Living in Nesima, Catania
Nesima is an area of Catania with about 13,199 residents. Its CityPulse standard score is 23 out of 100 (poor): better than 26% of Catania residents, ranked 31 of 40 areas.
Strengths
- Services on foot: food shop 5 min walk, pharmacy 4 min walk, doctor 10 min walk
Weaknesses
- Tree canopy: 0.7% tree canopy within 500 m
- Public transport frequency: 7 departures per hour between 7 and 9 am from nearby stops
- Playgrounds on foot: playground 17 min walk
- Protected cycle lanes: protected cycle lane 30 min walk
Who Nesima suits
| Profile | Score | Rank in the city |
|---|---|---|
| Student | 19 · poor | 27 of 40 |
| Family | 11 · poor | 33 of 40 |
| Over 65 | 42 · fair | 22 of 40 |
| Working from home | 14 · poor | 27 of 40 |
| Commuter | 16 · poor | 29 of 40 |
Services on foot
Walking-network distance for the area's typical resident (median).
| Service | Typical distance | On foot |
|---|---|---|
| Food shop | 365 m | 5 min walk |
| Pharmacy | 328 m | 4 min walk |
| Doctor | 772 m | 10 min walk |
| Nursery school | 679 m | 8 min walk |
| Primary school | 397 m | 5 min walk |
| Bus, tram or water bus stop | 104 m | 1 min walk |
| Metro or train station | 1,162 m | 15 min walk |
| Public green space | 696 m | 9 min walk |
| Large park (≥ 10 ha) | 1,329 m | 17 min walk |
| Playground | 1,368 m | 17 min walk |
| Protected cycle lane | 2,413 m | 30 min walk |
Greenery, air and transport
- 0.7% tree canopy within 500 m (city median: 2.3%)
- 11.9 µg/m³ of PM2.5, 2024 annual mean
- 7 departures per hour between 7 and 9 am (city median: 7)
- Medium density
Streets and squares in Nesima
Piazza Eroi d'Ungheria · Piazza Guglielmo Marconi · Piazza Sacra Famiglia · Via Alessandro Tassoni · Via Alessandro Volta · Via Amedeo Avogadro · Via Angelo Mosso · Via Antonino Aniante · Via Antonio Locatelli · Via Antonio Meucci · Via Antonio Pacinotti · Via Antonio Stoppani · Via Armando Diaz · Via Augusto Righi · Via Emanuele Fisichella · Via Enrico Fermi · Via Enrico Mattei · Via Eugenio Barsanti · Via Evangelista Torricelli · Via Fanti d'Italia · Via Filippo Eredia · Via Francesco Buccheri Boley · Via Francesco De Sanctis · Via Francesco Durante · Via Francesco Maria Di Francia · Via Gaetano Ettore Giardino · Via Galileo Galilei · Via Generale Antonino Cascino · Via Generale Giovanni Ameglio · Via Gerolamo Cardano · Via Giacomo Pagliari · Via Giovanni Formisano · Via Giuseppe Baretti · Via Giuseppe Parini · Via Guglielmo Mengarini · Via Ibn Hamdis · Via Leopoldo Nobili · Via Lineri · Via Livenza · Via Lodovico Antonio Muratori · Via Luciano Pavarotti · Via Luigi Cadorna · Via Luigi Cremona · Via Luigi Galvani · Via Luigi Negrelli · Via Luigi Schiaparelli · Via Marsala · Via Matteo Gaudioso · Via Michele Lessona · Via Monte Palma · Via Natale Ciancio Marletta · Via Ortigara · Via Palermo · Via Paolo Lioy · Via Paolo Orsi · Via Paolo Savi · Via Pasquale Timmonieri · Via Pietro Mignosi · Via Ragazzi del '99 · Via Riccardo Felici · Via Rosina Anselmi · Via Salvatore Aldisio · Via Salvatore Florio Isaia · Via Salvatore Grasso · Via San Pio Decimo · Via Santo Cantone · Via Scipione Porzio · Via Stanislao Cannizzaro · Via Stefano Bottari · Via Taormina · Via Tommaso Campailla · Via Torquato Tasso · Via Ugo Foscolo · Via Ugo La Malfa · Via Vincenzo Viviani · Via Vito Marino · Via Vittime Civili di Guerra · Viale Felice Fontana · Viale Gesualdo Manzella Frontini
Nearby areas
- Cibali 49
- San Nullo 40
- Monte Po 30
- San Leone 30
- Curia 28
- Fossa della Creta 23
- Nesima Superiore 14
- San Giorgio 11
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Areas are named after OpenStreetMap neighbourhoods and have approximate boundaries: each hexagon goes to the nearest name. Values are residents' medians. Data updated on 2026-11-03. Method and sources