Malgrate is a comune in the Province of Lecco, in the Italian region Lombardy. Malgrate is located across from Lecco, from which it is geographically divided by the Lake Como. According to 31 December 2004 demographic data, has a population of 4,233 in an area of 2.0 square kilometres. It is located about 45 kilometres northeast from Milan, the main city in Northern Italy. Malgrate, located after Lecco to the West, is one of the gates of the Brianza.