All things you need to know about living in Varano Borghi
Varano Borghi, in the province of Varese, is home to 5 Belgians: 0.20% of its 2,512 residents.
That is the 52nd-highest concentration of Belgians among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Lombardia it ranks 17th.
ISTAT counts 272 residents with a foreign citizenship in Varano Borghi, 10.83% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Belgians (5), Dutch nationals (5), Russians (5).
That is above the national average for an Italian comune, which is 7.30%.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Varese scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for road mortality in non-urban roads and intentional homicide rate.
It scores in the bottom quarter for electricity from renewable sources and burglaries reported.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 27.8°C (82°F) and winters a low of -0.2°C (32°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Varano Borghi sees about 16 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,529mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 130 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Varano Borghi at about €1,213 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
Varano Borghi population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 43 | 1.71% |
| Albania | 14 | 0.56% |
| Poland | 14 | 0.56% |
| Ukraine | 14 | 0.56% |
| Belgium | 5 | 0.20% |
| Netherlands | 5 | 0.20% |
| Russia | 5 | 0.20% |
| Germany | 4 | 0.16% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 0.16% |
| Brazil | 3 | 0.12% |
| France | 3 | 0.12% |
| Greece | 3 | 0.12% |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 0.08% |
| Argentina | 1 | 0.04% |
| Hungary | 1 | 0.04% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 0.04% |
| United States | 1 | 0.04% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 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% |
| Croatia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Japan | 0 | 0.00% |
| South Korea | 0 | 0.00% |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0.00% |
| Latvia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Malta | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Portugal | 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 | 2,159 | 85.95% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 87 | 3.46% |
| Born outside the EU | 266 | 10.59% |
Belgians over time
Quality of life in Varese
Full BES profile for Varese →Varese on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
About the Varese average of €1,300/m². Averaged across 2 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
21.7 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.
A detached house here averages €1,563/m², against €1,213 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 29% 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.
Seismic zone
Varano Borghi 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 a.Bellini - Somma Lombardo, about 12.1 km / 14 minutes by road from Varano Borghi (the main town).
Nearest emergency department: Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, Varese (DEA level II), about 14.7 km / 17 minutes by road from Varano Borghi (the main town).
Nearest airport: Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP), about 19.2 km / 22 minutes by road from Varano Borghi (the main town).
Nearest supermarket (OpenStreetMap): Tigros, about 0.4 km / 1 minute by road from Varano Borghi (the main town).
Nearest pharmacy: Farmacia Ponti Dott.ssa Sessa Mara Francesca Maria, about 0.1 km / 1 minute by road from Varano Borghi (the main town).
Nearest railway station (OpenStreetMap): Ternate-Varano Borghi, about 1 km / 1 minute by road from Varano Borghi (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 Varano Borghi, 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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