🇮🇹 Cities in Italy — API & JSON data

Italy has 50,460 cities in the Geomelon dataset, one of the more densely covered countries in the API. The most populous is Greater Milano in Lombardy, at 4,934,205 people. Query it by name, region, or coordinates, with translations in 45 languages.

Data updated: 2026-07-14

Live demo

Type to search Italy cities…

Top 10 cities by population

City	Region	Population
Greater Milano	Lombardy	4,934,205
Rome	Lazio	2,748,109
Milan	Lombardy	1,354,196
Naples	Campania	913,462
Turin	Piedmont	841,600
Palermo	—	630,167
Genoa	Liguria	558,745
Bologna	Emilia-Romagna	387,971
Florence	Tuscany	360,930
Bari	Apulia	315,473

Sample API response

GET /cities/search?countryCode=it&sort=population_desc&limit=3

[
  {
    "id": "4527aed4-d6e4-4406-b212-410114415d03",
    "name": "Greater Milano",
    "population": 4934205,
    "countryName": "Italy",
    "countryCode": "IT",
    "countryEmoji": "🇮🇹",
    "regionName": "Lombardy"
  },
  {
    "id": "36b8cdad-e454-46bc-96e5-499dc67ad73c",
    "name": "Rome",
    "population": 2748109,
    "countryName": "Italy",
    "countryCode": "IT",
    "countryEmoji": "🇮🇹",
    "regionName": "Lazio"
  },
  {
    "id": "dec6382a-1218-4b60-94bf-d147084ab928",
    "name": "Milan",
    "population": 1354196,
    "countryName": "Italy",
    "countryCode": "IT",
    "countryEmoji": "🇮🇹",
    "regionName": "Lombardy"
  }
]

Try it

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=it&sort=population_desc&limit=10' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: geomelon.p.rapidapi.com' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

const res = await fetch(
  'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=it&sort=population_desc&limit=10',
  {
    headers: {
      'x-rapidapi-host': 'geomelon.p.rapidapi.com',
      'x-rapidapi-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    },
  },
)
const cities = await res.json()

Multilingual city names

City names in Italy are available in 45 languages.

en: Greater Milano
zh: 大米兰地区
ru: Большой Милан

Free dataset

Prefer a static file? Download 1,986 Italy cities as JSON (280 KB, no API key) from the Italy cities dataset page.

FAQ

How many cities in Italy does the API return?

Geomelon currently has 50,460 cities in Italy across 20 regions. Results are paginated, up to 100 per request.

Is there a free tier?

Yes. RapidAPI's free tier covers a fixed number of requests per month with no credit card required. There is also a free, no-key city-autocomplete endpoint (the demo above) for prefix search.

Can I get Italy city names in other languages?

Yes — city names in Italy are available in 45 languages. Pass the languages you want via the preferredLanguages parameter, most-preferred first.

Do I need an API key?

The main search and lookup endpoints require a free RapidAPI key. The prefix-search autocomplete endpoint used in the demo above is public and does not require a key.

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