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el Raval Rent Prices (2026)
As of Q1 2026, the average rent in el Raval is €899 a month for an average 58 m² flat, or €16.66 per m². All figures are official Generalitat de Catalunya statistics, updated quarterly.
- 30th
- of 68 for rent
- -1%
- vs city average
- €4,101
- to buy
- 356
- contracts
What this barri is like
- 2.2
- residents per home, counting every home in the barri
- 37
- median age of residents
- 76%
- of homes built before 1940
- 248
- licensed tourist flats
Ajuntament de Barcelona, 2026, CC BY 4.0. These describe the place; none of them predicts rent. Methodology.
How this barri compares
Four things the city measures about every neighbourhood, each set against the other 72.
- Road traffic noise at night
- 9.7%
- Steep streets
- 1.3%
- Households with a child
- 21%
- Residents with a foreign passport
- 54%
Lower than 81% of barris · % of residents · modelled, not measured
Lower than 90% of barris · % of audited slope points
Lower than 60% of barris · % of households
Higher than 99% of barris · % of residents
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Bars run against the city median, marked. No colour: none of these has a better end.
Ajuntament de Barcelona, 2022, 2026, CC BY 4.0. How these are measured.
Other neighborhoods in Ciutat Vella
Closest in price, elsewhere in Barcelona
Rent Price Trend
| Quarter | Price per m² |
|---|---|
| Q1 2014 | €10.76 |
| Q2 2014 | €10.52 |
| Q3 2014 | €9.84 |
| Q4 2014 | €10.81 |
| Q1 2015 | €10.60 |
| Q2 2015 | €10.92 |
| Q3 2015 | €11.35 |
| Q4 2015 | €11.47 |
| Q1 2016 | €11.65 |
| Q2 2016 | €11.78 |
| Q3 2016 | €12.48 |
| Q4 2016 | €13.17 |
| Q1 2017 | €13.50 |
| Q2 2017 | €13.69 |
| Q3 2017 | €13.97 |
| Q4 2017 | €14.42 |
| Q1 2018 | €13.74 |
| Q2 2018 | €14.14 |
| Q3 2018 | €14.12 |
| Q4 2018 | €14.07 |
| Q1 2019 | €14.13 |
| Q2 2019 | €14.46 |
| Q3 2019 | €14.71 |
| Q4 2019 | €14.05 |
| Q1 2020 | €14.53 |
| Q2 2020 | €14.69 |
| Q3 2020 | €14.01 |
| Q4 2020 | €13.15 |
| Q1 2021 | €12.76 |
| Q2 2021 | €12.88 |
| Q3 2021 | €12.88 |
| Q4 2021 | €13.15 |
| Q1 2022 | €15.55 |
| Q2 2022 | €14.66 |
| Q3 2022 | €15.37 |
| Q4 2022 | €15.30 |
| Q1 2023 | €15.80 |
| Q2 2023 | €15.30 |
| Q3 2023 | €15.60 |
| Q4 2023 | €17.10 |
| Q1 2024 | €16.96 |
| Q2 2024 | €15.11 |
| Q3 2024 | €15.87 |
| Q4 2024 | €15.39 |
| Q1 2025 | €16.09 |
| Q2 2025 | €16.63 |
| Q3 2025 | €17.37 |
| Q4 2025 | €16.50 |
| Q1 2026 | €16.66 |
Sale Price Trend
| Quarter | Buy €/m² |
|---|---|
| Q4 2013 | €1,707 |
| Q1 2014 | €1,791 |
| Q2 2014 | €1,900 |
| Q3 2014 | €1,905 |
| Q4 2014 | €2,707 |
| Q1 2015 | €2,456 |
| Q2 2015 | €2,360 |
| Q3 2015 | €2,486 |
| Q4 2015 | €2,194 |
| Q1 2016 | €2,813 |
| Q2 2016 | €2,949 |
| Q3 2016 | €3,008 |
| Q4 2016 | €2,459 |
| Q1 2017 | €2,820 |
| Q2 2017 | €2,990 |
| Q3 2017 | €3,419 |
| Q4 2017 | €5,180 |
| Q1 2018 | €3,534 |
| Q2 2018 | €4,675 |
| Q3 2018 | €3,512 |
| Q4 2018 | €4,531 |
| Q1 2019 | €3,775 |
| Q2 2019 | €3,838 |
| Q3 2019 | €3,390 |
| Q4 2019 | €3,241 |
| Q1 2020 | €3,778 |
| Q2 2020 | €3,799 |
| Q3 2020 | €3,759 |
| Q4 2020 | €3,295 |
| Q1 2021 | €3,013 |
| Q2 2021 | €3,358 |
| Q3 2021 | €2,818 |
| Q4 2021 | €3,558 |
| Q1 2022 | €3,203 |
| Q2 2022 | €3,711 |
| Q3 2022 | €3,222 |
| Q4 2022 | €3,422 |
| Q1 2023 | €3,164 |
| Q2 2023 | €3,332 |
| Q3 2023 | €3,566 |
| Q4 2023 | €3,402 |
| Q1 2024 | €3,209 |
| Q2 2024 | €2,841 |
| Q3 2024 | €3,348 |
| Q4 2024 | €3,548 |
| Q1 2025 | €3,632 |
| Q2 2025 | €3,616 |
| Q3 2025 | €3,768 |
| Q4 2025 | €3,837 |
| Q1 2026 | €4,016 |
| Q2 2026 | €4,101 |
What is on the street
el Raval is one of Barcelona’s busiest streets.
More places to eat and drink than 93% of the 73 barris.
- Restaurants & bars
- 11
- Food shops
- 9.3
- Health & care
- 0.3
- Education
- 1.0
- Leisure & culture
- 3.2
Bars run against the city median, marked.
Ajuntament de Barcelona commercial census, CC BY 4.0. How this is counted.
Rent vs buy
Rent
€16.66
per m²
Est. monthly, 75 m²
€1,250
As of Q1 2026
Buy
€4,101
per m²
Est. price, 75 m²
€307,573
As of Q2 2026
Typical sale: 61 m² for €244,000, from 194 registered transactions.
Rent and sale figures are from different quarters, so no yield is shown.
Fair rent for 75 m² in el Raval
What gets rented here
- 27%
- rated F or G, the two worst energy bands · city 27%
- 57%
- of property activity here is renting, not selling
- 20.0
- per 1,000 homes in this barri came up for rent this year
From 472 energy certificates issued for homes let in this barri over the last 12 months (ICAEN), against its 23,580 homes (Ajuntament de Barcelona, CC BY 4.0).
What people here earn
€16,416
Disposable income in el Raval averages €16,416 per person a year (2023, Ajuntament de Barcelona). The city average is €24,904.
Per person, not per household, and the mean across this barri’s census sections. CC BY 4.0. Why we do not divide rent by it.
New lettings registered here
That is about 3.9 new lettings a day.
356 contracts registered in el Raval in Q1 2026.
A count, not a vacancy rate: bigger barris register more contracts simply because they hold more homes. How to read this figure.
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Rent from INCASÒL; sale prices from the Generalitat's registered-transaction statistics. Gross yield is our calculation. Q1 2026, indicative. Always check your own contract.