26 years of Barcelona rent prices
Barcelona rent went from €5.73 per m² per month in 2000 to €16.89 today — 194.7% over 26 years.
In cash terms, not adjusted for inflation — part of the rise is money buying less.
Milestones in the series
- Pre-crash peak — €12.57 per m² in Q4 2008, the high point of the 2000s boom.
- Post-crash low — €10.01 per m² in Q3 2014, 20.4% below the peak.
- Back above the old peak — €12.75 per m² in Q4 2016, the first quarter to beat 2008.
- Today — €16.89 per m² in Q1 2026, 194.7% above where the series began.
Every quarter since 2000
| Quarter | Rent €/m² | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2000 | €5.73 | — |
| Q2 2000 | €5.87 | +2.5% |
| Q3 2000 | €6.26 | +6.5% |
| Q4 2000 | €6.20 | -0.9% |
| Q1 2001 | €6.42 | +3.6% |
| Q2 2001 | €6.59 | +2.7% |
| Q3 2001 | €6.95 | +5.3% |
| Q4 2001 | €7.38 | +6.2% |
| Q1 2002 | €7.98 | +8.2% |
| Q2 2002 | €7.29 | -8.7% |
| Q3 2002 | €7.53 | +3.4% |
| Q4 2002 | €7.69 | +2.1% |
| Q1 2003 | €7.56 | -1.7% |
| Q2 2003 | €7.77 | +2.7% |
| Q3 2003 | €8.22 | +5.8% |
| Q4 2003 | €8.37 | +1.9% |
| Q1 2004 | €8.31 | -0.8% |
| Q2 2004 | €8.55 | +2.9% |
| Q3 2004 | €8.89 | +4.0% |
| Q4 2004 | €8.92 | +0.3% |
| Q1 2005 | €9.09 | +2.0% |
| Q2 2005 | €9.73 | +7.0% |
| Q3 2005 | €9.73 | +0.1% |
| Q4 2005 | €9.94 | +2.1% |
| Q1 2006 | €10.19 | +2.5% |
| Q2 2006 | €10.39 | +2.0% |
| Q3 2006 | €10.61 | +2.1% |
| Q4 2006 | €11.01 | +3.8% |
| Q1 2007 | €11.19 | +1.6% |
| Q2 2007 | €11.40 | +1.9% |
| Q3 2007 | €11.66 | +2.3% |
| Q4 2007 | €11.93 | +2.3% |
| Q1 2008 | €11.84 | -0.8% |
| Q2 2008 | €12.02 | +1.6% |
| Q3 2008 | €12.51 | +4.0% |
| Q4 2008 | €12.57 | +0.5% |
| Q1 2009 | €12.26 | -2.5% |
| Q2 2009 | €11.98 | -2.3% |
| Q3 2009 | €11.73 | -2.1% |
| Q4 2009 | €11.79 | +0.5% |
| Q1 2010 | €11.68 | -0.9% |
| Q2 2010 | €11.53 | -1.3% |
| Q3 2010 | €11.63 | +0.9% |
| Q4 2010 | €11.56 | -0.6% |
| Q1 2011 | €11.34 | -1.9% |
| Q2 2011 | €11.33 | -0.1% |
| Q3 2011 | €11.45 | +1.0% |
| Q4 2011 | €11.41 | -0.4% |
| Q1 2012 | €11.10 | -2.7% |
| Q2 2012 | €10.91 | -1.7% |
| Q3 2012 | €10.81 | -0.8% |
| Q4 2012 | €10.60 | -2.0% |
| Q1 2013 | €10.39 | -1.9% |
| Q2 2013 | €10.25 | -1.3% |
| Q3 2013 | €10.20 | -0.6% |
| Q4 2013 | €10.31 | +1.1% |
| Q1 2014 | €10.20 | -1.1% |
| Q2 2014 | €10.27 | +0.6% |
| Q3 2014 | €10.01 | -2.5% |
| Q4 2014 | €10.19 | +1.8% |
| Q1 2015 | €10.26 | +0.7% |
| Q2 2015 | €10.98 | +7.1% |
| Q3 2015 | €11.47 | +4.4% |
| Q4 2015 | €11.55 | +0.7% |
| Q1 2016 | €11.57 | +0.2% |
| Q2 2016 | €12.07 | +4.3% |
| Q3 2016 | €12.39 | +2.7% |
| Q4 2016 | €12.75 | +2.9% |
| Q1 2017 | €12.99 | +1.9% |
| Q2 2017 | €13.10 | +0.9% |
| Q3 2017 | €13.61 | +3.8% |
| Q4 2017 | €13.56 | -0.3% |
| Q1 2018 | €13.10 | -3.4% |
| Q2 2018 | €13.27 | +1.3% |
| Q3 2018 | €13.61 | +2.6% |
| Q4 2018 | €13.70 | +0.6% |
| Q1 2019 | €13.62 | -0.6% |
| Q2 2019 | €13.87 | +1.8% |
| Q3 2019 | €14.34 | +3.4% |
| Q4 2019 | €14.09 | -1.8% |
| Q1 2020 | €14.01 | -0.5% |
| Q2 2020 | €13.98 | -0.2% |
| Q3 2020 | €14.12 | +1.0% |
| Q4 2020 | €13.51 | -4.3% |
| Q1 2021 | €13.10 | -3.0% |
| Q2 2021 | €13.10 | -0.1% |
| Q3 2021 | €13.26 | +1.3% |
| Q4 2021 | €13.36 | +0.7% |
| Q1 2022 | €13.93 | +4.2% |
| Q2 2022 | €14.14 | +1.6% |
| Q3 2022 | €14.93 | +5.5% |
| Q4 2022 | €15.16 | +1.6% |
| Q1 2023 | €15.66 | +3.3% |
| Q2 2023 | €15.92 | +1.6% |
| Q3 2023 | €16.22 | +1.9% |
| Q4 2023 | €16.74 | +3.2% |
| Q1 2024 | €16.73 | 0.0% |
| Q2 2024 | €15.98 | -4.5% |
| Q3 2024 | €15.74 | -1.5% |
| Q4 2024 | €15.88 | +0.9% |
| Q1 2025 | €16.19 | +2.0% |
| Q2 2025 | €16.56 | +2.3% |
| Q3 2025 | €16.84 | +1.7% |
| Q4 2025 | €17.04 | +1.2% |
| Q1 2026 | €16.89 | -0.9% |
How many homes were let
Rent is at a record; the number of lettings is not. INCASÒL registered 57,158 rental contracts in Barcelona in 2021 and 30,789 in 2025 — a fall of 46%.
Registered rental deposits, so this counts lettings as recorded rather than homes available. Counts begin in 2015, which is why the bars start later than the price line above. The comparison year matters: against 2019 the fall is 40%, against 2015 it is 24% — 2021 was the post-lockdown rebound and the highest year in the series. We publish both figures and claim no cause for the gap between them.
| Year | Registered contracts |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 40,623 |
| 2016 | 42,182 |
| 2017 | 49,953 |
| 2018 | 53,524 |
| 2019 | 51,294 |
| 2020 | 40,416 |
| 2021 | 57,158 |
| 2022 | 47,927 |
| 2023 | 38,683 |
| 2024 | 32,903 |
| 2025 | 30,789 |
| 2026 | 8,156 (year still in progress) |
Rent figures from INCASÒL, Generalitat de Catalunya — the Barcelona-wide figure they publish for each quarter, not an average of the districts.