What Barcelona Rent does (and why I built it)

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Looking for a flat?

I built Barcelona Rent because I couldn't work out if I was overpaying for my apartment. It turns out a lot of people have the same problem. The site pulls official rent data so you can compare prices, look at neighborhoods, and make sense of Barcelona's rental market.

Why this exists

When I moved to Barcelona, I had no idea what a reasonable rent looked like. Was €1,200 for 55m² in Eixample a good deal? Nobody could give me a straight answer. The data existed (the Catalan government publishes rent statistics every quarter), but it sat in spreadsheets nobody reads.

So I built a tool to make that data useful. Barcelona Rent takes the official numbers from INCASOL and shows them in a form you can actually use.

What you can do here

• Compare your rent: enter what you pay and see how it compares with your neighborhood's average.

• Explore by budget: put in your budget and the flat size you want, and see which neighborhoods fit.

• Browse districts: each district page shows price history by neighborhood, so you can see where rents are heading.

What's coming next

• Curated flat listings: hand-picked links to good apartments across the city.

• Deeper district guides: more local context on what each area is like to live in.

The short version

I built this for myself, then realized other people needed it too. If you're looking for a flat in Barcelona, or just wondering whether your rent is fair, try the rent calculator.