All things you need to know about living in Ponna
Ponna, in the province of Como, is home to 1 Swiss nationals: 0.43% of its 233 residents.
ISTAT counts 5 residents with a foreign citizenship in Ponna, 2.15% of the population. Among the nationalities we follow most closely, the only group is Swiss nationals (1).
These are small numbers, so we would not read much into the percentage or any change in it.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Como scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for intentional homicide rate and life expectancy at birth.
It scores in the bottom quarter for burglaries reported 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 24.0°C (75°F) and winters a low of -1.9°C (29°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Ponna sees about 0 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,705mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 155 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Ponna at about €800 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 21.2 years of renting the same property.
That is below most Italian comuni.
Ponna population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1 | 0.43% |
| Ukraine | 1 | 0.43% |
| 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% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Germany | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| France | 0 | 0.00% |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Hungary | 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% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Romania | 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 | 219 | 93.99% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 0 | 0.00% |
| Born outside the EU | 14 | 6.01% |
Swiss nationals over time
Quality of life in Como
Full BES profile for Como →Como on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Ponna is well below the Como average of €1,460/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market.
21.2 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.
A detached house here averages €975/m², against €800 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 22% 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
Ponna 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.
See every comune on the map →Hospital, airport and daily-needs distance
Nearest hospital: C.O.F. Lanzo Hospital - Alta Valle Intel, about 16.3 km / 22 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale Erba- Renaldi - Menaggio (Pronto Soccorso), about 26.4 km / 34 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest DEA (level I or II): Ospedale S. Anna - Como, San Fermo della Battaglia (DEA level II), about 47.2 km / 51 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest airport: Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP), about 88.6 km / 77 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Migross, about 9.6 km / 13 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Cappellini S.a.S. del Dr.Fabio Cappellini, about 14.8 km / 20 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Como San Giovanni, about 38.6 km / 45 minutes by road from the geographic center of the comune.
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 Ponna, 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.
Nearby comuni
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