Cost of Living inCircoiscrizione II, Italy
Purchasing Power vs. United States
Based on GDP per capita (PPP). Italy: $53,265/capita.
How Far Your Money Goes
Prices are 39% lower than the global benchmark (New York City = 100).
Using the country-level NYC comparison for now. We do not have a defensible city-level aggregate cost index for this city yet.
Income Category
Happiness
6.3 / 10
#40 globally
GDP per Capita
City Population
Child Education
Public-school quality, expat access, instruction language, and homeschool legality for relocating families.
Public schools
Public-schooling rules are set nationally for Italy; Circoiscrizione II-specific enrollment notes are still being verified.
Quality
Good public schools
Expat access
Available to residents
conditionalInstruction
Italian
Language fit is more manageable.
PISA / outcomes
Qualitative only
Using curated quality notes for now.
Why this quality rating
Italy’s public schools are a credible option in stronger regions, especially for families comfortable with Italian.
Why the expat-access rating looks like this
Resident families can enroll, but public schooling is mainly in Italian and expat-specific support is limited.
📋 Homeschooling
Legal with annual examsHomeschooling (istruzione parentale) is constitutionally protected. Parents must annually declare their intent and demonstrate financial/technical capability. Students must pass yearly exams at a state school. Italy has a small but growing worldschooling community.
Homeschool legality in Italy — check current regulations before committing.
Source: User-curated family relocation research (initial seed) (2026-04-14)
Childcare & Domestic Help
Estimate-only country fallback for the family-support costs we track in Italy.
Full-time nanny (5 days)
$900-$1,700
Estimate-only country fallback
Live-in / 24-7 nanny
$1,850-$3,350
Estimate-only country fallback
Source: curated family relocation research(derived country fallback)
Getting Around
Neighborhood mobility profiles are rolling out city by city.Circoiscrizione II is still missing a verified walkability, transit, airport, and rideshare profile.
Healthcare
System strength, outcome signals, facility coverage, and self-pay visibility in Italy.
Method: country metrics come from public system indicators, facility coverage reflects mapped providers we can inventory, direct pricing only reflects observed self-pay pages, and relative care cost can fall back to broad cost-of-living healthcare indices. Sparse pricing does not imply sparse healthcare availability.
Healthcare system
StrongGood national coverage, strong doctor availability, and solid hospital-bed capacity support this rating.
Public care
StrongBroad public coverage, strong public funding, and country-level outcomes are comparatively strong support this rating.
Private care
MixedA meaningful tracked hospital and clinic network and visible specialty depth help, but self-pay pricing transparency is still sparse.
UHC coverage
82/100
2023
Physicians
4.19/1k
2022
Hospital beds
3.06/1k
2022
Out of pocket
22%
2024
Outcome signals
Life expectancy
84.0 yrs
2024
Maternal mortality
6/100k
2023
Neonatal mortality
1.8/1k
2024
International patient readiness
MixedMultiple facilities have websites and there is visible specialty depth help, but price transparency is still sparse.
Pricing transparency
LimitedMultiple facilities have crawlable websites help, but published self-pay prices are scarce.
Facility coverage
Self-pay pricing visibility
No verified self-pay prices are published for the tracked facilities in Italy yet.
This usually reflects low online price transparency rather than a lack of healthcare providers.
Notable facilities
System metrics: World Bank WDI · Updated 2026-07-01
Safety & Governance
Street Safety
Source: Numbeo where a city row is matched; otherwise World Bank WGI and country-level safety context.
Political Stability
World Bank WGI scale: -2.5 to +2.5.
Wages by Sector
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2024 annual wages in Circoiscrizione II, Italy · Source: OECD STAN
Price Comparison vs. US
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How far does your money go in Circoiscrizione II compared with the US?
Your money goes about 1.6x further in Circoiscrizione II than in the US, based on the current PPP estimate. We are using the country-level cost index for Italy here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
Is Circoiscrizione II cheaper or more expensive overall than New York City?
Circoiscrizione II is cheaper overall than New York City — overall living costs are about 39% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City) for Circoiscrizione II. We are using the country-level cost index for Italy here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
How does rent in Circoiscrizione II compare with New York City?
Rent in Circoiscrizione II is about 81% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City). We are using the country-level cost index for Italy here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
How expensive are groceries and restaurants in Circoiscrizione II?
Groceries in Circoiscrizione II are about 36% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City), and restaurant prices are about 36% cheaper than the same benchmark. We are using the country-level cost index for Italy here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
About Circoiscrizione II
Circoscrizione II is an administrative subdivision of the city of Turin (Torino) in Piedmont, northwestern Italy, rather than an independent municipality. With about 141,000 residents, it covers the western Mirafiori and Santa Rita districts of the broader Turin metropolitan area, including the famous Mirafiori industrial complex that was historically the heart of Fiat's automotive manufacturing and remains a Stellantis production and engineering site. The local economy reflects the broader Turin transition from heavy automotive employment toward services, design, engineering, and the universities, with the Politecnico di Torino's Mirafiori campus and Lingotto exhibition complex anchoring the southern Turin economy. Italian is the working language with limited English outside professional and academic sectors. The humid subtropical climate brings hot summers, cold winters with occasional snow, and consistent fog typical of the Po Valley.
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