All things you need to know about living in Sclafani Bagni
Sclafani Bagni, in the province of Palermo, is home to 2 Britons: 0.55% of its 364 residents.
ISTAT counts 11 residents with a foreign citizenship in Sclafani Bagni, 3.02% of the population. Among the nationalities we follow most closely, the two groups are Britons (2) and Americans (1).
These are small numbers, so we would not read much into the percentage or any change in it.
Sclafani Bagni qualifies for the 7% pensioner regime.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Palermo scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for overall Fixed Very High Capacity Network (VHCN) coverage and intentional homicide rate.
It scores in the bottom quarter for nonprofit organizations and employment rate (20-64 years old).
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 30.5°C (87°F) and winters a low of 3.9°C (39°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Sclafani Bagni sees about 43 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 692mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 107 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Sclafani Bagni at about €478 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 28.4 years of renting the same property.
Sclafani Bagni population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 4 | 1.10% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 0.55% |
| Ukraine | 1 | 0.27% |
| United States | 1 | 0.27% |
| 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% |
| Switzerland | 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% |
| 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% |
| Russia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sweden | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 352 | 96.70% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 4 | 1.10% |
| Born outside the EU | 8 | 2.20% |
Britons over time
Quality of life in Palermo
Full BES profile for Palermo →Palermo on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Sclafani Bagni 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
Buying in Sclafani Bagni is far below the Palermo average of €1,110/m². Based on a single OMI micro-zone, so it describes the town as one market.
28.4 years of rent here equal the purchase price — 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.
A detached house here averages €353/m², against €478 for an apartment.
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
Sclafani Bagni is in seismic zone 2. Of the four zones, zone 1 is the highest hazard and zone 4 the lowest. The Department of Civil Protection describes zone 2 as a zone where strong earthquakes are possible.
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: P.O. S. Cimino Termini Imerese, about 50.3 km / 49 minutes by road from Sclafani Bagni (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: P.O. Madonna Dell'Alto - Petr. Sottana, Petralia Sottana (Pronto Soccorso), about 40.8 km / 39 minutes by road from Sclafani Bagni (the main town).
Nearest DEA (level I or II): Fond. Ist. S. Raffaele - Giglio, Cefalù (DEA level I), about 54.1 km / 51 minutes by road from Sclafani Bagni (the main town).
Nearest airport: Falcone–Borsellino Airport (PMO), about 115 km / 91 minutes by road from Sclafani Bagni (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Supermecato Ard, about 12.7 km / 18 minutes by road from Sclafani Bagni (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Fatta Della Dr.ssa Luisa Cirrito, about 10.7 km / 12 minutes by road from Sclafani Bagni (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Stazione di Valledolmo, about 20.7 km / 26 minutes by road from Sclafani Bagni (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 Sclafani Bagni, 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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