Overview
The province of Latina is the 31st largest Italian province by population with 575.254 people, located in the Lazio region.
The larger Latina metropolitan area comprises 33 towns (comuni) and covers an area of 225.616 km2.
The population density is 255 inhabitants per km2, making it somewhat densely populated. The male to female ratio is 1.00:1.03.
Climate
The province of Latina receives on average 258 hours of sunshine per month, or 8.6 hours of sunshine per day.
This is 9.32% more than the average for Italy and 3.37% more than the average for the region of Lazio.
Throughout the year, it rains on average 7.42 days per month, which is an ordinary amount of precipitation for an Italian province.
During the autumn and winter season, there are usually 0.64 days per month with fog and 0 cold days per month with perceived temperatures below 3°C. In the summer, there are on average 28.58 hot days per month with perceived temperatures above 30°C.
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Latina, LazioCost of Living
The average monthly income in Latina is around 1470.04€, which is lower than the average for Italy.
The estimated cost of living is around 1826.08€ per month for an individual or 2703.84€ per month for a family of 4.
The cost for renting a small apartment (2-3 bedrooms) in a main city area is around 1269.03€ per month.
Overall, Latina is expensive compared to other Italian provinces.
Living in Latina is around 10.66% more expensive than the average of all Italian provinces.
Quality of Life
Healthcare
Healthcare in Latina is below average. For every 10k inhabitants, there are around 2.73 pharmacies, 8.59 general practitioners and 22.6 specialized doctors per 10k inhabitants.
Average life expectancy in Latina is very high at 82.5 years of age.
Education
Latina has a lower-than-average percentage of high school graduates, around 61.8%; and a lower-than-average percentage of university graduates, around 19%.
The average number of completed years of schooling for people over 25 is 10.35, which is not far from the national average of 10.44.
There are no universities in this province.
Leisure
Overall, Latina has somewhat decent nightlife with 3.13 bars and 4.7 restaurants per 10k inhabitants.
Crime and Safety
The province of Latina is overall moderately safe for expats. As of 2021, there are an average of 2994.3 reported crimes per 100k inhabitants. This is 5.59% higher than the national average.
There have been around 0.6 deadly road accidents and 10.5 serious work-related injuries per 10k people in Latina. This is respectively 11.11% more driving accidents than average and 18.60% less work accidents than average.
Car theft is reportedly 33.76% higher than average with 94.34 cases per 100k inhabitants.
Reports of house thefts are 5.87% lower than average with 164.74 cases per 100k inhabitants.
Cases of robbery are not totally uncommon, around 12.78% higher than average with 24.97 reports per 100k inhabitants.
Overall, Latina is quite safe to live and travel to.
Transport
Public transport in Latina is lacking, and traffic is very high.
There are on average 0.7 active vehicles per person, against a national average of 0.66.
Around 0.37km per 10k inhabitants of the main city in Latina consist of bicycle lanes. This makes Latina not very bike-friendly.
