Which is cheaper, Florence or Lucca?

Lucca is cheaper: about $2,300 per month versus $2,300 for one person.

Is Florence or Lucca safer?

Florence scores higher on safety (81 vs 81), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.

Where is the internet faster, Florence or Lucca?

Florence: a measured median of 30 Mbps versus 23.2 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

Florence vs Lucca

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Florence edges it, 68 to 66, winning 3 of the 9 factors. Florence is stronger on nothing outright; Lucca on nothing outright. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Florence

out of 100

Renaissance city that fits in an afternoon walk

Full Florence profile →Where to stay in Florence →

Lucca

out of 100

Flat walled town built for bicycles, 30 minutes from Pisa airport

Full Lucca profile →Where to stay in Lucca →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Florence	Lucca
Cost of living	28	28
Safety	81	81
Healthcare	86	86
Internet	65 ✓	59
Visa ease	81	81
Getting there & around	76 ✓	69
Climate	33	33
Air quality	83 ✓	81
Quality of life	80	80

Cost

Metric	Florence	Lucca
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	Florence	Lucca
Homicides per 100k	0.57	0.57
Political stability (0–100)	73.6	73.6
UHC service coverage (0–100)	82	82
Life expectancy	82.2 yrs	82.2 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Florence	Lucca
Download	30 Mbps ✓	23.2 Mbps
Upload	9.9 Mbps ✓	6.4 Mbps

Visa

Metric	Florence	Lucca
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	Florence	Lucca
Non-stop airport destinations	99 ✓	82
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	5	5
Transit (1–5, editorial)	3 ✓	2

Climate and air

Metric	Florence	Lucca
Comfortable months per year	4	4
Annual mean PM2.5	12.7 µg/m³ ✓	13.5 µg/m³

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Florence or Lucca?: Lucca is cheaper: about $2,300 per month versus $2,300 for one person.
Is Florence or Lucca safer?: Florence scores higher on safety (81 vs 81), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Florence or Lucca?: Florence: a measured median of 30 Mbps versus 23.2 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 2026.10.7. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.