All things you need to know about living in Pietrelcina
Pietrelcina, in the province of Benevento, is home to 3 Maltese nationals: 0.10% of its 2,906 residents.
That is the 19th-highest concentration of Maltese nationals among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Campania it ranks 3rd.
ISTAT counts 149 residents with a foreign citizenship in Pietrelcina, 5.13% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Greeks (2), Canadians (1), Spaniards (1).
Pietrelcina qualifies for the 7% pensioner regime.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Benevento scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for electricity from renewable sources and intentional homicide rate.
It scores in the bottom quarter for average disposable income per capita and life expectancy at birth.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 31.7°C (89°F) and winters a low of 2.7°C (37°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Pietrelcina sees about 54 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 822mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 119 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Pietrelcina at about €792 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
Pietrelcina population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 21 | 0.72% |
| Ukraine | 21 | 0.72% |
| Poland | 9 | 0.31% |
| Malta | 3 | 0.10% |
| Albania | 2 | 0.07% |
| Greece | 2 | 0.07% |
| Slovakia | 2 | 0.07% |
| Canada | 1 | 0.03% |
| Spain | 1 | 0.03% |
| Croatia | 1 | 0.03% |
| Hungary | 1 | 0.03% |
| Latvia | 1 | 0.03% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 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% |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Russia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 2,672 | 91.95% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 67 | 2.31% |
| Born outside the EU | 167 | 5.75% |
Maltese nationals over time
Quality of life in Benevento
Full BES profile for Benevento →Benevento on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Pietrelcina qualifies for the 7% pensioner regime. Comfortably below the 30,000-resident ceiling.
Qualifying is about the town. Whether it applies to you depends on criteria no map can check — where you were tax-resident before, and where your income comes from.
How the 7% pensioner regime works, and every qualifying comune →Property prices
About the Benevento average of €743/m². Averaged across 3 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
17.4 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.
A detached house here averages €1,338/m², against €792 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 70% 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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