Which is cheaper, Arezzo or Siena?

Arezzo and Siena cost about the same: roughly $2,300 per month for one person.

Is Arezzo or Siena safer?

Arezzo and Siena score the same on safety (81), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.

Where is the internet faster, Arezzo or Siena?

Arezzo: a measured median of 28.8 Mbps versus 25.5 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

Arezzo vs Siena

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights the two cities tie at 65. Neither leads on any factor by 10 points or more. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Arezzo

out of 100

Tuscan hill town of Piero della Francesca and a monthly antiques fair

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Siena

out of 100

Gothic hill town of the Palio, with Chianti at the door

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Where they differ

Where they are close. Within five points on internet, air quality, cost of living, safety, healthcare, visa ease, getting there & around, climate, quality of life.

Pick Arezzo if you want

no clear edge over Siena in the data

Pick Siena if you want

no clear edge over Arezzo in the data

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Arezzo	Siena
Cost of living	34	34
Safety	81	81
Healthcare	88	88
Internet	65 ✓	62
Visa ease	81	81
Getting there & around	35	35
Climate	42	42
Air quality	82	84 ✓
Quality of life	81	81

Cost

Metric	Arezzo	Siena
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city	$2,300	$2,300
Central one-bedroom rent	no data	no data

Safety and health (country-level)

Metric	Arezzo	Siena
Homicides per 100k	0.57	0.57
Political stability (0–100)	73.6	73.6
UHC service coverage (0–100)	82	82
Life expectancy	82.9 yrs	82.9 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Arezzo	Siena
Download	28.8 Mbps ✓	25.5 Mbps
Upload	12.6 Mbps ✓	9.2 Mbps

Visa

Metric	Arezzo	Siena
Nomad visa	Digital nomad and remote worker visa	Digital nomad and remote worker visa
Minimum income for the visa	$2,385/mo	$2,385/mo
Entry, US passport	90 days	90 days
Entry, EU passport	unlimited	unlimited
Entry, UK passport	90 days	90 days

Getting there and around

Metric	Arezzo	Siena
Non-stop airport destinations	102	102
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	4	4
Transit (1–5, editorial)	2	2

Climate and air

Metric	Arezzo	Siena
Comfortable months per year	5	5
Annual mean PM2.5	13 µg/m³	12.1 µg/m³ ✓

✓ marks the better value in each row; ties and missing data are left unmarked.

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Arezzo or Siena?: Arezzo and Siena cost about the same: roughly $2,300 per month for one person.
Is Arezzo or Siena safer?: Arezzo and Siena score the same on safety (81), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Arezzo or Siena?: Arezzo: a measured median of 28.8 Mbps versus 25.5 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

More comparisons

Sources: Cost of Living Global 2026 (city rows); 2026 Cost of Living Index (country level); Worldwide Governance Indicators — Political Stability and Absence of Violence (score 0–100); Victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population (national data, latest year); UHC service coverage index; Life expectancy at birth (years), both sexes; M-Lab NDT statistics (city aggregates, 2024); Airport destinations (Wikipedia airline and destination tables); NASA POWER climatology (2001–2020 monthly means); WHO Ambient Air Quality Database, June 2026 update (V8); SatPM2.5 satellite-derived annual PM2.5 (V6.GL.02.04); Human Development Index (HDR 2025, HDI 2023); EF English Proficiency Index 2024 (band); Walkability and transit ratings (editorial); Passport Index dataset (visa requirements, 199 passports × 199 destinations); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Nostos long-stay visa guides; Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.11.2. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.