Updated daily. Based on the last 30 days of listings. Median prices, not averages.
The median rent in Barcelona in June 2026 is €1,534 per month for a normal long-term flat, based on more than 4,000 active long-term rental listings tracked by Prio (getprio.io) over a rolling 30-day window across Idealista and Fotocasa. Rents have climbed roughly 8 to 10 percent year over year since 2024, pushed up by tight supply and strong demand from locals, students and international arrivals. Where you land on that scale depends almost entirely on the neighborhood: the gap between the cheapest and most expensive barris is more than two and a half times. The interactive map above colours all 73 official neighborhoods from green (more affordable) to red (pricier), so you can scan the whole city at a glance and click any barri for its median rent, price per square metre and 25th to 75th percentile range.
The most expensive neighborhood to rent in Barcelona is Diagonal Mar i el Front Marítim del Poblenou (Sant Martí district), at a median of €2,500 per month. The highest long-term rents cluster in the new seafront of Sant Martí, the uptown Sarrià-Sant Gervasi district and the central Eixample. The ten priciest barris by median monthly rent are:
The cheapest neighborhood to rent in Barcelona with reliable recent data is el Carmel (Horta-Guinardó district), at a median of €950 per month. The lowest long-term rents are in Horta-Guinardó, Sant Andreu and the outer parts of Sants-Montjuïc, further from the old core but generally 15 to 30 minutes from the centre by metro. The ten most affordable barris by median monthly rent are:
Traditionally the cheapest district of all is Nou Barris, in the north of the city, though it currently has too few recent listings to report a reliable median in our 30-day window.
Across Barcelona's 10 districts, median rents range from €950 in Horta-Guinardó to €2,500 in Sant Martí, and they vary widely even inside a single district. The spread within each district, naming the cheapest and most expensive barri, is as follows.
In Sant Martí, median rents range from €1,234 in el Clot to €2,500 in Diagonal Mar i el Front Marítim del Poblenou. In Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, they range from €1,400 in el Putxet i el Farró to €2,215 in les Tres Torres. In the Eixample, from €1,450 in Sant Antoni to €2,106 in la Dreta de l'Eixample. In Les Corts, from €1,425 in les Corts to €1,780 in Pedralbes. In Gràcia, from €1,300 in la Salut to €1,518 in Vallcarca i els Penitents. In Ciutat Vella, the old town, from €1,062 in la Barceloneta to €1,498 in el Barri Gòtic. In Sants-Montjuïc, from €1,100 in la Marina de Port to €1,470 in la Bordeta. In Horta-Guinardó, from €950 in el Carmel to €1,249 in el Baix Guinardó. Sant Andreu and Nou Barris, further north, are more affordable still but currently have too few recent listings to rank reliably.
Buying a flat in Barcelona is most expensive per square metre in Pedralbes (€8,236/m²) and Sarrià (€8,235/m²), followed by la Dreta de l'Eixample (€7,500/m²), Sant Gervasi - Galvany (€7,289/m²) and les Tres Torres (€7,265/m²). Diagonal Mar, Sant Gervasi - la Bonanova, les Corts, l'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample and la Vila de Gràcia complete the top ten, all between roughly €6,300 and €7,200 per square metre. The purchase ranking looks different from the rent ranking: a typical flat in the most expensive barris sells for around one million euros, while central two-bedroom flats in mid-range neighborhoods sit closer to €500,000. Because price per square metre is the fairest way to compare flats of different sizes, switch to Buy mode on the map above to see the asking price for every barri.
This data is compiled by Prio (getprio.io), which monitors new listings on Idealista and Fotocasa in real time across all 73 official Barcelona neighborhoods (barris). Prices are median asking rents from a rolling 30-day window, excluding short-term rentals, rooms, and statistical outliers, and the dataset refreshes daily. We aggregate listings into the 73 official barris as defined by the Ajuntament de Barcelona and report the median for each one, not the average.
The median matters. A single luxury penthouse listed at €9,000 a month can drag a neighborhood's average up by hundreds of euros, painting a misleading picture of what you would actually pay. The median, the price of the middle listing, ignores those extremes and reflects the real market. Before aggregating we drop obvious outliers (rents below €400 or above €5,000, floor areas under 25 or over 300 square metres, and anything below a realistic floor per square metre), and we exclude shared rooms and short-term or seasonal rentals so the numbers reflect a normal long-term flat. We use a rolling 30-day window and refresh the data daily, so the map always reflects the current market rather than stale listings. A barri needs around 20 recent listings before its median is reliable; the few shown in grey did not reach that bar.
Not sure which neighborhood fits your budget and lifestyle? Price is only half the story. Our free Barcelona Neighborhood Finder asks six quick questions and ranks all 10 districts by what actually matters to you, from commute and nightlife to space and how family-friendly an area is. Once you have a shortlist, set up free apartment alerts so Prio notifies you the moment a matching flat appears, often before it reaches the top of the portals. And before signing a lease, check the listing against real market data, since a deal that looks too good for the barri is frequently a scam.
Want to go deeper? Read our guides on the best neighborhoods in Barcelona for expats, the Barcelona rental market in 2026, how to find an apartment in Barcelona, and how to spot fake Idealista listings. When you are ready to start your search, the neighborhood finder is the fastest way to narrow things down.
According to data from Prio (getprio.io), the median rent in Barcelona in 2026 is around €1,534 per month for a normal long-term flat, based on a rolling 30-day window of more than 4,000 Idealista and Fotocasa listings. Actual prices range from about €950 per month in the cheapest barri (el Carmel, Horta-Guinardó) to €2,500 in the most expensive (Diagonal Mar, Sant Martí).
Among barris with enough recent data, el Carmel in Horta-Guinardó is the most affordable at a median of about €950 per month, followed by Sant Andreu (€1,002) and several barris in Sants-Montjuïc such as la Marina de Port and Sants. The Nou Barris district in the north is traditionally cheaper still.
Diagonal Mar i el Front Marítim del Poblenou, on the Sant Martí seafront, has the highest median rent at around €2,500 per month. les Tres Torres and la Dreta de l'Eixample follow at roughly €2,100 to €2,200. For buying, Pedralbes and Sarrià top the list at over €8,200 per square metre.
A typical two-bedroom flat of around 70 to 80 square metres rents for roughly €1,400 to €1,600 per month city-wide. Expect €2,000 or more in the central Eixample and uptown Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, and closer to €1,100 to €1,300 in Horta-Guinardó, Sant Andreu or the outer parts of Sants-Montjuïc.
Yes. Barcelona rents have risen roughly 8 to 10 percent year over year since 2024, as demand keeps outpacing a limited supply of long-term flats. The best listings are often gone within hours, which is why being alerted early makes a real difference.