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Vicenza, Italy
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Vicenza

Italy · Europe · 110,741 people · Europe/Rome · EUR

Vicenza scores 65/100 for digital nomads under balanced weights, ranking 420 of 1501 cities. Expect about $2,300 per month (country-level estimate), a nomad visa (Digital nomad and remote worker visa), and a measured median download speed of 29.6 Mbps.

Vicenza is a prosperous, compact Veneto city shaped by the architect Andrea Palladio, whose basilica, theatre and villas are UNESCO-listed. Trains reach Verona in about half an hour and Venice in under an hour, and a large US Army base means some English is spoken, but it is quiet after dark, rents are northern Italian rather than cheap and the Po Valley brings winter fog and poor air.

  • Palladian buildings and villas (UNESCO)
  • Teatro Olimpico
  • Gold and jewellery industry
  • Berici hills
Cost of living: 3.7 of 65 points (scores 34/100)Safety: 8.9 of 65 points (scores 81/100)Healthcare: 9.8 of 65 points (scores 88/100)Internet: 7.1 of 65 points (scores 64/100)Visa ease: 9.0 of 65 points (scores 81/100)Getting there & around: 5.6 of 65 points (scores 51/100)Climate: 4.6 of 65 points (scores 42/100)Air quality: 7.3 of 65 points (scores 65/100)Quality of life: 8.9 of 65 points (scores 81/100)65
Balanced score
out of 100
Vibe check
  • Cost3.7
  • Safety8.9
  • Health9.8
  • Internet7.1
  • Visa9.0
  • Mobility5.6
  • Climate4.6
  • Air7.3
  • QoL8.9

Rank 420 of 1,501 · its cost is a national estimate, so Top 10 lists rank it after cities with a local price

For US nomads

  • US passport entry
    90 days visa-free
    no visa needed for a visit
  • Time vs New York
    6 hours ahead of New York
    3h of a 9–6 day overlap with Eastern time
  • Time vs Los Angeles
    9 hours ahead of Los Angeles
    0h of a 9–6 day overlap with Pacific time
  • Non-stop from the US
    6 US airports
    Wikipedia, 2026-10

Prices are in US dollars. US citizens are taxed on worldwide income; the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion and state residency rules are worth a look before a long stay.

Eating out

OpenStreetMap, 2026-1116

153restaurants within 3 km

Mapped around the centre of Vicenza: a modest scene, worth checking the neighbourhoods. A count of what is on the map, not a rating, and it does not affect the score.

How Vicenza scores, factor by factor

Superscripts link to the source list at the bottom. Country-level figures apply to all of Italy.

Cost of living

Monthly cost for one person (log-scaled, cheaper is better).
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  • Monthly cost, one person: $2,3002 · country-level, 2026-09
  • Central one-bedroom rent: no data3 · city-level, 2026-09 — no city-level rent row in the WhereToEmigrate dataset

Safety

Homicide rate and political stability (country-level).
81
  • Homicide rate: 0.57 per 100k4 · country-level, 2024
  • Political stability: 73.6/1005 · country-level, 2025

Healthcare

WHO universal-health-coverage index and life expectancy (country-level).
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  • UHC service coverage: 82/1006 · country-level, 2023
  • Life expectancy: 82.9 years7 · country-level, 2023

Internet

Median measured download and upload speed (M-Lab, city-level; the province or country aggregate where the city has too few tests).
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  • Median download: 29.6 Mbps8 · city-level, 2024
  • Median upload: 9.2 Mbps8 · city-level, 2024
  • Tests measured: 11,6968 · city-level, 2024
  • Starlink: Available9 · country-level, 2026-10, not scored

Visa ease

How easily your passport gets in and stays: visa-free days, eTA, visa on arrival, e-visa or consular visa, plus a nomad visa and how affordable its income threshold is. Averages US, EU and UK passports until you pick yours.
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  • Nomad visa: Digital nomad and remote worker visa10 · min income $2,385/mo
  • Entry, US passport: 90 days11 · country-level, 2026-02
  • Entry, EU passport: unlimited11 · country-level, 2026-02
  • Entry, UK passport: 90 days11 · country-level, 2026-02

Getting there & around

Non-stop airport destinations (hub size) plus editorial walkability and transit ratings.
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  • Non-stop destinations from VRN/VCE: 14412 · city-level, 2026-10
  • Walkability: 5/513 · editorial, 2026-09
  • Public transit: 3/513 · editorial, 2026-09

Climate

Share of months that are comfortable: 59–82°F (15–28 °C) mean, at most 5.9 in (150 mm) rain, at most 85% humidity.
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  • Comfortable months: 5 of 1214 · city-level, 2001–2020 normals

Air quality

Annual mean PM2.5 on a fixed scale: 5 µg/m³ (WHO guideline) scores 100, 50 µg/m³ or worse scores 0.
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  • Annual mean PM2.5: 20.6 µg/m³15 · city-level, 2024

Quality of life

Human Development Index and English proficiency (country-level).
81
  • Human Development Index: 0.91517 · country-level, 2023
  • English proficiency: moderate18 · country-level, 2024

What does Vicenza cost per month?

Total, one person$2,300country estimate
One-bedroom rent, centreno datacity-level rent unavailable
Country cost index (US = 100)63country

Can you stay legally?

Digital nomad visa · Italy

Digital nomad and remote worker visa

Not yet reviewedSubmit a review →
Income
$2,385/month
Initial stay
1 year, renewable
Apply
At a consulate
Read the Italy digital nomad visa guide →for Vicenza
Nomad visaDigital nomad and remote worker visa
Minimum income$2,385/month
US passport90 days
EU passportunlimited
UK passport90 days

Visa rules change often. Verify with the issuing government before you book.

Do you pay tax here on income from abroad?

Tax status · Italy

Worldwide income taxed at 23%–43% plus surcharges; newcomers can use a €300k flat tax or 50% impatriate relief

Worldwide income

Spend most of the year in Italy and you are taxed on worldwide income: foreign salary or freelance fees at 23%–43% plus regional and municipal surcharges, and dividends, interest and gains at a flat 26%. Newcomers can cut this with a 50% exemption on work income for five years, a €300,000-a-year flat tax on all foreign income, or 7% on foreign income for pensioners in small southern towns.

  • Remote work income

    Salary from a foreign employer or fees from foreign clients

    Taxed

    23%–43% progressive IRPEF, plus 1.23%–3.33% regional and up to 0.8% municipal surcharge

  • Investments and pensions

    Dividends, interest, gains, rent and pensions from abroad

    Taxed

    26% flat on dividends, interest and capital gains (12.5% on Italian and white-list government bonds); 23%–43% progressive on foreign pensions and rent

  • Wealth

    Net wealth and inheritance

    Levies on assets

    0.2% a year on foreign financial assets (IVAFE) and 1.06% on foreign property (IVIE). Inheritance tax applies

Tax resident after
183 days a year
Top income tax rate
47.23%

On the nomad visa

Italy's digital nomad and remote worker visa (decree of 29 February 2024) creates no special tax status: holders become tax resident under the ordinary 183-day rules and are taxed on worldwide income at progressive IRPEF rates plus surcharges. The codice fiscale is issued with the residence permit, and self-employed digital nomads must open a partita IVA; Italian social security applies unless a bilateral agreement with your home country covers you. A visa holder who meets the conditions can claim the impatriate 50% exemption.

Not yet reviewed by a person · compiled from official pages read on 2026-10-28

General information, not tax advice. Tax treaties, your citizenship and your home country's exit rules can change the answer. US citizens are taxed by the US wherever they live.

Airports and nonstop flights

Vicenza is served by 2 airports; a destination reachable from more than one counts once in the total.

AirportNonstop destinationsInternationalFrom US airports
VRNVerona Villafranca Airport94780
VCEVenice Marco Polo Airport103896
All airports, unique destinations1441276

Wikipedia airport pages as of 2026-10: seasonal routes included, charters and announced-but-not-started routes excluded.

What is the weather like through the year?

Comfortable months by our rule: May–Sep. Rank cities for Jun–Aug →

MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean °F363946546371767566574738
Rain in1.62.32.42.83.62.92.833.13.23.92.3
Humidity %807874727065596067758280

Green temperatures mark months that meet the comfort rule (59–82°F, ≤5.9 in rain, ≤85% humidity). NASA POWER 2001–2020 climatology at the city coordinates.

Where can you stay in Vicenza?

Three ways to live here, and what each does to the monthly budget. Rents are the one-bedroom figures from the cost table; hotels and short lets are priced per night and cost more, most of all in high season.

OptionRent per monthMonthly totalNotes
One-bedroom outside the centre——No city-level cost here; the total is a national estimate.
One-bedroom in the centre——No city-level rent figure for this city.
Hotel or short let——For the first weeks or a stay under a month. Compare hotels on Navoy →

Monthly rents assume an unfurnished lease of six months or more; furnished monthly lets usually cost 20 to 50 percent more.

Cities with a similar profile

Also in Europe: A Coruña, Aachen, Aalborg, Aarhus, Aberdeen, Adana

Ready to see Vicenza for yourself?

Nostos tells you where. Navoy, the AI travel planner behind it, builds the trip: itineraries, places to stay and what to book before you land.

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The vibe

What people post about living in Vicenza, read for its mood. It is a reading of opinions, not a fact, and it is not part of the score.

Mixed · 55Thin, mostly tourism-focused evidence: people admire Vicenza's architecture and charm, but almost nothing addresses remote work, and the few firsthand notes are about military-base life.

People praise
  • architecture and Palladio heritage
  • charm and elegance of the old town
  • quiet, cozy atmosphere
  • walkable historic center
People warn about
  • little real criticism found
  • SOFA limits on local work for base-linked people
  • unclear off-base housing options
  • need for a car early on
  • Seen as a beautiful, elegant small city for sightseeing
  • Military-affiliated viewers mostly ask about jobs and housing
  • A long-term resident calls it lovely but gives no hard details
  • Cost-of-living questions go largely unanswered in the comments
  • Remote-work life here is barely covered in the available content

Read from 8 videos, 35 comments and 0 posts on 2026-11-07; the summary is written by a language model and can misread sarcasm.

Frequently asked

How much does it cost to live in Vicenza as a digital nomad?
A single person typically spends about $2,300 per month in Vicenza (a country-level estimate for Italy). That is a 34/100 cost score, where 100 is the cheapest city in the dataset.
Is Vicenza safe for digital nomads?
Vicenza scores 81/100 on safety. Italy records 0.57 homicides per 100,000 people per year (WHO, 2024) and a political-stability score of 73.6/100 (World Bank WGI). Both figures are national, so neighbourhood-level risk can differ.
Does Italy have a digital nomad visa?
Yes. Italy offers the Digital nomad and remote worker visa with a minimum income of about $2,385 per month, and it can lead to permanent residence. Verify current rules with the issuing authority before applying. Full guide: https://nostos.navoy.io/visas/italy
How fast is the internet in Vicenza?
Measured median download speed in Vicenza was 29.6 Mbps (upload 9.2 Mbps) across 11,696 M-Lab tests in 2024. Measured speeds run below advertised plan speeds everywhere, so compare cities rather than reading the number as a plan.
Is Starlink available in Vicenza?
Yes. Starlink's availability map lists residential service as available in Italy (checked 2026-10), so a dish can serve as a backup line in Vicenza. Check the exact address on starlink.com before ordering, since capacity varies by area.
Which airports serve Vicenza and how many nonstop flights are there?
Vicenza is served by Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN) with 94 nonstop destinations and Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) with 103 nonstop destinations, 144 unique destinations across all of them, of which 127 are international. 6 US airports have a nonstop link. Source: Wikipedia, 2026-10.
When is the best time of year to be in Vicenza?
The most comfortable months are May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep. Mean temperatures range from 36°F (2°C) in Jan to 76°F (25°C) in Jul (NASA POWER 2001–2020 climatology).
Vicenza or Padua: which is better for digital nomads?
Padua is the city with the closest factor profile to Vicenza in this dataset. Which one wins depends on your weights; the comparison page puts every factor side by side with the numbers behind them.

Sources

Dataset 2026.11.2, published 2026-11-09. Download the full dataset or read the methodology.

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  9. 9.Starlink availability map, SpaceX (Starlink). Factual status cited from starlink.com. Retrieved 2026-10-07. Residential service status per country from the file Starlink's map loads. Grouped as on the map: launched or available = available; coming soon, pending regulatory approval or test = coming soon; blacklisted = not offered; unknown or excluded = unknown. Shown on city pages and as a ranker filter; not part of any score. Roaming and maritime plans can work in more places.
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