The average rent in Spain is €648/month, but that figure masks an extraordinary range. At one extreme, Verín (Ourense) offers rents from €380/month. At the other, Villanueva de la Cañada reaches €1069/month — nearly 3× the cheapest city in the dataset.
Rents are rising nationally at +2.3% year-on-year. Valle de Trapaga-Trapagaran leads the annual increase at +7%, well above the national trend.
Only 15% of municipalities (113 cities) have rents below €500/month. Meanwhile, 8% of municipalities (62 cities) exceed €900/month.
Renting in Spain requires an average of 27.1% of the average gross salary.
By autonomous community
Comunidad de Madrid
50 municipalities
1002 €
+55% vs avg
Catalunya
123 municipalities
804 €
+24% vs avg
Illes Balears
24 municipalities
792 €
+22% vs avg
País Vasco
43 municipalities
729 €
+13% vs avg
Navarra
6 municipalities
657 €
+1% vs avg
Comunitat Valenciana
101 municipalities
643 €
-1% vs avg
Canarias
42 municipalities
589 €
-9% vs avg
Andalucía
153 municipalities
568 €
-12% vs avg
Cantabria
11 municipalities
560 €
-14% vs avg
Aragón
14 municipalities
542 €
-16% vs avg
Principado de Asturias
19 municipalities
540 €
-17% vs avg
La Rioja
5 municipalities
538 €
-17% vs avg
Galicia
56 municipalities
531 €
-18% vs avg
Región de Murcia
30 municipalities
530 €
-18% vs avg
Ceuta
1 municipalities
488 €
-25% vs avg
Castilla-La Mancha
37 municipalities
486 €
-25% vs avg
Castilla y León
23 municipalities
471 €
-27% vs avg
Melilla
1 municipalities
462 €
-29% vs avg
Extremadura
14 municipalities
416 €
-36% vs avg
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Abarán
Murcia
514€
-0.4%
Abrera
Barcelona
906€
+1.7%
Adeje
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
576€
+3.8%
Adra
Almería
482€
+2.2%
Aguilar de la Frontera
Córdoba
443€
-3.1%
Águilas
Murcia
511€
+2.2%
Agüimes
Las Palmas
590€
+2.4%
Alacant/Alicante
Alicante/Alacant
643€
+3.4%
Alaquàs
Valencia/València
686€
+3.5%
Albacete
Albacete
464€
+2.4%
Albal
Valencia/València
683€
+4%
Albatera
Alicante/Alacant
621€
+3.2%
Alberic
Valencia/València
615€
+4.3%
Albolote
Granada
583€
+2.9%
Alboraia/Alboraya
Valencia/València
687€
+3.7%
Albox
Almería
570€
+2%
Alcalá de Guadaíra
Sevilla
651€
+1.7%
Alcalá de Henares
Madrid
1002€
+2.2%
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Frequently asked questions
What is the average rent in Spain?
The average rent in Spain is €648/month, according to the INE Housing Rental Price Index (IPVA) with 2015 as base year. This covers 753 municipalities with over 10,000 inhabitants.
How much does it cost to rent in Madrid?
The estimated rent in Madrid is €1006/month. The wider Madrid metropolitan area has no municipality below €950/month — the most expensive belt of any Spanish region.
How much does it cost to rent in Barcelona?
The estimated rent in Barcelona is €884/month. Catalan municipalities in the Barcelona metropolitan area typically range from €700 to €900/month.
Is rent in Spain expensive?
Rent in Spain varies widely. The national average is €648/month, but the most expensive municipality (Villanueva de la Cañada, €1069/month) costs nearly three times more than the cheapest (Verín, €380/month).
Which is the cheapest place to rent in Spain?
Verín (Ourense) is the most affordable municipality with an estimated rent of €380/month — among cities with more than 10,000 inhabitants.
How is this data calculated?
Data comes from the INE Housing Rental Price Index (IPVA), base 100 in 2015. Estimated rent is calculated by applying the index to the median provincial reference price in 2015. Data is published by INE with approximately 18 months' lag.
Official source
Instituto Nacional de Estadística
Official statistical agency of Spain
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