Inflation, Rimini most expensive city: 679 euro increase in the annual expenditure of a family

Rimini and Naples are the Italian cities where the increase in inflation in March was most felt, with the most significant increase in the cost of living.

According to the calculations of the UNC (the National Consumer Union) on the data of all the cities monitored by Istat, in Rimini, last month’s price increase translates into the greatest additional expenditure on an annual basis, equivalent to 679 euros per an average family. In second place in the top 10 most expensive cities is Naples, where the rise in prices determines an increase in annual spending equal to 551 per family. Bronze medal then for Parma with an additional expense of 516 euros per year for a family. Just off the podium were Bologna (501 euros more), then Brindisi (+493 euros), in sixth place Venice (+474 euros), then Benevento (+470 euros), eighth Pordenone (+464 euros), then Padua (+ 463 euros). Trieste closes the ranking, with 440 euros more per family. In the ranking of the “most virtuous” cities in Italy, according to the UNC, the three that are in deflation win. In first place is Imperia where the highest deflation in Italy, equal to -0.3% translates into savings equivalent, on average, to 67 euros on an annual basis. Silver medal for Pescara, where the decrease in prices of 0.1% determines a drop in annual spending equal to 22 euros for a typical family. On the lowest step of the podium of the most saving cities, Campobasso which with -0.1% has a cost cut equal to 21 euros per year for an average family.

At the top of the ranking of the most “expensive” regions is Veneto, which records an average burden of 399 euros per family on an annual basis; followed by Campania, where the soaring cost of living is equal to 391 euros, with Friuli third (+379 euros). The best regions are Molise and Valle d’Aosta with zero inflation.