CITY / CITYComparación de ciudades verificada
Genoavs.Milan.
Genoa sale mejor en 2 de 8 datos principales; Milan, en 0. Cost of living (single, excl. rent): Genoa $1093/mo, Milan $1093/mo. Freelancer tax burden: Genoa 24,9%, Milan 24,9%. Climate comfort: Genoa 7/12 mo, Milan 5/12 mo.
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01
Las diferencias clave
Las cifras clave cara a cara, con el lado más fuerte señalado. La puntuación global es decorativa; lo que importa es qué datos encajan contigo.
Resultado principal
Genoa va por delante en 2 de 8
Genoa
2
Milan
0
01Cost of living (single, excl. rent)
Genoa
$1093/mo
ISTAT — Spese per consumi delle famiglie, Anno 2024 (Prospetto 4, tavole allegate)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- ISTAT household budget survey 2024: average monthly household spending €2,755.09, of which imputed rent (affitti figurativi) €617.39 → monetary spending €2,137.70. Actual rentals removed using Italy's 2025 HICP weight for COICOP 04.1 (29.51 per 1,000 = 2.951%, Eurostat prc_hicp_inw) = €63.08 → €2,074.62 excluding all rent. Divided by the average household size of 2.2 (Eurostat ilc_lvph01) = €943.01 per person per month; uplifted by HICP annual averages 2024→2025 (122.3 → 124.3, ×1.0164) = €958.43; converted at 1 EUR = 1.1399 USD (ECB, 2026-07-02) → $1,093.
- Notas
- Per-capita basis, to match how Spain, Czechia, Austria and France are computed in this dataset. ISTAT also publishes the real single-person household basket, which is what a solo mover actually faces: €1,931.70/month total, €1,347.48 after removing imputed and actual rent — about $1,561/month on the same uplift and FX. A person living alone has no household economies of scale, so read the $1,093 as the comparable cross-country figure and the $1,561 as the realistic personal one. No extrapolation into 2026 was applied beyond the 2025 annual average.
Milan
$1093/mo
ISTAT — Spese per consumi delle famiglie, Anno 2024 (Prospetto 4, tavole allegate)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- ISTAT household budget survey 2024: average monthly household spending €2,755.09, of which imputed rent (affitti figurativi) €617.39 → monetary spending €2,137.70. Actual rentals removed using Italy's 2025 HICP weight for COICOP 04.1 (29.51 per 1,000 = 2.951%, Eurostat prc_hicp_inw) = €63.08 → €2,074.62 excluding all rent. Divided by the average household size of 2.2 (Eurostat ilc_lvph01) = €943.01 per person per month; uplifted by HICP annual averages 2024→2025 (122.3 → 124.3, ×1.0164) = €958.43; converted at 1 EUR = 1.1399 USD (ECB, 2026-07-02) → $1,093.
- Notas
- Per-capita basis, to match how Spain, Czechia, Austria and France are computed in this dataset. ISTAT also publishes the real single-person household basket, which is what a solo mover actually faces: €1,931.70/month total, €1,347.48 after removing imputed and actual rent — about $1,561/month on the same uplift and FX. A person living alone has no household economies of scale, so read the $1,093 as the comparable cross-country figure and the $1,561 as the realistic personal one. No extrapolation into 2026 was applied beyond the 2025 annual average.
02Freelancer tax burden
Genoa
24,9%
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- Best eligible scheme at €60,000 revenue for an IT freelancer = it-forfettario-it-67. Taxable base 67% × 60,000 = 40,200 (ATECO group 9 coefficient; expenses never reduce the base). INPS Gestione Separata 26.07% = 10,480.14, deducted from the forfeitary income → 29,719.86. Imposta sostitutiva 15% = 4,457.98. Levies 14,938.12 → 24.9%. The first five years of a new activity run at 5% instead (19.9%); the ordinary IRPEF route on the same profile is near 41%.
Milan
24,9%
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- Best eligible scheme at €60,000 revenue for an IT freelancer = it-forfettario-it-67. Taxable base 67% × 60,000 = 40,200 (ATECO group 9 coefficient; expenses never reduce the base). INPS Gestione Separata 26.07% = 10,480.14, deducted from the forfeitary income → 29,719.86. Imposta sostitutiva 15% = 4,457.98. Levies 14,938.12 → 24.9%. The first five years of a new activity run at 5% instead (19.9%); the ordinary IRPEF route on the same profile is near 41%.
03Homicide rate
Genoa
0,57/100k
Eurostat — police-recorded intentional homicide (crim_off_cat, ICCS0101, unit P_HTHAB)
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Police-recorded intentional homicide, 2024 (2023 was also 0.57). Dataset last updated by Eurostat 2026-04-29. Among the safest large countries in Europe — roughly half the French rate and a fifth of the global average — and down from 1.05 in 2008.
Milan
0,57/100k
Eurostat — police-recorded intentional homicide (crim_off_cat, ICCS0101, unit P_HTHAB)
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Police-recorded intentional homicide, 2024 (2023 was also 0.57). Dataset last updated by Eurostat 2026-04-29. Among the safest large countries in Europe — roughly half the French rate and a fifth of the global average — and down from 1.05 in 2008.
04Climate comfort
Genoamejor
7/12 mo
SettleMetric — computed from the Genoa 1991–2020 normals
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2020
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- Months whose 1991–2020 normals have a mean daily maximum of 15–28°C and under 150mm of precipitation: March, April, May, June, July, September, November = 7. August is excluded at 28.3°C and October at 170mm of rain.
Milan
5/12 mo
SettleMetric — computed from the Milano Linate 1991–2020 WMO normals
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2020
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- Months whose 1991–2020 normals have a mean daily maximum of 15–28°C and under 150mm of precipitation: March, April, May, June, September = 5. July and August exceed 28°C; October to February stay below 15°C.
05Internet speed
Genoa
27 Mbps
M-Lab NDT country aggregates for Italy
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2023
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- Median of the 344 daily country-median download values for IT in 2023 (17.42M download tests; daily medians ranged 8.6–29.9 Mbps). M-Lab NDT is single-stream and reads well below advertised or Ookla-style figures — comparable only within this criterion. 2023 is the latest full year in M-Lab's public stats API.
- Notas
- Low by Western European standards on this metric: Italy's copper legacy is long and FTTH rollout, while accelerating under the national broadband plan, still lags France and Spain. Fibre is available in the three modelled cities; rural and southern coverage is where the national median is lost.
Milan
27 Mbps
M-Lab NDT country aggregates for Italy
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2023
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- Median of the 344 daily country-median download values for IT in 2023 (17.42M download tests; daily medians ranged 8.6–29.9 Mbps). M-Lab NDT is single-stream and reads well below advertised or Ookla-style figures — comparable only within this criterion. 2023 is the latest full year in M-Lab's public stats API.
- Notas
- Low by Western European standards on this metric: Italy's copper legacy is long and FTTH rollout, while accelerating under the national broadband plan, still lags France and Spain. Fibre is available in the three modelled cities; rural and southern coverage is where the national median is lost.
06English proficiency
Genoa
Moderate
EF EPI 2025 — Italy (score 513, rank 59/123, Moderate band)
Estudio
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 nov 2025
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Own band informed by EF EPI 2025 (attribution: EF Education First): Italy score 513, global rank 59, 'Moderate' band (EF cutoffs: Moderate 500–549), down 15 points on the previous edition. Reading scores highest (534) and speaking lowest (417), which matches the lived experience: written and technical English is workable in Milan's professional world, but Italian is required for administration, healthcare and most daily life, and proficiency falls sharply from north to south.
Milan
Moderate
EF EPI 2025 — Italy (score 513, rank 59/123, Moderate band)
Estudio
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 nov 2025
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Own band informed by EF EPI 2025 (attribution: EF Education First): Italy score 513, global rank 59, 'Moderate' band (EF cutoffs: Moderate 500–549), down 15 points on the previous edition. Reading scores highest (534) and speaking lowest (417), which matches the lived experience: written and technical English is workable in Milan's professional world, but Italian is required for administration, healthcare and most daily life, and proficiency falls sharply from north to south.
07Private healthcare cost
Genoa
sin datos verificados
Milan
sin datos verificados
08Air quality (PM2.5)
Genoamejor
10,5 µg/m³
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Annual mean of 10.5 µg/m³ across six verified monitoring stations in 2024 — 2.1× the WHO guideline, but barely half Milan's reading. Coastal ventilation is the difference: sea breezes clear the air that the Po Valley traps.
Milan
19 µg/m³
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Annual mean of 19.0 µg/m³ across five verified monitoring stations in 2024 — 3.8× the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³ and among the worst readings in Western Europe, though still under the EU's current 25 µg/m³ limit value. The cause is geography as much as traffic: the Po Valley is ringed by the Alps and Apennines, so winter inversions trap particulate matter for weeks. The EU's 2030 target is 10 µg/m³.
02
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01Freelancer tax burden
Genoa
24,9%
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- Best eligible scheme at €60,000 revenue for an IT freelancer = it-forfettario-it-67. Taxable base 67% × 60,000 = 40,200 (ATECO group 9 coefficient; expenses never reduce the base). INPS Gestione Separata 26.07% = 10,480.14, deducted from the forfeitary income → 29,719.86. Imposta sostitutiva 15% = 4,457.98. Levies 14,938.12 → 24.9%. The first five years of a new activity run at 5% instead (19.9%); the ordinary IRPEF route on the same profile is near 41%.
Milan
24,9%
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- Best eligible scheme at €60,000 revenue for an IT freelancer = it-forfettario-it-67. Taxable base 67% × 60,000 = 40,200 (ATECO group 9 coefficient; expenses never reduce the base). INPS Gestione Separata 26.07% = 10,480.14, deducted from the forfeitary income → 29,719.86. Imposta sostitutiva 15% = 4,457.98. Levies 14,938.12 → 24.9%. The first five years of a new activity run at 5% instead (19.9%); the ordinary IRPEF route on the same profile is near 41%.
02Internet speed
Genoa
27 Mbps
M-Lab NDT country aggregates for Italy
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2023
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- Median of the 344 daily country-median download values for IT in 2023 (17.42M download tests; daily medians ranged 8.6–29.9 Mbps). M-Lab NDT is single-stream and reads well below advertised or Ookla-style figures — comparable only within this criterion. 2023 is the latest full year in M-Lab's public stats API.
- Notas
- Low by Western European standards on this metric: Italy's copper legacy is long and FTTH rollout, while accelerating under the national broadband plan, still lags France and Spain. Fibre is available in the three modelled cities; rural and southern coverage is where the national median is lost.
Milan
27 Mbps
M-Lab NDT country aggregates for Italy
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2023
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- Median of the 344 daily country-median download values for IT in 2023 (17.42M download tests; daily medians ranged 8.6–29.9 Mbps). M-Lab NDT is single-stream and reads well below advertised or Ookla-style figures — comparable only within this criterion. 2023 is the latest full year in M-Lab's public stats API.
- Notas
- Low by Western European standards on this metric: Italy's copper legacy is long and FTTH rollout, while accelerating under the national broadband plan, still lags France and Spain. Fibre is available in the three modelled cities; rural and southern coverage is where the national median is lost.
03English proficiency
Genoa
Moderate
EF EPI 2025 — Italy (score 513, rank 59/123, Moderate band)
Estudio
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 nov 2025
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Own band informed by EF EPI 2025 (attribution: EF Education First): Italy score 513, global rank 59, 'Moderate' band (EF cutoffs: Moderate 500–549), down 15 points on the previous edition. Reading scores highest (534) and speaking lowest (417), which matches the lived experience: written and technical English is workable in Milan's professional world, but Italian is required for administration, healthcare and most daily life, and proficiency falls sharply from north to south.
Milan
Moderate
EF EPI 2025 — Italy (score 513, rank 59/123, Moderate band)
Estudio
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 nov 2025
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Own band informed by EF EPI 2025 (attribution: EF Education First): Italy score 513, global rank 59, 'Moderate' band (EF cutoffs: Moderate 500–549), down 15 points on the previous edition. Reading scores highest (534) and speaking lowest (417), which matches the lived experience: written and technical English is workable in Milan's professional world, but Italian is required for administration, healthcare and most daily life, and proficiency falls sharply from north to south.
04Cost of living (single, excl. rent)
Genoa
$1093/mo
ISTAT — Spese per consumi delle famiglie, Anno 2024 (Prospetto 4, tavole allegate)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- ISTAT household budget survey 2024: average monthly household spending €2,755.09, of which imputed rent (affitti figurativi) €617.39 → monetary spending €2,137.70. Actual rentals removed using Italy's 2025 HICP weight for COICOP 04.1 (29.51 per 1,000 = 2.951%, Eurostat prc_hicp_inw) = €63.08 → €2,074.62 excluding all rent. Divided by the average household size of 2.2 (Eurostat ilc_lvph01) = €943.01 per person per month; uplifted by HICP annual averages 2024→2025 (122.3 → 124.3, ×1.0164) = €958.43; converted at 1 EUR = 1.1399 USD (ECB, 2026-07-02) → $1,093.
- Notas
- Per-capita basis, to match how Spain, Czechia, Austria and France are computed in this dataset. ISTAT also publishes the real single-person household basket, which is what a solo mover actually faces: €1,931.70/month total, €1,347.48 after removing imputed and actual rent — about $1,561/month on the same uplift and FX. A person living alone has no household economies of scale, so read the $1,093 as the comparable cross-country figure and the $1,561 as the realistic personal one. No extrapolation into 2026 was applied beyond the 2025 annual average.
Milan
$1093/mo
ISTAT — Spese per consumi delle famiglie, Anno 2024 (Prospetto 4, tavole allegate)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- ISTAT household budget survey 2024: average monthly household spending €2,755.09, of which imputed rent (affitti figurativi) €617.39 → monetary spending €2,137.70. Actual rentals removed using Italy's 2025 HICP weight for COICOP 04.1 (29.51 per 1,000 = 2.951%, Eurostat prc_hicp_inw) = €63.08 → €2,074.62 excluding all rent. Divided by the average household size of 2.2 (Eurostat ilc_lvph01) = €943.01 per person per month; uplifted by HICP annual averages 2024→2025 (122.3 → 124.3, ×1.0164) = €958.43; converted at 1 EUR = 1.1399 USD (ECB, 2026-07-02) → $1,093.
- Notas
- Per-capita basis, to match how Spain, Czechia, Austria and France are computed in this dataset. ISTAT also publishes the real single-person household basket, which is what a solo mover actually faces: €1,931.70/month total, €1,347.48 after removing imputed and actual rent — about $1,561/month on the same uplift and FX. A person living alone has no household economies of scale, so read the $1,093 as the comparable cross-country figure and the $1,561 as the realistic personal one. No extrapolation into 2026 was applied beyond the 2025 annual average.
05Domestic delivery quality
Genoa
Good
Poste Italiane — Rete Punto Poste (punti di ritiro e Locker)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 28 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- Poste Italiane's Punto Poste network lists over 18,000 pickup points and lockers, and more than 30,000 proximity points counting post offices, alongside private networks — BRT, GLS, SDA, DHL, UPS and InPost Italia. Home delivery is nationwide with next-day options in the north and centre. Rated 'good' rather than 'excellent': locker density is far below Poland's or France's (Poste's own locker estate is in the low thousands, against ~26,000 InPost lockers in Poland), and delivery reliability is noticeably weaker in the south and on the islands.
- Notas
- Cash on delivery (contrassegno) is still a mainstream consumer option in Italy, unlike in France — a legacy of lower card penetration that remains useful for anyone without an Italian bank card yet.
Milan
Good
Poste Italiane — Rete Punto Poste (punti di ritiro e Locker)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 28 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- Poste Italiane's Punto Poste network lists over 18,000 pickup points and lockers, and more than 30,000 proximity points counting post offices, alongside private networks — BRT, GLS, SDA, DHL, UPS and InPost Italia. Home delivery is nationwide with next-day options in the north and centre. Rated 'good' rather than 'excellent': locker density is far below Poland's or France's (Poste's own locker estate is in the low thousands, against ~26,000 InPost lockers in Poland), and delivery reliability is noticeably weaker in the south and on the islands.
- Notas
- Cash on delivery (contrassegno) is still a mainstream consumer option in Italy, unlike in France — a legacy of lower card penetration that remains useful for anyone without an Italian bank card yet.
Familia
Mudarse con pareja e hijos en edad escolar.
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01International schools
Genoa
3
International Schools Database — International schools in Genoa (3 schools listed)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ago 2026
- Verificado
- 1 ago 2026
- Método
- The directory page states three international schools for Genoa and nearby, and lists exactly three entries: Deutsche Schule Genua (German and Italian curriculum), Deledda International School (IB Middle Years and Diploma programmes) and The International School in Genoa (IB). All three carry a recognised system, so here the directory count and an accreditor-by-accreditor count agree.
- Notas
- Three schools for a city of 566,000 — a tenth of Rome's provision, and the clearest practical cost of choosing Genoa for anyone relocating with school-age children. Two of the three are IB, so continuity with an IB curriculum elsewhere is possible; a British or American curriculum is not available in the city.
Milanmejor
26
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ago 2026
- Verificado
- 1 ago 2026
- Método
- Count of the distinct school entries listed for Milan and its immediate surroundings (including Monza), each carrying a published curriculum record; the same directory was used for Athens elsewhere in this dataset. Recognised systems confirmed present in the listing: IB (American School of Milan, International School of Milan, The British School of Milan, Canadian School of Milan, St. Louis School, Bilingual European School, International School of Monza), French AEFE (Lycée Stendhal), German (Deutsche Schule Mailand), Swiss (Schweizer Schule Rahn Education, SIS Swiss International School), Japanese (Japanese School in Milan) and a British-curriculum group.
- Notas
- A directory count rather than a strict accreditor-by-accreditor tally — the IB registry answers automated requests with a bot challenge we do not bypass, Cambridge renders its finder client-side, and Italy has no consolidated national register of authorised foreign schools. The basis is slightly broader than a pure accreditation count, so small differences against cities counted per accreditor are method noise. Milan matches Rome's provision on a city a third the size, which is what the corporate expat population buys.
02Homicide rate
Genoa
0,57/100k
Eurostat — police-recorded intentional homicide (crim_off_cat, ICCS0101, unit P_HTHAB)
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Police-recorded intentional homicide, 2024 (2023 was also 0.57). Dataset last updated by Eurostat 2026-04-29. Among the safest large countries in Europe — roughly half the French rate and a fifth of the global average — and down from 1.05 in 2008.
Milan
0,57/100k
Eurostat — police-recorded intentional homicide (crim_off_cat, ICCS0101, unit P_HTHAB)
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Police-recorded intentional homicide, 2024 (2023 was also 0.57). Dataset last updated by Eurostat 2026-04-29. Among the safest large countries in Europe — roughly half the French rate and a fifth of the global average — and down from 1.05 in 2008.
03Private healthcare cost
Genoa
sin datos verificados
Milan
sin datos verificados
04Air quality (PM2.5)
Genoamejor
10,5 µg/m³
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Annual mean of 10.5 µg/m³ across six verified monitoring stations in 2024 — 2.1× the WHO guideline, but barely half Milan's reading. Coastal ventilation is the difference: sea breezes clear the air that the Po Valley traps.
Milan
19 µg/m³
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Annual mean of 19.0 µg/m³ across five verified monitoring stations in 2024 — 3.8× the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³ and among the worst readings in Western Europe, though still under the EU's current 25 µg/m³ limit value. The cause is geography as much as traffic: the Po Valley is ringed by the Alps and Apennines, so winter inversions trap particulate matter for weeks. The EU's 2030 target is 10 µg/m³.
05English proficiency
Genoa
Moderate
EF EPI 2025 — Italy (score 513, rank 59/123, Moderate band)
Estudio
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 nov 2025
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Own band informed by EF EPI 2025 (attribution: EF Education First): Italy score 513, global rank 59, 'Moderate' band (EF cutoffs: Moderate 500–549), down 15 points on the previous edition. Reading scores highest (534) and speaking lowest (417), which matches the lived experience: written and technical English is workable in Milan's professional world, but Italian is required for administration, healthcare and most daily life, and proficiency falls sharply from north to south.
Milan
Moderate
EF EPI 2025 — Italy (score 513, rank 59/123, Moderate band)
Estudio
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 nov 2025
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Own band informed by EF EPI 2025 (attribution: EF Education First): Italy score 513, global rank 59, 'Moderate' band (EF cutoffs: Moderate 500–549), down 15 points on the previous edition. Reading scores highest (534) and speaking lowest (417), which matches the lived experience: written and technical English is workable in Milan's professional world, but Italian is required for administration, healthcare and most daily life, and proficiency falls sharply from north to south.
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01Crypto regulation
Genoa
Legal regulated
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Legal and fully regulated, but taxed harder than most of Europe from 2026: the substitute tax on crypto capital gains (art. 67(1)(c-sexies) TUIR) rose from 26% to 33% on gains realised from 1 January 2026, and the previous €2,000 annual exemption threshold was abolished from 2025 — so the first euro of gain is taxable. Euro-denominated e-money tokens stay at 26%. Service providers operate under the EU MiCA regime, supervised by CONSOB and the Bank of Italy. Note that the regime forfettario's substitute tax does not cover capital gains: crypto is declared separately in quadro RT whatever your business regime.
Milan
Legal regulated
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Legal and fully regulated, but taxed harder than most of Europe from 2026: the substitute tax on crypto capital gains (art. 67(1)(c-sexies) TUIR) rose from 26% to 33% on gains realised from 1 January 2026, and the previous €2,000 annual exemption threshold was abolished from 2025 — so the first euro of gain is taxable. Euro-denominated e-money tokens stay at 26%. Service providers operate under the EU MiCA regime, supervised by CONSOB and the Bank of Italy. Note that the regime forfettario's substitute tax does not cover capital gains: crypto is declared separately in quadro RT whatever your business regime.
02Financial control level
Genoa
Low
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2023
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- Composite: Italy uses the euro, with EU free movement of capital and no exchange or capital controls. The binding constraints are ordinary anti-money-laundering rules — a ceiling on cash transfers between parties (art. 49 of D.Lgs. 231/2007), a reporting duty on large cash tourism sales, and the RW section of the tax return, in which residents must declare foreign accounts and assets including crypto. Non-resident banking is available with standard KYC. None of this restricts moving your own money, so the classification is 'low', the same as France and Spain.
- Notas
- Two official sources disagree on the general cash ceiling and we flag rather than hide it: the 2023 Budget Law (law 197/2022) raised it from €1,000 to €5,000 from 1 January 2023, and this Agenzia delle Entrate page tracks that by setting the tourism cash-sale reporting threshold at €5,000 ('previously €1,000 until 2025'), while the Treasury's own prevention-of-financial-crime FAQ still displays €1,000 as the limit in force since 2022. Either figure lands Italy in the same band. Worth knowing separately: Italy's declaration duty for foreign-held assets is broad, and penalties for undeclared foreign accounts are real.
Milan
Low
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2023
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- Composite: Italy uses the euro, with EU free movement of capital and no exchange or capital controls. The binding constraints are ordinary anti-money-laundering rules — a ceiling on cash transfers between parties (art. 49 of D.Lgs. 231/2007), a reporting duty on large cash tourism sales, and the RW section of the tax return, in which residents must declare foreign accounts and assets including crypto. Non-resident banking is available with standard KYC. None of this restricts moving your own money, so the classification is 'low', the same as France and Spain.
- Notas
- Two official sources disagree on the general cash ceiling and we flag rather than hide it: the 2023 Budget Law (law 197/2022) raised it from €1,000 to €5,000 from 1 January 2023, and this Agenzia delle Entrate page tracks that by setting the tourism cash-sale reporting threshold at €5,000 ('previously €1,000 until 2025'), while the Treasury's own prevention-of-financial-crime FAQ still displays €1,000 as the limit in force since 2022. Either figure lands Italy in the same band. Worth knowing separately: Italy's declaration duty for foreign-held assets is broad, and penalties for undeclared foreign accounts are real.
03Freelancer tax burden
Genoa
24,9%
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- Best eligible scheme at €60,000 revenue for an IT freelancer = it-forfettario-it-67. Taxable base 67% × 60,000 = 40,200 (ATECO group 9 coefficient; expenses never reduce the base). INPS Gestione Separata 26.07% = 10,480.14, deducted from the forfeitary income → 29,719.86. Imposta sostitutiva 15% = 4,457.98. Levies 14,938.12 → 24.9%. The first five years of a new activity run at 5% instead (19.9%); the ordinary IRPEF route on the same profile is near 41%.
Milan
24,9%
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- Best eligible scheme at €60,000 revenue for an IT freelancer = it-forfettario-it-67. Taxable base 67% × 60,000 = 40,200 (ATECO group 9 coefficient; expenses never reduce the base). INPS Gestione Separata 26.07% = 10,480.14, deducted from the forfeitary income → 29,719.86. Imposta sostitutiva 15% = 4,457.98. Levies 14,938.12 → 24.9%. The first five years of a new activity run at 5% instead (19.9%); the ordinary IRPEF route on the same profile is near 41%.
Vida tranquila
Priorizar la seguridad, el aire y una vida diaria sencilla.
Genoa encaja mejor: 2 de 4
01Homicide rate
Genoa
0,57/100k
Eurostat — police-recorded intentional homicide (crim_off_cat, ICCS0101, unit P_HTHAB)
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Police-recorded intentional homicide, 2024 (2023 was also 0.57). Dataset last updated by Eurostat 2026-04-29. Among the safest large countries in Europe — roughly half the French rate and a fifth of the global average — and down from 1.05 in 2008.
Milan
0,57/100k
Eurostat — police-recorded intentional homicide (crim_off_cat, ICCS0101, unit P_HTHAB)
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Police-recorded intentional homicide, 2024 (2023 was also 0.57). Dataset last updated by Eurostat 2026-04-29. Among the safest large countries in Europe — roughly half the French rate and a fifth of the global average — and down from 1.05 in 2008.
02Air quality (PM2.5)
Genoamejor
10,5 µg/m³
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Annual mean of 10.5 µg/m³ across six verified monitoring stations in 2024 — 2.1× the WHO guideline, but barely half Milan's reading. Coastal ventilation is the difference: sea breezes clear the air that the Po Valley traps.
Milan
19 µg/m³
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Annual mean of 19.0 µg/m³ across five verified monitoring stations in 2024 — 3.8× the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³ and among the worst readings in Western Europe, though still under the EU's current 25 µg/m³ limit value. The cause is geography as much as traffic: the Po Valley is ringed by the Alps and Apennines, so winter inversions trap particulate matter for weeks. The EU's 2030 target is 10 µg/m³.
03Cost of living (single, excl. rent)
Genoa
$1093/mo
ISTAT — Spese per consumi delle famiglie, Anno 2024 (Prospetto 4, tavole allegate)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- ISTAT household budget survey 2024: average monthly household spending €2,755.09, of which imputed rent (affitti figurativi) €617.39 → monetary spending €2,137.70. Actual rentals removed using Italy's 2025 HICP weight for COICOP 04.1 (29.51 per 1,000 = 2.951%, Eurostat prc_hicp_inw) = €63.08 → €2,074.62 excluding all rent. Divided by the average household size of 2.2 (Eurostat ilc_lvph01) = €943.01 per person per month; uplifted by HICP annual averages 2024→2025 (122.3 → 124.3, ×1.0164) = €958.43; converted at 1 EUR = 1.1399 USD (ECB, 2026-07-02) → $1,093.
- Notas
- Per-capita basis, to match how Spain, Czechia, Austria and France are computed in this dataset. ISTAT also publishes the real single-person household basket, which is what a solo mover actually faces: €1,931.70/month total, €1,347.48 after removing imputed and actual rent — about $1,561/month on the same uplift and FX. A person living alone has no household economies of scale, so read the $1,093 as the comparable cross-country figure and the $1,561 as the realistic personal one. No extrapolation into 2026 was applied beyond the 2025 annual average.
Milan
$1093/mo
ISTAT — Spese per consumi delle famiglie, Anno 2024 (Prospetto 4, tavole allegate)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- ISTAT household budget survey 2024: average monthly household spending €2,755.09, of which imputed rent (affitti figurativi) €617.39 → monetary spending €2,137.70. Actual rentals removed using Italy's 2025 HICP weight for COICOP 04.1 (29.51 per 1,000 = 2.951%, Eurostat prc_hicp_inw) = €63.08 → €2,074.62 excluding all rent. Divided by the average household size of 2.2 (Eurostat ilc_lvph01) = €943.01 per person per month; uplifted by HICP annual averages 2024→2025 (122.3 → 124.3, ×1.0164) = €958.43; converted at 1 EUR = 1.1399 USD (ECB, 2026-07-02) → $1,093.
- Notas
- Per-capita basis, to match how Spain, Czechia, Austria and France are computed in this dataset. ISTAT also publishes the real single-person household basket, which is what a solo mover actually faces: €1,931.70/month total, €1,347.48 after removing imputed and actual rent — about $1,561/month on the same uplift and FX. A person living alone has no household economies of scale, so read the $1,093 as the comparable cross-country figure and the $1,561 as the realistic personal one. No extrapolation into 2026 was applied beyond the 2025 annual average.
04Climate comfort
Genoamejor
7/12 mo
SettleMetric — computed from the Genoa 1991–2020 normals
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2020
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- Months whose 1991–2020 normals have a mean daily maximum of 15–28°C and under 150mm of precipitation: March, April, May, June, July, September, November = 7. August is excluded at 28.3°C and October at 170mm of rain.
Milan
5/12 mo
SettleMetric — computed from the Milano Linate 1991–2020 WMO normals
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2020
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- Months whose 1991–2020 normals have a mean daily maximum of 15–28°C and under 150mm of precipitation: March, April, May, June, September = 5. July and August exceed 28°C; October to February stay below 15°C.
03
La comparación completa
Abre cualquier dato para ver qué mide, cómo de reciente es y el rastro completo de fuentes de ambas ciudades.
01
Impuestos
CriterioGenoaMilan
01+−Freelancer tax burden% effective burden at €60k/year self-employed profileGenoa24,9Milan24,9
Qué mide esto
Effective total burden (income tax + mandatory social and health contributions) for a solo IT freelancer with €60,000/year revenue and 10% deductible expenses, using the most favourable eligible scheme in the country's tax-schemes data. Computed by the SettleMetric tax engine; recorded as a curated value with the winning scheme id in method.
Cuanto más bajo, mejor· % effective burden at €60k/year self-employed profile· se vuelve a verificar cada 365 días
Genoa
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- Best eligible scheme at €60,000 revenue for an IT freelancer = it-forfettario-it-67. Taxable base 67% × 60,000 = 40,200 (ATECO group 9 coefficient; expenses never reduce the base). INPS Gestione Separata 26.07% = 10,480.14, deducted from the forfeitary income → 29,719.86. Imposta sostitutiva 15% = 4,457.98. Levies 14,938.12 → 24.9%. The first five years of a new activity run at 5% instead (19.9%); the ordinary IRPEF route on the same profile is near 41%.
Milan
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- Best eligible scheme at €60,000 revenue for an IT freelancer = it-forfettario-it-67. Taxable base 67% × 60,000 = 40,200 (ATECO group 9 coefficient; expenses never reduce the base). INPS Gestione Separata 26.07% = 10,480.14, deducted from the forfeitary income → 29,719.86. Imposta sostitutiva 15% = 4,457.98. Levies 14,938.12 → 24.9%. The first five years of a new activity run at 5% instead (19.9%); the ordinary IRPEF route on the same profile is near 41%.
02
Legalización
CriterioGenoaMilan
01+−Remote-work legalization easeGenoaDedicated nomad visaMilanDedicated nomad visa
Qué mide esto
Best available legalization route for a location-independent earner with a median (non-EU, non-US) passport, classified from this country's legalization-paths data: dedicated digital-nomad visa; general freelance/self-employment permit; realistic long-stay path (e.g. renewable temporary residence); only short visa-free/tourist stays; effectively none.
Valorado por categoría· se vuelve a verificar cada 180 días
Genoa
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 abr 2024
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Italy has run a dedicated digital-nomad and remote-worker visa since the decree took effect on 4 April 2024. It sits outside the decreto-flussi quotas, needs no nulla osta, is issued for up to a year and renews annually. It is not a low bar: the work must be highly qualified in the sense of art. 27-quater of the immigration act, with at least six months of prior experience in the activity.
Milan
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 abr 2024
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Italy has run a dedicated digital-nomad and remote-worker visa since the decree took effect on 4 April 2024. It sits outside the decreto-flussi quotas, needs no nulla osta, is issued for up to a year and renews annually. It is not a low bar: the work must be highly qualified in the sense of art. 27-quater of the immigration act, with at least six months of prior experience in the activity.
03
Coste de vida
CriterioGenoaMilan
01+−Cost of living (single, excl. rent)USD/month, single person, excluding rentGenoa1093Milan1093
Qué mide esto
Monthly cost of a defined single-person basket (food, transport, utilities, mobile+internet, modest leisure) excluding rent, curated from national statistics office price data and large local retailers' published prices, converted to USD at the ECB rate recorded in fx-rates. The method field of each value itemizes the basket inputs.
Cuanto más bajo, mejor· USD/month, single person, excluding rent· se vuelve a verificar cada 365 días
Genoa
ISTAT — Spese per consumi delle famiglie, Anno 2024 (Prospetto 4, tavole allegate)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- ISTAT household budget survey 2024: average monthly household spending €2,755.09, of which imputed rent (affitti figurativi) €617.39 → monetary spending €2,137.70. Actual rentals removed using Italy's 2025 HICP weight for COICOP 04.1 (29.51 per 1,000 = 2.951%, Eurostat prc_hicp_inw) = €63.08 → €2,074.62 excluding all rent. Divided by the average household size of 2.2 (Eurostat ilc_lvph01) = €943.01 per person per month; uplifted by HICP annual averages 2024→2025 (122.3 → 124.3, ×1.0164) = €958.43; converted at 1 EUR = 1.1399 USD (ECB, 2026-07-02) → $1,093.
- Notas
- Per-capita basis, to match how Spain, Czechia, Austria and France are computed in this dataset. ISTAT also publishes the real single-person household basket, which is what a solo mover actually faces: €1,931.70/month total, €1,347.48 after removing imputed and actual rent — about $1,561/month on the same uplift and FX. A person living alone has no household economies of scale, so read the $1,093 as the comparable cross-country figure and the $1,561 as the realistic personal one. No extrapolation into 2026 was applied beyond the 2025 annual average.
Milan
ISTAT — Spese per consumi delle famiglie, Anno 2024 (Prospetto 4, tavole allegate)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- ISTAT household budget survey 2024: average monthly household spending €2,755.09, of which imputed rent (affitti figurativi) €617.39 → monetary spending €2,137.70. Actual rentals removed using Italy's 2025 HICP weight for COICOP 04.1 (29.51 per 1,000 = 2.951%, Eurostat prc_hicp_inw) = €63.08 → €2,074.62 excluding all rent. Divided by the average household size of 2.2 (Eurostat ilc_lvph01) = €943.01 per person per month; uplifted by HICP annual averages 2024→2025 (122.3 → 124.3, ×1.0164) = €958.43; converted at 1 EUR = 1.1399 USD (ECB, 2026-07-02) → $1,093.
- Notas
- Per-capita basis, to match how Spain, Czechia, Austria and France are computed in this dataset. ISTAT also publishes the real single-person household basket, which is what a solo mover actually faces: €1,931.70/month total, €1,347.48 after removing imputed and actual rent — about $1,561/month on the same uplift and FX. A person living alone has no household economies of scale, so read the $1,093 as the comparable cross-country figure and the $1,561 as the realistic personal one. No extrapolation into 2026 was applied beyond the 2025 annual average.
ISTAT — Spese per consumi delle famiglie, Anno 2024 (Prospetto 4, divisioni di spesa)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- Each ISTAT 2024 spending division for all households, divided by the average household size 2.2, uplifted ×1.0164 (HICP 2024→2025) and converted at 1.1399 USD/EUR. The housing line is shown net of both imputed rent (€617.39/household) and actual rentals (€63.08, from the 2.951% HICP weight), leaving water, energy, maintenance and condominium charges. Items sum to $1,094 against the $1,093 headline; the €1 gap is rounding.
- Notas
- Food is the largest single line at a quarter of the basket — a high share for Western Europe, and one reason Italy's overall cost sits below France and Austria despite comparable incomes. Health is out-of-pocket only: the Servizio Sanitario Nazionale covers residents, with co-payments (ticket) and private consultations making up this line.
Food & non-alcoholic beverages281 USD
Housing (water, energy, maintenance — excl. rent)160 USD
Transport157 USD
Restaurants & accommodation85 USD
Other goods & services (personal care, social protection, misc.)71 USD
Furnishings & household equipment61 USD
Health (out-of-pocket)61 USD
Recreation, sport & culture55 USD
Clothing & footwear54 USD
Insurance & financial services39 USD
Information & communication38 USD
Alcoholic beverages & tobacco23 USD
Education9 USD
04
Vivienda
Alquiler por tipo de vivienda
Alquiler de oferta: precio en el centro, con el de fuera del centro entre paréntesis ($/mes).
Genoa
Milan
Immobiliare.it — Mercato immobiliare Genova, canoni di locazione richiesti per zona (giugno 2026)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 30 jun 2026
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- Two per-m² rates derived from the 18 zone quotations of June 2026: central = mean of the priciest quartile (5 zones) = €12.21/m²; outside the centre = mean of the cheapest quartile (5 zones, Apparizione to Sampierdarena) = €7.59/m². Applied to assumed floor areas — studio 35 m², 1BR 55 m², 2BR 80 m², 3BR 110 m² — and converted at 1 EUR = 1.1399 USD (ECB, 2026-07-02).
- Notas
- A three-bedroom flat in central Genoa costs less than a one-bedroom in central Milan. Note that Genoa's 'centre' quartile mixes the historic core with the seaside eastern districts (Albaro, Quarto), which are residential rather than central.
Immobiliare.it — Mercato immobiliare Milano, canoni di locazione richiesti per zona (giugno 2026)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 30 jun 2026
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- Two per-m² rates derived from the 32 zone quotations of June 2026: central = mean of the priciest quartile (8 zones) = €26.71/m²; outside the centre = mean of the cheapest quartile (8 zones, Bisceglie/Baggio to Affori/Bovisa) = €17.54/m². Applied to assumed floor areas — studio 35 m², 1BR 55 m², 2BR 80 m², 3BR 110 m² — and converted at 1 EUR = 1.1399 USD (ECB, 2026-07-02).
- Notas
- Milan's centre-to-periphery spread is only 1.5×, much flatter than Rome's 1.8×: even the cheapest quarter of Milan costs more per square metre than the average Roman zone, which is what makes the city expensive across the board rather than just in the centre.
01Estudio
Genoamás barato
$487$303 fuera del centro
Milan
$1066$700 fuera del centro
021 dormitorio
Genoamás barato
$766$476 fuera del centro
Milan
$1675$1100 fuera del centro
032 dormitorios
Genoamás barato
$1114$692 fuera del centro
Milan
$2436$1599 fuera del centro
043 dormitorios
Genoamás barato
$1531$952 fuera del centro
Milan
$3349$2199 fuera del centro
05
Seguridad
CriterioGenoaMilan
01+−Homicide rateintentional homicides per 100,000/yearGenoa0,6Milan0,6
Qué mide esto
Intentional homicide victims per 100,000 population, latest available year. Country level: UNODC national series. City level: official municipal/police statistics where published; otherwise null (country value shown as country-level).
Cuanto más bajo, mejor· intentional homicides per 100,000/year· se vuelve a verificar cada 730 días
Genoa
Eurostat — police-recorded intentional homicide (crim_off_cat, ICCS0101, unit P_HTHAB)
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Police-recorded intentional homicide, 2024 (2023 was also 0.57). Dataset last updated by Eurostat 2026-04-29. Among the safest large countries in Europe — roughly half the French rate and a fifth of the global average — and down from 1.05 in 2008.
Milan
Eurostat — police-recorded intentional homicide (crim_off_cat, ICCS0101, unit P_HTHAB)
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Police-recorded intentional homicide, 2024 (2023 was also 0.57). Dataset last updated by Eurostat 2026-04-29. Among the safest large countries in Europe — roughly half the French rate and a fifth of the global average — and down from 1.05 in 2008.
06
Clima
CriterioGenoaMilan
01+−Climate comfortpleasant months/yearGenoamejor7Milan5
Qué mide esto
Number of months whose 1991–2020 climate normals satisfy: mean daily maximum between 15°C and 28°C and monthly precipitation under 150mm. Computed from the city's climate-normals indicator; the raw normals are stored alongside so users can judge by their own taste.
Cuanto más alto, mejor· pleasant months/year· se vuelve a verificar cada 3650 días
Genoa
SettleMetric — computed from the Genoa 1991–2020 normals
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2020
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- Months whose 1991–2020 normals have a mean daily maximum of 15–28°C and under 150mm of precipitation: March, April, May, June, July, September, November = 7. August is excluded at 28.3°C and October at 170mm of rain.
Milan
SettleMetric — computed from the Milano Linate 1991–2020 WMO normals
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2020
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- Months whose 1991–2020 normals have a mean daily maximum of 15–28°C and under 150mm of precipitation: March, April, May, June, September = 5. July and August exceed 28°C; October to February stay below 15°C.
02+−Air quality (PM2.5)µg/m³, annual mean PM2.5Genoamejor10,5Milan19
Qué mide esto
Annual mean fine-particulate (PM2.5) concentration for the city, latest available year. Anchors follow the WHO 2021 guideline (5 µg/m³ → 10) through the EU limit value territory (25 µg/m³ → 2). Preferred source: European Environment Agency city-level air quality data; outside Europe: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database or the national monitoring network.
Cuanto más bajo, mejor· µg/m³, annual mean PM2.5· se vuelve a verificar cada 730 días
Genoa
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Annual mean of 10.5 µg/m³ across six verified monitoring stations in 2024 — 2.1× the WHO guideline, but barely half Milan's reading. Coastal ventilation is the difference: sea breezes clear the air that the Po Valley traps.
Milan
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Annual mean of 19.0 µg/m³ across five verified monitoring stations in 2024 — 3.8× the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³ and among the worst readings in Western Europe, though still under the EU's current 25 µg/m³ limit value. The cause is geography as much as traffic: the Po Valley is ringed by the Alps and Apennines, so winter inversions trap particulate matter for weeks. The EU's 2030 target is 10 µg/m³.
07
Sanidad
CriterioGenoaMilan
01+−Private healthcare costUSD/year, comprehensive private insurance premium, healthy 35-year-oldGenoasin datos verificadosMilansin datos verificados
Qué mide esto
Median of at least three publicly quoted annual premiums for comprehensive private medical insurance (outpatient + inpatient, ~$100k coverage, small deductible) for a healthy 35-year-old resident foreigner, from local and international insurers. Method field lists the insurers quoted.
Cuanto más bajo, mejor· USD/year, comprehensive private insurance premium, healthy 35-year-old· se vuelve a verificar cada 365 días
Genoa
No verified premium. Italian insurers do not publish individual health-policy tariffs the way French mutuelle comparators do, and the figures circulating on broker blogs (roughly €300–500 a year for a basic individual policy at 35) are not traceable to a named tariff table, so they are not recorded here. What is certain is the structure: residents — including foreigners with a residence permit — enrol in the Servizio Sanitario Nazionale, which covers GP care, hospital treatment and subsidised specialist care against a co-payment (ticket). Private policies in Italy are supplementary, bought mainly to skip public waiting lists, not a replacement. Non-residents on a digital-nomad or elective-residence visa must instead hold private travel/health insurance for the visa itself.
Milan
No verified premium. Italian insurers do not publish individual health-policy tariffs the way French mutuelle comparators do, and the figures circulating on broker blogs (roughly €300–500 a year for a basic individual policy at 35) are not traceable to a named tariff table, so they are not recorded here. What is certain is the structure: residents — including foreigners with a residence permit — enrol in the Servizio Sanitario Nazionale, which covers GP care, hospital treatment and subsidised specialist care against a co-payment (ticket). Private policies in Italy are supplementary, bought mainly to skip public waiting lists, not a replacement. Non-residents on a digital-nomad or elective-residence visa must instead hold private travel/health insurance for the visa itself.
08
Dinero y cripto
CriterioGenoaMilan
01+−Crypto regulationGenoaLegal regulatedMilanLegal regulated
Qué mide esto
Own classification of the legal status of holding, trading and cashing out cryptocurrency for individuals: legal-friendly (legal with clear, favourable rules or explicit tax exemptions), legal-regulated (legal under standard licensing/AML and taxation), restricted (partial bans: payments or banking access prohibited), banned (holding/trading prohibited). Classified from national regulators' and central banks' official positions.
Valorado por categoría· se vuelve a verificar cada 180 días
Genoa
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Legal and fully regulated, but taxed harder than most of Europe from 2026: the substitute tax on crypto capital gains (art. 67(1)(c-sexies) TUIR) rose from 26% to 33% on gains realised from 1 January 2026, and the previous €2,000 annual exemption threshold was abolished from 2025 — so the first euro of gain is taxable. Euro-denominated e-money tokens stay at 26%. Service providers operate under the EU MiCA regime, supervised by CONSOB and the Bank of Italy. Note that the regime forfettario's substitute tax does not cover capital gains: crypto is declared separately in quadro RT whatever your business regime.
Milan
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Legal and fully regulated, but taxed harder than most of Europe from 2026: the substitute tax on crypto capital gains (art. 67(1)(c-sexies) TUIR) rose from 26% to 33% on gains realised from 1 January 2026, and the previous €2,000 annual exemption threshold was abolished from 2025 — so the first euro of gain is taxable. Euro-denominated e-money tokens stay at 26%. Service providers operate under the EU MiCA regime, supervised by CONSOB and the Bank of Italy. Note that the regime forfettario's substitute tax does not cover capital gains: crypto is declared separately in quadro RT whatever your business regime.
02+−Financial control levelGenoaLowMilanLow
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Own composite of state control over personal money flows: currency/capital controls (IMF AREAER), restrictions on foreign accounts and transfers, mandatory income declaration scope for residents, cash payment limits, banking access for foreigners. Low = free movement of personal funds and easy non-resident banking; very-high = strict capital controls and pervasive reporting. Method field on each value lists the inputs used.
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Genoa
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2023
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- Composite: Italy uses the euro, with EU free movement of capital and no exchange or capital controls. The binding constraints are ordinary anti-money-laundering rules — a ceiling on cash transfers between parties (art. 49 of D.Lgs. 231/2007), a reporting duty on large cash tourism sales, and the RW section of the tax return, in which residents must declare foreign accounts and assets including crypto. Non-resident banking is available with standard KYC. None of this restricts moving your own money, so the classification is 'low', the same as France and Spain.
- Notas
- Two official sources disagree on the general cash ceiling and we flag rather than hide it: the 2023 Budget Law (law 197/2022) raised it from €1,000 to €5,000 from 1 January 2023, and this Agenzia delle Entrate page tracks that by setting the tourism cash-sale reporting threshold at €5,000 ('previously €1,000 until 2025'), while the Treasury's own prevention-of-financial-crime FAQ still displays €1,000 as the limit in force since 2022. Either figure lands Italy in the same band. Worth knowing separately: Italy's declaration duty for foreign-held assets is broad, and penalties for undeclared foreign accounts are real.
Milan
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2023
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- Composite: Italy uses the euro, with EU free movement of capital and no exchange or capital controls. The binding constraints are ordinary anti-money-laundering rules — a ceiling on cash transfers between parties (art. 49 of D.Lgs. 231/2007), a reporting duty on large cash tourism sales, and the RW section of the tax return, in which residents must declare foreign accounts and assets including crypto. Non-resident banking is available with standard KYC. None of this restricts moving your own money, so the classification is 'low', the same as France and Spain.
- Notas
- Two official sources disagree on the general cash ceiling and we flag rather than hide it: the 2023 Budget Law (law 197/2022) raised it from €1,000 to €5,000 from 1 January 2023, and this Agenzia delle Entrate page tracks that by setting the tourism cash-sale reporting threshold at €5,000 ('previously €1,000 until 2025'), while the Treasury's own prevention-of-financial-crime FAQ still displays €1,000 as the limit in force since 2022. Either figure lands Italy in the same band. Worth knowing separately: Italy's declaration duty for foreign-held assets is broad, and penalties for undeclared foreign accounts are real.
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Infraestructura
CriterioGenoaMilan
01+−Domestic delivery qualityGenoaGoodMilanGood
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Quality of in-country parcel delivery. excellent = nationwide next-day widely available, dense parcel-locker network, real-time tracking standard; good = 1–3 day delivery, lockers in major cities; basic = reliable but slow (3–7 days), mostly to-door or post-office pickup; poor = unreliable delivery, street addresses often unusable, informal workarounds common. Classified from official service/coverage data of the national postal operator and the two largest private carriers; inputs itemized in each value's method field.
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Genoa
Poste Italiane — Rete Punto Poste (punti di ritiro e Locker)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 28 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- Poste Italiane's Punto Poste network lists over 18,000 pickup points and lockers, and more than 30,000 proximity points counting post offices, alongside private networks — BRT, GLS, SDA, DHL, UPS and InPost Italia. Home delivery is nationwide with next-day options in the north and centre. Rated 'good' rather than 'excellent': locker density is far below Poland's or France's (Poste's own locker estate is in the low thousands, against ~26,000 InPost lockers in Poland), and delivery reliability is noticeably weaker in the south and on the islands.
- Notas
- Cash on delivery (contrassegno) is still a mainstream consumer option in Italy, unlike in France — a legacy of lower card penetration that remains useful for anyone without an Italian bank card yet.
Milan
Poste Italiane — Rete Punto Poste (punti di ritiro e Locker)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 28 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- Poste Italiane's Punto Poste network lists over 18,000 pickup points and lockers, and more than 30,000 proximity points counting post offices, alongside private networks — BRT, GLS, SDA, DHL, UPS and InPost Italia. Home delivery is nationwide with next-day options in the north and centre. Rated 'good' rather than 'excellent': locker density is far below Poland's or France's (Poste's own locker estate is in the low thousands, against ~26,000 InPost lockers in Poland), and delivery reliability is noticeably weaker in the south and on the islands.
- Notas
- Cash on delivery (contrassegno) is still a mainstream consumer option in Italy, unlike in France — a legacy of lower card penetration that remains useful for anyone without an Italian bank card yet.
02+−International delivery easeGenoaMinor frictionMilanMinor friction
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Ease of receiving goods from abroad. seamless = major international carriers deliver door-to-door, meaningful duty-free de-minimis threshold, customs clearance predictable in days; minor-friction = carriers present but low de-minimis, extra paperwork or routine delays; significant-friction = frequent customs holds, high brokerage fees, some marketplaces refuse to ship; unreliable = parcels regularly lost or blocked, informal import channels dominate. De-minimis thresholds and clearance rules from the national customs authority (official source, cite the regulation); carrier presence from carriers' official pages.
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Genoa
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Intra-EU shipping is frictionless under the single market — a parcel from Germany or Spain arrives like a domestic one. For non-EU imports the EU removed the €150 duty-free threshold and from 1 July 2026 applies a temporary flat customs duty per item on consignments up to €150, with VAT already collected at checkout through IOSS. The same EU-wide regime as every member state; Italian customs handling of non-EU parcels is slower than northern Europe's, which is the 'minor friction' in practice.
Milan
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Intra-EU shipping is frictionless under the single market — a parcel from Germany or Spain arrives like a domestic one. For non-EU imports the EU removed the €150 duty-free threshold and from 1 July 2026 applies a temporary flat customs duty per item on consignments up to €150, with VAT already collected at checkout through IOSS. The same EU-wide regime as every member state; Italian customs handling of non-EU parcels is slower than northern Europe's, which is the 'minor friction' in practice.
03+−Internet speedMbps, median fixed downloadGenoa27,4Milan27,4
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Median fixed-broadband download speed over the trailing 6 months from M-Lab NDT open data (CC0), aggregated at country or city level. Not comparable with Ookla figures (different test methodology) — do not mix sources within this criterion.
Cuanto más alto, mejor· Mbps, median fixed download· se vuelve a verificar cada 365 días
Genoa
M-Lab NDT country aggregates for Italy
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2023
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- Median of the 344 daily country-median download values for IT in 2023 (17.42M download tests; daily medians ranged 8.6–29.9 Mbps). M-Lab NDT is single-stream and reads well below advertised or Ookla-style figures — comparable only within this criterion. 2023 is the latest full year in M-Lab's public stats API.
- Notas
- Low by Western European standards on this metric: Italy's copper legacy is long and FTTH rollout, while accelerating under the national broadband plan, still lags France and Spain. Fibre is available in the three modelled cities; rural and southern coverage is where the national median is lost.
Milan
M-Lab NDT country aggregates for Italy
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2023
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Método
- Median of the 344 daily country-median download values for IT in 2023 (17.42M download tests; daily medians ranged 8.6–29.9 Mbps). M-Lab NDT is single-stream and reads well below advertised or Ookla-style figures — comparable only within this criterion. 2023 is the latest full year in M-Lab's public stats API.
- Notas
- Low by Western European standards on this metric: Italy's copper legacy is long and FTTH rollout, while accelerating under the national broadband plan, still lags France and Spain. Fibre is available in the three modelled cities; rural and southern coverage is where the national median is lost.
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Idioma
CriterioGenoaMilan
01+−English proficiencyGenoaModerateMilanModerate
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Own banding of how far English gets a resident in daily life (government offices, healthcare, housing, services). Informed by EF EPI band (research source, cited with attribution, not republished) plus official language status and service-sector realities. Values are our bands, not EF scores.
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Genoa
EF EPI 2025 — Italy (score 513, rank 59/123, Moderate band)
Estudio
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 nov 2025
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Own band informed by EF EPI 2025 (attribution: EF Education First): Italy score 513, global rank 59, 'Moderate' band (EF cutoffs: Moderate 500–549), down 15 points on the previous edition. Reading scores highest (534) and speaking lowest (417), which matches the lived experience: written and technical English is workable in Milan's professional world, but Italian is required for administration, healthcare and most daily life, and proficiency falls sharply from north to south.
Milan
EF EPI 2025 — Italy (score 513, rank 59/123, Moderate band)
Estudio
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 nov 2025
- Verificado
- 28 jul 2026
- Notas
- Own band informed by EF EPI 2025 (attribution: EF Education First): Italy score 513, global rank 59, 'Moderate' band (EF cutoffs: Moderate 500–549), down 15 points on the previous edition. Reading scores highest (534) and speaking lowest (417), which matches the lived experience: written and technical English is workable in Milan's professional world, but Italian is required for administration, healthcare and most daily life, and proficiency falls sharply from north to south.
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Educación
CriterioGenoaMilan
01+−International schoolsaccredited international schools, countGenoa3Milanmejor26
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Count of international schools in the metro area accredited by or member of IB, CIS, COBIS, or an equivalent national-curriculum-abroad body (verified against the accreditor's public registry, not aggregator sites).
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Genoa
International Schools Database — International schools in Genoa (3 schools listed)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ago 2026
- Verificado
- 1 ago 2026
- Método
- The directory page states three international schools for Genoa and nearby, and lists exactly three entries: Deutsche Schule Genua (German and Italian curriculum), Deledda International School (IB Middle Years and Diploma programmes) and The International School in Genoa (IB). All three carry a recognised system, so here the directory count and an accreditor-by-accreditor count agree.
- Notas
- Three schools for a city of 566,000 — a tenth of Rome's provision, and the clearest practical cost of choosing Genoa for anyone relocating with school-age children. Two of the three are IB, so continuity with an IB curriculum elsewhere is possible; a British or American curriculum is not available in the city.
Milan
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ago 2026
- Verificado
- 1 ago 2026
- Método
- Count of the distinct school entries listed for Milan and its immediate surroundings (including Monza), each carrying a published curriculum record; the same directory was used for Athens elsewhere in this dataset. Recognised systems confirmed present in the listing: IB (American School of Milan, International School of Milan, The British School of Milan, Canadian School of Milan, St. Louis School, Bilingual European School, International School of Monza), French AEFE (Lycée Stendhal), German (Deutsche Schule Mailand), Swiss (Schweizer Schule Rahn Education, SIS Swiss International School), Japanese (Japanese School in Milan) and a British-curriculum group.
- Notas
- A directory count rather than a strict accreditor-by-accreditor tally — the IB registry answers automated requests with a bot challenge we do not bypass, Cambridge renders its finder client-side, and Italy has no consolidated national register of authorised foreign schools. The basis is slightly broader than a pure accreditation count, so small differences against cities counted per accreditor are method noise. Milan matches Rome's provision on a city a third the size, which is what the corporate expat population buys.