New rental contracts in Barcelona averaged €1,139.09 a month in January to June 2026, or €17.00 per square meter for an average home of 71 m², according to INCASÒL rental deposits published by the Generalitat de Catalunya. A 30-day T-usual transport pass for zone 1 costs €22.80.
Rent is the largest cost of living in Barcelona. This page sets out official rents for Barcelona and its 10 districts, based on the rental deposits lodged with INCASÒL, the Catalan land institute, and public transport fares from TMB. INE does not publish a consumer price index for the city, so there is no official Barcelona inflation rate.
Rents vary a lot across Barcelona. In January to June 2026 new contracts averaged €1,595.37 a month in Sarrià-Sant Gervasi and €807.54 in Nou Barris. For the full year 2025, the city average was €1,134.61, 1.1% below 2024 and 23% above 2021. The number of new contracts fell from 32,903 in 2024 to 30,789 in 2025. At the 2026 average, a year of rent comes to €13,669, or 37% of the average salary income of Barcelona residents. INE's Urban Indicators use a different measure, average monthly spending on rent for a main home: in 2024 the highest neighborhood average in the city was €2,002 a month in Pedralbes. The T-usual pass costs €22.80 for 30 days of unlimited journeys in zone 1, with the 50% discount kept for 2026.
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€1,139.09 a month for new rental contracts in January to June 2026, based on INCASÒL rental deposits. The full-year average for 2025 was €1,134.61.
Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, at an average of €1,595.37 a month on new contracts in January to June 2026. Nou Barris had the lowest, at €807.54.
The T-usual costs €22.80 for zone 1 in 2026 and gives unlimited public transport journeys in zone 1 for 30 days. People under 30 can buy the T-jove at €45.50 for 90 days.
A single ticket costs €2.90. The T-casual, with 10 journeys, costs from €13.00.
€17.00 per m² a month on new contracts in January to June 2026. The average home rented was 71 m².
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