All things you need to know about living in Rifiano/Riffian
Rifiano/Riffian, in the province of Bolzano/Bozen, is home to 5 Hungarians: 0.36% of its 1,380 residents.
That is the 22nd-highest concentration of Hungarians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol it ranks 17th.
ISTAT counts 74 residents with a foreign citizenship in Rifiano/Riffian, 5.36% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Germans (18), Austrians (1), Portuguese nationals (1).
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Bolzano/Bozen scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for employment rate (20-64 years old) and average disposable income per capita.
It scores in the bottom quarter for overall Fixed Very High Capacity Network (VHCN) coverage and hospital beds in high-care wards.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 19.7°C (67°F) and winters a low of -11.7°C (11°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Rifiano/Riffian sees about 0 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,479mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 197 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Rifiano/Riffian at about €2,275 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 31.2 years of renting the same property.
Rifiano/Riffian population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 18 | 1.30% |
| Romania | 6 | 0.43% |
| Albania | 5 | 0.36% |
| Hungary | 5 | 0.36% |
| Slovenia | 5 | 0.36% |
| Austria | 1 | 0.07% |
| Poland | 1 | 0.07% |
| Portugal | 1 | 0.07% |
| Russia | 1 | 0.07% |
| Slovakia | 1 | 0.07% |
| Ukraine | 1 | 0.07% |
| Argentina | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 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% |
| 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% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| United States | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 1,274 | 92.32% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 48 | 3.48% |
| Born outside the EU | 58 | 4.20% |
Hungarians over time
Quality of life in Bolzano/Bozen
Full BES profile for Bolzano/Bozen →Bolzano/Bozen on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Rifiano/Riffian is well below the Bolzano/Bozen average of €2,894/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
31.2 years of rent here equal the purchase price — well above 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 20% more than ordinary condition — €2,725/m² against €2,275.
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 €2,375/m², against €2,275 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 4% 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
- Tirolo/Tirol
- San Martino in Passiria/St. Martin in Passeier
- Caines/Kuens
- Scena/Schenna
- Lagundo/Algund
- Parcines/Partschins
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