Real rental prices, housing mix and market trend in la Vila de Gràcia.
Median rent
€1,406/month
Mean: €1,578/month
Price per m²
22.6€
Barcelona: 22.2€/m²
Trend
↓ 7.2%
€/m² vs previous period
Listings analyzed
349
Idealista listings
Prices, percentages and counts are calculated from Idealista listings of the last few months.
La Vila de Gràcia is the closest thing Barcelona has to a village inside the city. It was a separate municipality until 1897 and it never quite stopped behaving like one: narrow streets that ignore the grid, squares where people actually sit and read, and a neighbourhood life that has survived the tourism.
Year after year it is the expat favourite, and specifically the favourite of expats who end up staying. It attracts creatives, freelancers, young professionals and couples who want atmosphere without the noise of the old town. The flats are genuinely small: four in ten have two bedrooms, and barely 3% have four or more, the lowest figure of the ten. If you are moving with a family, Gràcia is probably not your neighbourhood.
Rents sit well below the Eixample, but the competition is ferocious and good flats are gone within hours. The main drawback is the buildings themselves, where lifts are the minority, and the summer noise from the squares, which is considerable if your window faces one.
Transport: metro L3 (Fontana, Lesseps) and L4 (Joanic), plus the FGC commuter line at Gràcia.
42% of rental flats in la Vila de Gràcia have two bedrooms, followed by 27% with one bedroom. Studios make up 8% of the supply, and flats with four or more bedrooms, 3%.
Lift. 57% of rental homes here have a lift. Gràcia was an independent town until 1897 and the buildings still show it: low, narrow blocks that predate the lift. Expect stairs.
Private landlord or agency. 19% of listings are posted by a private landlord, against 81% that come through an agency. That is a middling proportion for Barcelona.
The median rent in la Vila de Gràcia is €1,406 a month. Most flats let for between €1,168 and €1,800 a month: a quarter of the supply falls below €1,168, and another quarter goes above €1,800.
Per square metre that works out at 22.6€/m². Applied to real floor areas, a 50 m² flat lands around €1,130 a month, a 70 m² flat around €1,580, and a 90 m² flat around €2,030.
Against the city as a whole, la Vila de Gràcia sits 6% below the Barcelona median (€1,496/month), where the median price per square metre is 22.2€/m².
In la Vila de Gràcia, only 10% of listings go below 15.9€/m². If you find a 70 m² flat at €1,110 a month or less, it is below the 10th percentile for the neighbourhood.
That does not make it a scam, but it is worth checking before you go any further. A price well below the local market is the single most common red flag in rental fraud.
For reference, the 25th percentile in la Vila de Gràcia sits at 18.7€/m². Below that, the price is good for the neighbourhood without being anomalous.
Over the last few months, the price per square metre in la Vila de Gràcia has fallen by 7.2% against the previous period.
Based on 349 Idealista listings in la Vila de Gràcia analyzed over the last few months. We compare two consecutive 28-day periods, and we measure the change in price per square metre rather than in median rent: median rent rises and falls with the size of the flats posted in a given week, which describes our sample rather than the market. Our history is still short, so these figures describe where the market is right now, not an annual trend.
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The median rent in la Vila de Gràcia is €1,406 a month, which works out at roughly 23€/m². Most flats let for between €1,168 and €1,800 a month. These figures come from 349 Idealista listings over the last few months.
Over the last few months, the price per square metre in la Vila de Gràcia has fallen by 7.2% against the previous period. The comparison is based on 167 listings in the earlier period and 181 in the more recent one.
57% of rental homes in la Vila de Gràcia have a lift. Gràcia was an independent town until 1897 and the buildings still show it: low, narrow blocks that predate the lift. Expect stairs.
In practice, yes. Most landlords and agencies in Barcelona will ask for your NIE (Número de Identificación de Extranjero) before signing a rental contract, and you will also need it to set up utilities and open a bank account. It is not a legal requirement for the contract itself, but applicants without one tend to lose the flat to someone whose paperwork is ready. Here is how to get your NIE in Barcelona.