All things you need to know about living in Vizzini
Vizzini, in the province of Catania, is home to 7 Maltese nationals: 0.12% of its 5,638 residents.
That is the 12th-highest concentration of Maltese nationals among the 5,872 Italian comuni with at least 1,000 residents.
Within Sicilia it ranks 5th.
ISTAT counts 227 residents with a foreign citizenship in Vizzini, 4.03% of the population. The largest groups among the nationalities we follow most closely are Argentinians (15), Germans (2), Swiss nationals (1).
Vizzini qualifies for the 7% pensioner regime.
On ISTAT's well-being measures, the province of Catania scores in the top quarter of Italian provinces for hospital beds in high-care wards and overall Fixed Very High Capacity Network (VHCN) coverage.
It scores in the bottom quarter for nonprofit organizations 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 33.1°C (92°F) and winters a low of 3.9°C (39°F), measured over 2015 to 2024.
Vizzini sees about 70 days a year above 30°C (86°F).
It gets about 601mm of rain a year, spread across roughly 78 days.
These come from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the comune itself, not from the nearest weather station.
OMI puts residential purchase prices in Vizzini at about €378 per square meter in the second half of 2025.
Vizzini population over time
By nationality
| Nationality | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 54 | 0.96% |
| Argentina | 15 | 0.27% |
| Albania | 10 | 0.18% |
| Malta | 7 | 0.12% |
| Poland | 6 | 0.11% |
| Ukraine | 3 | 0.05% |
| Germany | 2 | 0.04% |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 0.02% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0.02% |
| Spain | 1 | 0.02% |
| France | 1 | 0.02% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 0.02% |
| Russia | 1 | 0.02% |
| United States | 1 | 0.02% |
| Austria | 0 | 0.00% |
| Australia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Belgium | 0 | 0.00% |
| Brazil | 0 | 0.00% |
| Canada | 0 | 0.00% |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0.00% |
| Czechia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Denmark | 0 | 0.00% |
| Estonia | 0 | 0.00% |
| Finland | 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% |
| Mexico | 0 | 0.00% |
| Netherlands | 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 | 5,202 | 92.27% |
| Born elsewhere in the EU | 133 | 2.36% |
| Born outside the EU | 303 | 5.37% |
Maltese nationals over time
Quality of life in Catania
Full BES profile for Catania →Catania on cost vs quality of life (province-level) →
Tax regimes
Vizzini 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 Vizzini is far below the Catania average of €915/m². Averaged across 3 OMI micro-zones, which can differ substantially within the same town.
23.3 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 €493/m², against €378 for an apartment.
Compared street for street — houses and flats priced in the same neighborhood — a house costs 35% 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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