Rent in Spain tops €1,100 for 80 m²: these are the priciest and cheapest cities

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · Aug 12, 2026 · 535 words · By Christina Thykjaer

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What to know about Rent in Spain tops €1,100 for 80 m²: these are the priciest and cheapest cities

Renting an 80-square-metre home in Spain costs an average of 1,131 euros a month, but regional disparities are stark: from 600 euros in Jaen to 1,610 in San Sebastian.

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Renting an 80-square-metre home in Spain costs an average of 1,131 euros a month, but regional disparities are stark: from 600 euros in Jaen to 1,610 in San Sebastian.

Why it matters

Renting an 80-square-metre home in Spain costs an average of 1,131 euros a month, according to July data from Fotocasa’s Property Index.

Common ground

The average price stands at 14.14 euros per square metre, in a market where differences between regions remain very pronounced.

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Claim 1: “Catalonia, by contrast, posts a 16.3% drop, and La Rioja 10.6%”

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Claim 2: “Jaén is the provincial capital with the lowest rents, at around 600 euros a month for an 80-square-metre home.”

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Claim 3: “The Basque Country is next, on 1,358 euros”

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web search NEUTRAL — Renting an 80-square-metre home in Spain costs an average of 1,131 euros a month, according to July data from Fotocasa’s Property Index. The average price stands at 14.14 euros per square metre, in a …
https://www.euronews.com/business/2026/08/12/rent-in-spain-t…

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web search NEUTRAL — Overview. 1 bedroom. 14 m² square meters livable space.The student room is fully furnished and available immediately. Ideal for anyone looking for a comfortable student room on short notice! The rent …
https://www.immoweb.be/en/classified/kot/for-rent/antwerpen/…

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web search NEUTRAL — Renting an 80 square metre home in a coastal municipality now costs an average of €918 per month, according to data from industry insiders. In the coastal municipalities of Murcia, average rental pric…
https://murciatoday.com/rents_on_the_murcian_coast_surge_by_…

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Claim 4: “San Sebastián tops the national ranking, with an average rent of 1,610 euros a month for an 80-square-metre home.”

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Claim 5: “Barcelona comes next, on 1,456 euros a month, followed by Valencia on 1,370; Bilbao on 1,322; and Málaga on 1,298 euros.”

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Claim 6: “Renting an 80-square-metre home in Spain costs an average of 1,131 euros a month”

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The specific figure of 1,131 euros for an 80sqm home is explicitly mentioned in the Euronews report citing Fotocasa. While other sources discuss rent in Spain, they do not provide this exact figure to corroborate it independently.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Spain national football team have represented Spain in men's international football competition since 1920, and are governed by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. They are the reigning World a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain_national_football_team

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Spanish might refer to: Items from or related to Spain: Spaniards (Spanish people) Spanish language Spanish cuisine Spanish history Spanish culture Languages of Spain, the various languages in Spain …
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Claim 7: “Next is Castilla-La Mancha, on 731 euros a month.”

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Claim 8: “They are also the only three capitals analysed where rent exceeds 19 euros per square metre.”

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Claim 9: “Cáceres averages 663 euros and Ávila 682.”

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Claim 10: “While Madrid records a year-on-year increase of 8.6%”

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Claim 11: “At the other end of the scale is Extremadura, where a property with those characteristics costs an average of 630 euros a month”

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Claim 12: “Aragón reaches 13.3% and Castilla-La Mancha 11.7%”

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Claim 13: “followed by Catalonia, where a home of that size reaches 1,366 euros a month.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Barcelona is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain after Mad…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy. Its territory is situated on the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, to the south of the Pyrenees…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalonia

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Catalonia national football team (Catalan: selecció de futbol de Catalunya, Spanish: selección de fútbol de Cataluña) is the official football team representing Catalonia. The Catalan Football Fed…
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Claim 14: “the report points to a year-on-year fall of 1.6% in July”

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The provided evidence mentions price falls in January (0.5%) and car rental price falls, but there is no evidence provided that confirms a 1.6% year-on-year fall in rental prices specifically for July.

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web search NEUTRAL — The figures for January showed an average fall of 0.5% in comparison with the same period last year. Rental prices fell throughout 12 of the Spanish regions, with Andalucia seeing a year on year decre…
https://www.pureinvestor.co.uk/news/rental-properties-in-spa…

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web search NEUTRAL — In Spain, prices fell on average by almost €40 per day, which is 39% compared to 2022, in France by 17% and the UK by 18%.On average, prices for a small rental car in Ireland fell by 60% compared to 2…
https://inspain.news/car-rental-prices-in-europe-and-spain-a…

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web search NEUTRAL — The cost of renting housing in Spain has experienced a year-on-year average increase of 10% in April, standing at 14.30 euros per square metre, a figure that represents an "all-time high" for rental i…
https://www.surinenglish.com/spain/rent-prices-set-an-alltim…

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Claim 15: “Madrid city comes second, on 1,596 euros, and Palma de Mallorca third, on 1,529.”

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Claim 16: “Madrid is the most expensive region in Spain: renting an 80-square-metre home costs an average of 1,542 euros a month, at 19.27 euros per square metre.”

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The specific figures for Madrid (1,542 euros / 19.27 euros per sqm) are not found in the provided evidence. The evidence for claim 3 consists of general Wikipedia entries about Madrid, not rental data.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkluβ aˈtletiko ðe maˈðɾið]; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), commonly referred to in English as Atlético Madrid or simply Atlético and coll…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlético_Madrid

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. It had a population of over 3.4 million in the city proper in 2025, and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.8 million. Madrid is the seco…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (Spanish pronunciation: [reˈal maˈðɾið ˈkluβ ðe ˈfuðβol] ) is a Spanish professional association football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, the top tier of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Madrid_CF

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Claim 17: “and the Canary Islands on 1,287 euros.”

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No evidence in the provided search results corroborates the specific figure of 1,287 euros for the Canary Islands.

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web search NEUTRAL — The most commonly used definition of the average is the arithmetic mean, [4] also known as "arithmetic average" i.e. the sum divided by the count, so the "average" of the list of numbers [2, 3, 4, 7, …
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web search NEUTRAL — In math, an average is called a mean. It can be found by adding the numbers, then dividing the answer by the amount of numbers there were. There are different kinds of mean, and other things that are …
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Average

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web search NEUTRAL — For example, per capita income is the arithmetic average of the income of a nation 's population. While the arithmetic mean is often used to report central tendencies, it is not a robust statistic: it…
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Claim 18: “Ourense, on 689 euros, and Badajoz, on 699, also come in under 700 euros.”

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Claim 19: “The average price stands at 14.14 euros per square metre”

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The figure of 14.14 euros per square metre is mentioned in the Euronews report (citing Fotocasa). Other sources mention different averages (e.g., Pisos.com mentions 14 euros, Sur in English mentions 14.30 euros), meaning this specific number is not corroborated by a second independent source.

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Claim 20: “The Balearic Islands come close behind, on 1,526 euros a month”

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The claim mentions 1,526 euros. However, the provided evidence from The Straits Times and other sources mentions a different figure for the Spanish archipelago (Balearic Islands) of 1,447 euros in June. The specific figure of 1,526 is not corroborated.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Balearic Islands are an archipelago in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. The archipelago forms a province and autonomous community of Spain. Palma de …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balearic_Islands

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Balearic Sea (endotoponym: Mar Balear in Catalan and Spanish) also known as Iberian Sea, is a body of water in the Mediterranean Sea between the Balearic Islands and mainland Spain. The Ebro River…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balearic_Sea

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The flag of the Balearic Islands is the official flag of the Balearic Islands, an archipelago and autonomous community of Spain located in the western Mediterranean Sea. The flag, which was adopted in…
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Claim 21: “In total, eight regions now exceed an average of 1,000 euros a month for an 80-square-metre home.”

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No evidence was provided to verify the number of regions exceeding 1,000 euros per month.

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