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Vallcarca i els Penitents Rent Prices (2026)

As of Q1 2026, the average rent in Vallcarca i els Penitents is €1,062 a month for an average 72 m² flat, or €15.29 per m². All figures are official Generalitat de Catalunya statistics, updated quarterly.

43rd
of 68 for rent
-9%
vs city average
€3,609
to buy
68
contracts

What this barri is like

1.8
residents per home, counting every home in the barri
44
median age of residents
11%
of homes built before 1940
39
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
25%

Higher than 58% of barris · % of residents · modelled, not measured

Steep streets
60%

Higher than 89% of barris · % of audited slope points

Households with a child
23%

Higher than 61% of barris · % of households

Residents with a foreign passport
22%

Lower than 60% of barris · % of residents

Filter all 73 barris on these →

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 Gràcia

Closest in price, elsewhere in Barcelona

Rent Price Trend

Rent per m² in Vallcarca i els Penitents, Q1 2014 to Q1 2026
QuarterPrice per m²
Q1 2014€10.18
Q2 2014€10.17
Q3 2014€10.08
Q4 2014€10.55
Q1 2015€10.62
Q2 2015€11.28
Q3 2015€11.97
Q4 2015€12.08
Q1 2016€12.18
Q2 2016€12.14
Q3 2016€12.58
Q4 2016€13.49
Q1 2017€14.10
Q2 2017€14.39
Q3 2017€14.05
Q4 2017€13.97
Q1 2018€13.25
Q2 2018€13.04
Q3 2018€13.73
Q4 2018€14.34
Q1 2019€13.61
Q2 2019€14.40
Q3 2019€13.87
Q4 2019€14.19
Q1 2020€14.22
Q2 2020€15.46
Q3 2020€13.89
Q4 2020€14.47
Q1 2021€13.60
Q2 2021€13.59
Q3 2021€13.77
Q4 2021€13.90
Q1 2022€13.61
Q2 2022€14.24
Q3 2022€15.39
Q4 2022€15.42
Q1 2023€15.90
Q2 2023€16.60
Q3 2023€16.86
Q4 2023€18.00
Q1 2024€18.25
Q2 2024€17.38
Q3 2024€17.96
Q4 2024€17.39
Q1 2025€17.93
Q2 2025€17.69
Q3 2025€16.47
Q4 2025€17.62
Q1 2026€15.29
Rent per m² in Vallcarca i els Penitents, Q1 2014 to Q1 2026

Sale Price Trend

Sale price per m² in Vallcarca i els Penitents, Q4 2013 to Q2 2026. Official Generalitat data on registered transactions.
QuarterBuy €/m²
Q4 2013€2,413
Q1 2014€2,484
Q2 2014€2,688
Q3 2014€1,760
Q4 2014€2,718
Q1 2015€2,512
Q2 2015€3,113
Q3 2015€2,865
Q4 2015€2,272
Q1 2016€2,735
Q2 2016€3,642
Q3 2016€3,536
Q4 2016€3,396
Q1 2017€3,470
Q2 2017€3,206
Q3 2017€3,894
Q4 2017€3,932
Q1 2018€3,429
Q2 2018€3,452
Q3 2018€3,928
Q4 2018€4,315
Q1 2019€3,511
Q2 2019€3,516
Q3 2019€3,904
Q4 2019€4,279
Q1 2020€3,853
Q2 2020€4,306
Q3 2020€3,537
Q4 2020€3,749
Q1 2021€4,077
Q2 2021€4,125
Q3 2021€3,929
Q4 2021€3,634
Q1 2022€4,126
Q2 2022€4,320
Q3 2022€4,908
Q4 2022€4,440
Q1 2023€4,282
Q2 2023€4,023
Q3 2023€3,775
Q4 2023€5,380
Q1 2024€4,808
Q2 2024€3,687
Q3 2024€4,629
Q4 2024€4,889
Q1 2025€4,588
Q2 2025€4,347
Q3 2025€4,548
Q4 2025€5,447
Q1 2026€5,260
Q2 2026€3,609

What is on the street

Vallcarca i els Penitents is quieter than most of Barcelona.

More places to eat and drink than 18% of the 73 barris.

Restaurants & bars
2.2
Food shops
2.1
Health & care
1.4
Education
1.8
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

€15.29

per m²

Est. monthly, 75 m²

€1,147

As of Q1 2026

Buy

€3,609

per m²

Est. price, 75 m²

€270,706

As of Q2 2026

Typical sale: 89 m² for €305,000, from 38 registered transactions.

Rent and sale figures are from different quarters, so no yield is shown.

Fair rent for 75 m² in Vallcarca i els Penitents

Excl. utilities

What gets rented here

41%
rated F or G, the two worst energy bands · city 27%
57%
of property activity here is renting, not selling
12.1
per 1,000 homes in this barri came up for rent this year

From 111 energy certificates issued for homes let in this barri over the last 12 months (ICAEN), against its 9,197 homes (Ajuntament de Barcelona, CC BY 4.0).

What people here earn

€30,944

Disposable income in Vallcarca i els Penitents averages €30,944 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 1.3 days.

68 contracts registered in Vallcarca i els Penitents 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.