Which is cheaper, Naples or Pisa?

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

Is Naples or Pisa safer?

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

Where is the internet faster, Naples or Pisa?

Pisa: a measured median of 40.6 Mbps versus 40.2 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

Naples vs Pisa

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights the two cities tie. Naples is stronger on nothing outright; Pisa on nothing outright. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Naples

out of 100

Loud, cheap and the best pizza on earth

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Pisa

out of 100

Student city with its own airport, an hour from Florence

Full Pisa profile →Where to stay in Pisa →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Naples	Pisa
Cost of living	28	28
Safety	81	81
Healthcare	86	86
Internet	70	71 ✓
Visa ease	81	81
Getting there & around	73 ✓	69
Climate	50	50
Air quality	78	82 ✓
Quality of life	80	80

Cost

Metric	Naples	Pisa
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	Naples	Pisa
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	Naples	Pisa
Download	40.2 Mbps	40.6 Mbps ✓
Upload	13.9 Mbps	15.9 Mbps ✓

Visa

Metric	Naples	Pisa
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	Naples	Pisa
Non-stop airport destinations	132 ✓	82
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	3	4 ✓
Transit (1–5, editorial)	4 ✓	3

Climate and air

Metric	Naples	Pisa
Comfortable months per year	6	6
Annual mean PM2.5	15.1 µg/m³	13.2 µg/m³ ✓

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

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Naples or Pisa?: Pisa is cheaper: about $2,300 per month versus $2,300 for one person.
Is Naples or Pisa safer?: Naples scores higher on safety (81 vs 81), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Naples or Pisa?: Pisa: a measured median of 40.6 Mbps versus 40.2 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); 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.