All things you need to know about living in Pregnana Milanese
Pregnana Milanese, in the province of Milano, is home to 11 Brazilians: 0.15% of its 7,291 residents.
That is the 861st-highest concentration of Brazilians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Lombardia it ranks 306th.
ISTAT counts 536 residents with a foreign citizenship in Pregnana Milanese, 7.35% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Brazilians (11), French nationals (5), Argentinians (3).
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 29.1°C (84°F) and winters a low of -0.7°C (31°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Pregnana Milanese sees about 30 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,358mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 127 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Pregnana Milanese at about €1,538 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
Pregnana Milanese population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 139 | 1.91% |
| Ukraine | 39 | 0.53% |
| Albania | 30 | 0.41% |
| Bulgaria | 14 | 0.19% |
| Brazil | 11 | 0.15% |
| France | 5 | 0.07% |
| Poland | 4 | 0.05% |
| Argentina | 3 | 0.04% |
| Germany | 3 | 0.04% |
| Lithuania | 3 | 0.04% |
| Venezuela | 3 | 0.04% |
| Spain | 2 | 0.03% |
| Croatia | 2 | 0.03% |
| United States | 2 | 0.03% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0.01% |
| Czechia | 1 | 0.01% |
| Slovenia | 1 | 0.01% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Hungary | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 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% |
| Portugal | 0 | 0.00% |
| Russia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 6,564 | 90.03% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 190 | 2.61% |
| Born outside the EU | 537 | 7.37% |
Brazilians over time
Quality of life in Milano
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Property prices
Buying in Pregnana Milanese is far below the Milano average of €3,110/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
18.4 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.
Housing here in excellent condition costs 34% more than ordinary condition — €2,063/m² against €1,538.
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 €1,488/m², against €1,538 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 3% 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
Pregnana Milanese 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: Ospedale di Circolo - Rho, about 5.2 km / 7 minutes by road from Pregnana Milanese (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale di Circolo - Rho (DEA level I), about 5.2 km / 7 minutes by road from Pregnana Milanese (the main town).
Nearest airport: Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP), about 43.8 km / 30 minutes by road from Pregnana Milanese (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): MD Market, about 0.8 km / 1 minute by road from Pregnana Milanese (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Tettoni, about 0.2 km / 1 minute by road from Pregnana Milanese (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Pregnana Milanese, about 0.9 km / 2 minutes by road from Pregnana Milanese (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 Pregnana Milanese, 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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