Where to live in Florence as a student

Ranking of Florence's 37 areas with CityPulse's “Student” profile. What matters most: services on foot, protected cycle lanes, public green space and tree canopy. Preferred density: high.

What is the best area of Florence to live in as a student?

According to CityPulse: Isolotto (86), Monticelli (86) and Novoli (84).

Florence areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Isolotto	86 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
2	Monticelli	86 · excellent	Public green space
3	Novoli	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
4	San Salvi	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
5	Ricorboli	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
6	Bellariva	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
7	Coverciano	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
8	Borgo delle Lame	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
9	Romito	80 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
10	San Iacopino	79 · good	Protected cycle lanes
11	Sorgane	78 · good	Protected cycle lanes
12	Statuto	77 · good	Protected cycle lanes
13	Gavinana	77 · good	Public green space
14	Le Cure	76 · good	Protected cycle lanes
15	Petriolo	76 · good	Protected cycle lanes
16	Rifredi	76 · good	Protected cycle lanes
17	Varlungo	75 · good	Protected cycle lanes
18	Il Barco	74 · good	Protected cycle lanes
19	San Niccolò	74 · good	Public green space
20	Peretola	73 · good	Protected cycle lanes
21	Campo di Marte	73 · good	Protected cycle lanes
22	Firenze Nova	73 · good	Protected cycle lanes
23	Poggetto	72 · good	Services on foot
24	Pignone	71 · good	Public green space
25	Legnaia	70 · good	Public green space
26	Badia a Ripoli	70 · good	Public green space
27	Nave a Rovezzano	70 · good	Protected cycle lanes
28	Il Sodo	70 · good	Public green space
29	Bandino	69 · good	Public green space
30	Quaracchi	67 · good	Services on foot
31	San Frediano	65 · good	Public green space
32	Le Piagge	62 · good	Protected cycle lanes
33	Oltrarno	59 · fair	Public green space
34	San Marcellino	48 · fair	Public green space
35	Brozzi	39 · poor	Public green space
36	Arcetri	24 · poor	Public green space
37	Quarto	9 · poor	Public green space

What it does not consider

The ranking does not account for rents and house prices, noise, safety, or distance from university or work. Use it to decide where to look, then check the individual address.

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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 2026-11-02. Method and sources