All things you need to know about living in Trieste
Trieste, in the province of Trieste, is home to 1,037 Croatians: 0.52% of its 198,388 residents.
That is the 24th-highest concentration of Croatians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Friuli-Venezia Giulia it ranks 10th.
ISTAT counts 24,586 residents with a foreign citizenship in Trieste, 12.39% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Russians (248), Germans (184), Spaniards (149).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Trieste scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for overall Fixed Very High Capacity Network (VHCN) coverage and density and importance of museums' heritage.
It scores in the bottom quarter for electricity from renewable sources.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 27.6°C (82°F) and winters a low of 1.2°C (34°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Trieste sees about 14 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,470mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 132 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Trieste at about €2,071 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
Trieste population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 3,044 | 1.53% |
| Ukraine | 1,339 | 0.67% |
| Croatia | 1,037 | 0.52% |
| Albania | 690 | 0.35% |
| Slovenia | 551 | 0.28% |
| Bulgaria | 318 | 0.16% |
| Russia | 248 | 0.13% |
| Poland | 211 | 0.11% |
| Germany | 184 | 0.09% |
| Hungary | 154 | 0.08% |
| Spain | 149 | 0.08% |
| France | 145 | 0.07% |
| Brazil | 141 | 0.07% |
| United Kingdom | 131 | 0.07% |
| Austria | 112 | 0.06% |
| United States | 99 | 0.05% |
| Venezuela | 93 | 0.05% |
| Greece | 91 | 0.05% |
| Argentina | 70 | 0.04% |
| Slovakia | 54 | 0.03% |
| Portugal | 42 | 0.02% |
| Netherlands | 41 | 0.02% |
| Czechia | 40 | 0.02% |
| Japan | 32 | 0.02% |
| Mexico | 32 | 0.02% |
| Ireland | 26 | 0.01% |
| Sweden | 23 | 0.01% |
| Belgium | 22 | 0.01% |
| Canada | 14 | 0.01% |
| Switzerland | 14 | 0.01% |
| Australia | 13 | 0.01% |
| Finland | 13 | 0.01% |
| Latvia | 13 | 0.01% |
| Lithuania | 12 | 0.01% |
| Estonia | 8 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 7 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 7 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 6 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 4 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 2 | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 0.00% |
Country of birth
| Group | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Italy | 163,472 | 82.40% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 8,932 | 4.50% |
| Born outside the EU | 25,984 | 13.10% |
Croatians over time
Quality of life in Trieste
Full BES profile for Trieste →Trieste on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
About the Trieste average of €2,049/m². Averaged across 11 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
22.5 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 24% more than ordinary condition — €2,565/m² against €2,071.
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 €2,070/m², against €2,071 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.
Nearby comuni
- Monrupino-Repentabor
- San Dorligo della Valle-Dolina
- Muggia
- Sgonico-Zgonik
- Duino Aurisina-Devin Nabrežina
- Monfalcone
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