Where to live in Vatican City
We track one city in Vatican City: Vatican City. It averages 17°C over the year. For foreigners, long-term residency is hard to obtain.
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Limited data for Vatican City. We do not have verified cost, tax, safety, healthcare or internet figures for Vatican City yet, so this page covers climate, location and residency only.
The city we track
| City | Size | Setting | Avg temp | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vatican City | smaller | coastal | 17°C | 607 mm |
Source: City size from GeoNames, temperature from the Open-Meteo archive (2019 to 2023 averages), rainfall from TerraClimate (1991 to 2020 normals), coast distance from Natural Earth.
Residency and visas
Hard to obtain. Vatican City has no general immigration, investment, or income route; long-term residency is granted only to clergy, Holy See officials, Swiss Guards, their resident families, or by direct papal permission, and lapses when that role ends.
For short visits, 93 of 198 passports can enter visa-free and 105 need a visa in advance.
Source: OurNextCity residency dataset, hand-reviewed approximations researched against published immigration rules. Not legal advice: check the official source before you apply. Short-stay entry from the passport-index dataset (ilyankou, MIT).