All things you need to know about living in Roma
Roma, in the province of Roma, is home to 4,397 Spaniards: 0.16% of its 2,747,290 residents.
That is the 128th-highest concentration of Spaniards among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Lazio it ranks 12th.
ISTAT counts 354,086 residents with a foreign citizenship in Roma, 12.89% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Spaniards (4,397), Brazilians (3,733), French nationals (3,720).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Roma scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for people with at least upper secondary education level (25-64 years old) 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 31.8°C (89°F) and winters a low of 4.2°C (40°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Roma sees about 61 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 886mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 110 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Roma at about €3,032 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
Roma population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 71,715 | 2.61% |
| Ukraine | 15,817 | 0.58% |
| Poland | 8,264 | 0.30% |
| Albania | 7,464 | 0.27% |
| Spain | 4,397 | 0.16% |
| Brazil | 3,733 | 0.14% |
| France | 3,720 | 0.14% |
| Russia | 2,480 | 0.09% |
| United States | 2,185 | 0.08% |
| United Kingdom | 2,047 | 0.07% |
| Germany | 2,038 | 0.07% |
| Bulgaria | 1,611 | 0.06% |
| Mexico | 1,220 | 0.04% |
| Venezuela | 1,168 | 0.04% |
| Portugal | 933 | 0.03% |
| Argentina | 852 | 0.03% |
| Japan | 843 | 0.03% |
| South Korea | 830 | 0.03% |
| Croatia | 712 | 0.03% |
| Greece | 638 | 0.02% |
| Ireland | 602 | 0.02% |
| Netherlands | 556 | 0.02% |
| Belgium | 494 | 0.02% |
| Austria | 462 | 0.02% |
| Hungary | 397 | 0.01% |
| Sweden | 352 | 0.01% |
| Switzerland | 335 | 0.01% |
| Slovakia | 296 | 0.01% |
| Canada | 293 | 0.01% |
| Czechia | 245 | 0.01% |
| Lithuania | 220 | 0.01% |
| Denmark | 194 | 0.01% |
| Malta | 177 | 0.01% |
| Australia | 170 | 0.01% |
| Finland | 139 | 0.01% |
| Latvia | 119 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 111 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 105 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 51 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 36 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 18 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 2,342,311 | 85.26% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 99,421 | 3.62% |
| Born outside the EU | 305,558 | 11.12% |
Spaniards over time
Quality of life in Roma
Full BES profile for Roma →Roma on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Roma is above the Roma average of €2,497/m². Averaged across 211 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
20.7 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 38% more than ordinary condition — €4,193/m² against €3,032.
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 €2,544/m², against €3,032 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — the two cost about the same 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
Roma straddles seismic zones: 2A-3A-3B. Different parts of the comune are classified in zones 2 and 3, so there is no single figure for the town. Look up the address in the regional classification before relying on any one zone.
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: Ospedale Isola Tiberina - Gemelli Isola, about 1.7 km / 3 minutes by road from Roma (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale Isola Tiberina - Gemelli Isola, Roma (DEA level I), about 1.7 km / 3 minutes by road from Roma (the main town).
Nearest airport: Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport (CIA), about 15.3 km / 20 minutes by road from Roma (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Punto Simply, about 0.9 km / 2 minutes by road from Roma (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Farmacap - Com.Le Castel Porziano, about 0 km / 1 minute by road from Roma (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Roma Trastevere, about 3.3 km / 5 minutes by road from Roma (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 Roma, 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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