,110/m². Averaged across 3 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
21.3 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.
Housing here in excellent condition costs 27% more than ordinary condition — €2,553/m² against €2,008.
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 €1,775/m², against €2,008 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 10% less 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
Peschiera Borromeo 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: I.R.C.C.S. Policlinico San Donato, about 4.7 km / 6 minutes by road from Peschiera Borromeo (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: I.R.C.C.S. Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese (DEA level I), about 4.7 km / 6 minutes by road from Peschiera Borromeo (the main town).
Nearest airport: Milano Linate Airport (LIN), about 8.1 km / 8 minutes by road from Peschiera Borromeo (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Carrefour, about 0.4 km / 1 minute by road from Peschiera Borromeo (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Colli SRL, about 0.5 km / 1 minute by road from Peschiera Borromeo (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): San Giuliano Milanese, about 7.5 km / 9 minutes by road from Peschiera Borromeo (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 Peschiera Borromeo, 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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