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Montbau Rent Prices (2026)
As of Q1 2026, the average rent in Montbau is €881 a month for an average 59 m² flat, or €16.25 per m². All figures are official Generalitat de Catalunya statistics, updated quarterly.
- 33rd
- of 68 for rent
- -4%
- vs city average
- €3,874
- to buy
- 22
- contracts
What this barri is like
- 2.1
- residents per home, counting every home in the barri
- 47
- median age of residents
- 0%
- of homes built before 1940
- 0
- 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
- 18%
- Steep streets
- 23%
- Households with a child
- 21%
- Residents with a foreign passport
- 21%
Lower than 60% of barris · % of residents · modelled, not measured
Higher than 59% of barris · % of audited slope points
Lower than 68% of barris · % of households
Lower than 67% 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 Horta-Guinardó
Closest in price, elsewhere in Barcelona
Rent Price Trend
| Quarter | Price per m² |
|---|---|
| Q1 2014 | €9.48 |
| Q2 2014 | €9.02 |
| Q3 2014 | €9.35 |
| Q4 2014 | €9.26 |
| Q1 2015 | €8.93 |
| Q2 2015 | €9.73 |
| Q3 2015 | €11.55 |
| Q4 2015 | €10.11 |
| Q1 2016 | €9.21 |
| Q2 2016 | €9.72 |
| Q3 2016 | €11.03 |
| Q4 2016 | €10.70 |
| Q1 2017 | €12.97 |
| Q2 2017 | €10.84 |
| Q3 2017 | €12.83 |
| Q4 2017 | €13.54 |
| Q1 2018 | €10.46 |
| Q2 2018 | €10.44 |
| Q3 2018 | €11.50 |
| Q4 2018 | €11.59 |
| Q1 2019 | €11.55 |
| Q2 2019 | €11.69 |
| Q3 2019 | €12.12 |
| Q4 2019 | €12.17 |
| Q1 2020 | €11.83 |
| Q2 2020 | €9.82 |
| Q3 2020 | €12.11 |
| Q4 2020 | €12.58 |
| Q1 2021 | €11.16 |
| Q2 2021 | €10.91 |
| Q3 2021 | €11.31 |
| Q4 2021 | €11.39 |
| Q1 2022 | €10.93 |
| Q2 2022 | €11.16 |
| Q3 2022 | €12.79 |
| Q4 2022 | €12.86 |
| Q1 2023 | €12.90 |
| Q2 2023 | €13.90 |
| Q3 2023 | €13.45 |
| Q4 2023 | €14.79 |
| Q1 2024 | €13.41 |
| Q2 2024 | €13.95 |
| Q3 2024 | €14.47 |
| Q4 2024 | €12.68 |
| Q1 2025 | €14.03 |
| Q2 2025 | €15.15 |
| Q3 2025 | €19.01 |
| Q4 2025 | €14.27 |
| Q1 2026 | €16.25 |
Sale Price Trend
| Quarter | Buy €/m² |
|---|---|
| Q4 2013 | €1,500 |
| Q1 2014 | €1,408 |
| Q2 2014 | €1,616 |
| Q3 2014 | €1,851 |
| Q4 2014 | €1,406 |
| Q1 2015 | €1,619 |
| Q2 2015 | €1,591 |
| Q3 2015 | €1,681 |
| Q4 2015 | €1,906 |
| Q1 2016 | €1,835 |
| Q2 2016 | €1,862 |
| Q3 2016 | €1,992 |
| Q4 2016 | €1,988 |
| Q1 2017 | €2,262 |
| Q2 2017 | €2,404 |
| Q3 2017 | €1,871 |
| Q4 2017 | €2,395 |
| Q1 2018 | €2,565 |
| Q2 2018 | €2,567 |
| Q3 2018 | €2,726 |
| Q4 2018 | €2,528 |
| Q1 2019 | €2,325 |
| Q2 2019 | €2,694 |
| Q3 2019 | €2,863 |
| Q4 2019 | €2,680 |
| Q1 2020 | €2,905 |
| Q2 2020 | €2,707 |
| Q3 2020 | €1,474 |
| Q4 2020 | €2,932 |
| Q1 2021 | €2,556 |
| Q2 2021 | €2,921 |
| Q3 2021 | €2,459 |
| Q4 2021 | €2,814 |
| Q1 2022 | €2,912 |
| Q2 2022 | €3,261 |
| Q3 2022 | €2,914 |
| Q4 2022 | €2,907 |
| Q1 2023 | €3,617 |
| Q2 2023 | €2,713 |
| Q3 2023 | €3,262 |
| Q4 2023 | €3,016 |
| Q1 2024 | €3,067 |
| Q2 2024 | €2,806 |
| Q3 2024 | €3,189 |
| Q4 2024 | €2,945 |
| Q1 2025 | €3,264 |
| Q2 2025 | €3,497 |
| Q3 2025 | €4,079 |
| Q4 2025 | €3,496 |
| Q1 2026 | €3,970 |
| Q2 2026 | €3,874 |
What is on the street
Montbau is quieter than most of Barcelona.
More places to eat and drink than 25% of the 73 barris.
- Restaurants & bars
- 2.8
- Food shops
- 2.6
- Health & care
- 1.7
- Education
- 1.9
- Leisure & culture
- 0.4
Bars run against the city median, marked.
Ajuntament de Barcelona commercial census, CC BY 4.0. How this is counted.
Rent vs buy
Rent
€16.25
per m²
Est. monthly, 75 m²
€1,219
As of Q1 2026
Buy
€3,874
per m²
Est. price, 75 m²
€290,566
As of Q2 2026
Typical sale: 56 m² for €217,000, from 9 registered transactions.
Rent and sale figures are from different quarters, so no yield is shown.
Fair rent for 75 m² in Montbau
What people here earn
€22,919
Disposable income in Montbau averages €22,919 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 roughly one new letting every 4 days.
22 contracts registered in Montbau 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.