What Is CAP In Italy?

Are you sending a letter or package to Italy but are confused about what to write for the CAP?

CAP is an Italian acronym – Codice di Avviamento Postale.  It’s also called the codice postale.

The CAP is Italy’s version of your zip code or postal code.

It is always a 5-digit number. 

Where Does the CAP Go in an Italian Address?

An Italian address has a specific format. The CAP always comes before the CITY:

Example Address:

Rossi Gianni
VIA GARIBALDI 26
70043 MONOPOLI BA
ITALIA

In Italian:

[Cognome] [Nome]
[Strada] [Numero Civico]
[CAP] [Città] [Provincia]
[Nazione]

In English:

[Last Name] [First Name]
[Street Name] [House Number]
[Postal Code] [City] [Province]
ITALY

Does Each Italian City Have Its Own CAP?

An Italian city may or may not have its own CAP.

Many larger cities have more than one CAP.
Smaller cities and towns are covered by one CAP.
One CAP can cover multiple towns, cities, or areas.

Map of Italian Postal Zones

The first digit of the CAP stands for one of the 10 main postal zones in Italy. At first glance, it may appear that each Italian region has its own postal zone. But, there are 20 regions in Italy.  

List of Italian CAPs

Each of Italy’s 110 provinces has a 2-letter abbreviation and a 2-digit code that is the beginning of the CAP in that province.  For example, the province of Bologna is abbreviated as BO and all CAPs in the province of Bologna begin with ’40.’ 

PROVINCE	ABBREVIATION	NUMERIC CODE
Agrigento	AG	92
Alessandria	AL	15
Ancona	AN	60
Aosta	AO	11
Arezzo	AR	52
Ascoli Piceno	AP	63
Asti	AT	14
Avellino	AV	83
Bari	BA	70
Barletta-Andria-Trani	BT	76
Belluno	BL	32
Benevento	BN	82
Bergamo	BG	24
Biella	BI	13
Bologna	BO	40
Bolzano	BZ	39
Brescia	BS	25
Brindisi	BR	72
Cagliari	CA	09
Caltanissetta	CL	93
Campobasso	CB	86
Caserta	CE	81
Catania	CT	95
Catanzaro	CZ	88
Chieti	CH	66
Como	CO	22
Cosenza	CS	87
Cremona	CR	26
Crotone	KR	88
Cuneo	CN	12
Enna	EN	94
Fermo	FM	63
Ferrara	FE	44
Firenze	FI	50
Foggia	FG	71
Forlì-Cesena	FO	47
Frosinone	FR	03
Genova	GE	16
Gorizia	GO	34
Grosseto	GR	58
Imperia	IM	18
Isernia	IS	86
L’Aquila	AQ	67
La Spezia	SP	19
Latina	LT	04
Lecce	LE	73
Lecco	LC	22
Livorno	LI	57
Lodi	LO	20
Lucca	LU	55
Macerata	MC	62
Mantova	MN	46
Massa-Carrara	MS	54
Matera	MT	75
Messina	ME	98
Milano	MI	20
Modena	MO	41
Monza e Brianza	MB	20
Napoli	NA	80
Novara	NO	28
Nuoro	NU	08
Oristano	OR	09
Padova	PD	35
Palermo	PA	90
Parma	PR	43
Pavia	PV	27
Perugia	PG	06
Pesaro e Urbino	PS	61
Pescara	PE	65
Piacenza	PC	29
Pisa	PI	56
Pistoia	PT	51
Pordenone	PN	33
Potenza	PZ	85
Prato	PO	50
Ragusa	RG	97
Ravenna	RA	48
Reggio Calabria	RC	89
Reggio Emilia	RE	42
Rieti	RI	02
Rimini	RN	47
Roma	RM	00
Rovigo	RO	45
Salerno	SA	84
Sassari	SS	07
Savona	SV	17
Siena	SI	53
Siracusa	SR	96
Sondrio	SO	23
Sud Sardegna	SU	09
Taranto	TA	74
Teramo	TE	64
Terni	TR	05
Torino	TO	10
Trapani	TP	91
Trento	TN	38
Treviso	TV	31
Trieste	TS	34
Udine	UD	33
Varese	VA	21
Venezia	VE	30
Verbano-Cusio-Ossola	VB	28
Vercelli	VC	13
Verona	VR	37
Vibo Valentia	VV	88
Vicenza	VI	36
Viterbo	VT	01

How To Find an Italian CAP

You can search for Italian CAPs on the Poste Italiane (Italian Post Office) official website.

If you’d like to find the CAP (postal code) for a city in Italy, read about ‘Finding a CAP for a City in Italy’ with step-by-step instructions and photos.

If you’d like to find out which city is in a CAP (postal code) in Italy, read about ‘Finding Out Which City is in a CAP (postal code) with step-by-step instructions and photos.

Want to know how to address a letter or package to Italy? 
Check out Italian Address Format – Easy Explanation Plus Examples.

Italy CAP FAQ