All things you need to know about living in Varese Ligure
Varese Ligure, in the province of La Spezia, is home to 1 Cypriots: 0.06% of its 1,746 residents.
That is the 9th-highest concentration of Cypriots among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Liguria it ranks 2nd.
ISTAT counts 76 residents with a foreign citizenship in Varese Ligure, 4.35% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are French nationals (6), Americans (3), Germans (2).
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of La Spezia scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for people with at least upper secondary education level (25-64 years old) and PM10 Annual average concentration.
It scores in the bottom quarter for electricity from renewable sources and urban green.
These figures describe the province, not the town. A comune can sit some way from its province's average.
Summers average a high of 24.3°C (76°F) and winters a low of 1.8°C (35°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Varese Ligure sees about 0 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 1,457mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 158 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Varese Ligure at about €983 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
At those figures, buying costs about 25.2 years of renting the same property.
Varese Ligure population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 13 | 0.74% |
| France | 6 | 0.34% |
| Ukraine | 5 | 0.29% |
| Albania | 4 | 0.23% |
| United States | 3 | 0.17% |
| Germany | 2 | 0.11% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 0.11% |
| Argentina | 1 | 0.06% |
| Austria | 1 | 0.06% |
| Canada | 1 | 0.06% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0.06% |
| Cyprus | 1 | 0.06% |
| Czechia | 1 | 0.06% |
| Denmark | 1 | 0.06% |
| Japan | 1 | 0.06% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0.06% |
| Russia | 1 | 0.06% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Spain | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 0 | 0.00% |
| Greece | 0 | 0.00% |
| Croatia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Hungary | 0 | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 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% |
| Norway | 0 | 0.00% |
| Poland | 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 | 1,644 | 94.16% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 25 | 1.43% |
| Born outside the EU | 77 | 4.41% |
Cypriots over time
Quality of life in La Spezia
Full BES profile for La Spezia →La Spezia on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Property prices
Buying in Varese Ligure is well below the La Spezia average of €1,690/m². Averaged across 3 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
25.2 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 €1,225/m², against €983 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 26% 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
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