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Living in El Papiol

Purchase: €2,624/m² (Jul 2025–Jun 2026) · Rent: €938/month (2025) · Data checked on 03/11/2026

Price
938€/month rent2,624 €/m² to buy24% of the town's average household income
Transport
47min by public transport to Plaça Catalunya
Life
87.9%of residents happy living in its comarca
Sources and notes
  • Price: registered rental contracts · Generalitat (deposits) · read 03 Nov
  • Transport: minutes by official timetable · ATM, Renfe and FGC · read 11 Oct

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Transport

Plaça Catalunya
47 min
by public transport, direct, 4 departures an hour from 7 to 9am. Rodalies in practice: median delay 3 min and 40.2% of trains 5 min or more late (weekdays 7-9am and 5-7pm, 26/08-14/09)

28 min by car with no traffic

22@
64 min
by public transport, with 1 change

By car: not worked out yet for this destination

La Sagrera
56 min
by public transport, direct

By car: not worked out yet for this destination

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El Papiol at a glance

The sea
Inland
No coastline of its own
To Plaça Catalunya by public transport
47 min
Direct by Rodalies (R4)

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From El Papiol, as the crow flies
Barcelona
14 km
Sources and notes
Municipal boundaries and the location of public services.
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Public transport from El Papiol, mode by mode

From El Papiol, 2 public transport modes run to Barcelona between 7 and 9am: Rodalies and bus. The quickest to the centre is Rodalies, 30 minutes.

Rodalies R4
Every 15 min
Minutes between departures at 7–9am. Lines: R4. From El Papiol. 30 min to the centre.
Bus L67
Every 40 min
Minutes between departures at 7–9am. Lines: L67. From av. Generalitat - c. Migdia. No direct service to the centre.
Sources and notes
Generalitat de Catalunya / ATM — horarios del transporte público de Cataluña y de los autobuses interurbanos (GTFS); Renfe Cercanías (GTFS, CC BY 4.0); FGC (GTFS). Departures per hour between 7 and 9am on a school-term Tuesday, from the stop with the most service; minutes to the centre are on board, to the first stop within 1.5 km of plaça Catalunya.
Read 11 October 2026

Journey times from El Papiol

Driving times with no traffic. Every town measured from its official centre (Cap de municipi).

Drive to central Barcelona · calculated 3 Nov 2026
28 min
Drive to La Sagrera · calculated 3 Nov 2026
31 min
Drive to El Prat airport · calculated 3 Nov 2026
26 min
Walk to the nearest beach · calculated 3 Nov 2026
249 min
Walk to a school · Nearest school, on foot · calculated 3 Nov 2026
7 min
Sources and notes
OSRM over OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Routes from the town centre.
Calculated by Verithic
If you work in Barcelona

Three ways to reach Plaça Catalunya every morning

Door to door by public transport, leaving between 7 and 9am, waits included. We time the trip to Plaça Catalunya; if your office is elsewhere, add the onward journey from there.

*To Plaça Catalunya by public transport: ATM, Renfe and FGC GTFS timetables. Door to door, waits included, leaving 7–9am, read 11 Oct 2026. Price per m², resale homes: Generalitat de Catalunya, Secretaria d'Habitatge — compravendes registrades, Jul 2025–Jun 2026, read 3 Nov 2026.

Price

Rent
€938/month
average of registered contracts
Buy
€2,624/m²
resale homes sold

On average, a home sold here costs €252,000 and has 98 m².

Property tax on an average home
€799/year
rate × average cadastral value

Rate: 0.61%.

Sources and notes
  • Buy: Resale homes sold from July 2025 to June 2026.
  • Property tax on an average home: Catastro, 2026. Last Catastro revaluation: 2006.
Rent-capped area

El Papiol is left out of the extension: the rent cap applies until March 2027 (DOGC of 19 October 2026).

Rent on a new contract is capped by law; seasonal and by-the-room lets too since 1 January 2026 (Llei 11/2025).

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Sources and notes
  • Rent-capped area: BOE of 16 March 2024 (BOE-A-2024-5214): resolution TER/800/2024. Read on 3 November 2026. DOGC no. 9775 of 19 October 2026: the extension TER/3739/2026 does not include this town, which stops being a rent-capped area in March 2027. Read on 25 October 2026.

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What it measures: what you pay each month today, renting in Barcelona, minus what you would pay renting in El Papiol, at the average rent of its contracts, whatever the floor area (your reference home: 79 m², the average sold in Barcelona). These are published averages for each municipality, not your own flat.

Going by public averages, if you moved from Barcelona to El Papiol, you'd pay €197 less a month.

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El Papiol: every figure with its rank

Where each figure ranks among the towns we cover in its comarca.

€2,624/m²
Price to buy
€938/month
Monthly rent
6.8%
Empty homes (2021 Census)
87.9%
Residents happy here
0.61%
Property tax rate
0.435%5/301.015%
€799/year
Property tax on an average home
47 min
To Plaça Catalunya by public transport
28 min
Drive to Barcelona
16 min14/3043 min
26 min
Drive to the airport
11 min16/3041 min
30 min
Drive to the beach
7 min
Walk to a school
1 min21/3010 min

What you pay each year in El Papiol

Property tax rate · data from 2026
0.61%
Building works tax (ICIO) · data from 2026
4%
Sources and notes
Rate: the council's 2026 tax bylaw (published 21 October 2026). Building works tax and Catastro revaluation: Spanish Ministry of Finance, 2026. Average home: Catastro, 2026.
Read 24 September 2026

Buying and renting in El Papiol

Rent is the average of every registered rental contract.

Price to buy · per m², resale homes sold, Jul 2025–Jun 2026 · read 3 Nov 2026
€2,624
Monthly rent · a month, average of registered leases · read 3 Nov 2026
€938
Plusvalía (the council tax on the land-value gain when you sell) · read 3 Nov 2026
30%
Charged on the rise in land value, and only if you sell at a gain (Royal Decree-law 26/2021). Spanish Ministry of Finance, 2026. See the deadlines if you inherit
Rent-controlled area · read 3 Nov 2026
Yes
Rents capped by law since 16 March 2024, including seasonal and room lets since 1 January 2026. It is not in the extension published in the DOGC of 19 October 2026 (TER/3739/2026): the rent cap ends when the current declaration expires, in March 2027.
Tourist flats · on the register, 5 October 2026 · read 3 Nov 2026
3
0.1 per 100 residents. A council licence is required; flats already registered have until November 2028 to get one.
Sources and notes
Generalitat de Catalunya — registered sales of used homes (Jul 2025–Jun 2026) and the rental-deposit register.
Read 3 November 2026
What it costs, against what people earn

In El Papiol, average net household income was €47,823 a year in 2024 (Barcelona: €49,915). A 70 m² flat at the average resale price equals 3.8 years of that income; in Barcelona, 7. The average rent on contracts signed in 2025 (€938 a month) takes 24% of an average household's income.

Within the town, net income per person ranges from €17,168 to €19,001 across census sections (2 sections).

Income: INE (Spanish Statistics Office), Household Income Distribution Atlas; Verithic's calculation (2024, CC BY 4.0). Price: Generalitat, resale transactions. Rent: Generalitat, deposits on signed contracts. These are town averages, not anyone's actual income or flat.

Read on 3 November 2026

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Life

Satisfied residents
87.9%
with living in its comarca
School and A&E
7 min
walk to a school

8.6 km in a straight line to the hospital with A&E (Hospital Sant Joan de Déu de Martorell).

Space
492 people/km²
population density

The Interior Ministry only publishes safety figures for towns over 20,000 people.

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Nearest international schoolEuropean International School of Barcelona

In Sant Cugat del Vallès. IB Diploma and American High School Diploma, from 9 months to 18. Fees are published on its website.

Foreign residents8.9%

394 residents; 2 in 10 are European. 2025 census.

Hospitals near El Papiol

Distance as the crow flies from the town centre.

Nearest public hospital with 24-hour A&E · read 19 Sep 2026
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu de Martorell
Distance as the crow flies · read 19 Sep 2026
8.6 km
In Martorell.
Sources and notes
CatSalut — Cercador de centres sanitaris (list); Wikidata (coordinates, CC0)
Read 19 September 2026

Before you decide: El Papiol

What no listing tells you: how many people live here and how old they are, the flood and fire risk the Generalitat gives the town, the forest fires on record and the crimes known to the police.

Density
492 people/km²
4,404 residents.
Residents under 15 · aged 65+
14.5% · 17.6%
Flood risk (the Generalitat's INUNCAT plan)
3/4
Level 3 of 4, official category “high” (the highest of the five types). By type: river, high; flood-prone zones (torrents), moderate; surface water (heavy rain), low; dam or pond failure, high. Municipal flood plan: pending review; approved on 10 December 2021. The level set in the council's civil-protection plan. It is not a forecast.
Forest-fire hazard (INFOCAT plan)
3/4
Level 3 of 4 against the Catalan average (“above average”). Vulnerability medium. Municipal wildfire plan: pending review; approved on 10 December 2021.
Forest fires, 2011-2024
12
0.1 ha of woodland burned in the municipality over those years.
Known crimes (2025)
No data
The Ministry of the Interior only publishes towns with more than 20,000 residents. We don't estimate it.
Sources and notes
Density and ages: Idescat, EMEX, 2025. Flood and fire risk: Generalitat de Catalunya, Protecció Civil: plans INUNCAT e INFOCAT por municipio (eqag-gzjs), read 3 November 2026. Forest fires: Generalitat de Catalunya, Incendis forestals a Catalunya (bks7-dkfd). Known crimes (criminal offences): Ministry of the Interior, Crime Report 2025; population: INE, register at 1 January 2025; rate calculated by Verithic; read 17 October 2026.

Getting into Barcelona

Every public transport service into Barcelona between 7 and 9am on a school-day Tuesday, from the stop in town with the most departures, and the minutes on board to central Barcelona (direct services only).

Rodalies R4 · read 11 Oct 2026
Every 15 min
Lines: R4. From El Papiol into Barcelona, 7–9am. 30 minutes on board to central Barcelona.
Bus L67 · read 11 Oct 2026
Every 40 min
Lines: L67. From av. Generalitat - c. Migdia into Barcelona, 7–9am. No direct service to central Barcelona.
Full trip to central Barcelona · read 11 Oct 2026
47 min
From the town centre, leaving 7–9am, waits included: direct, by Rodalies. With 5 office days a week, 29.4 hours a month on the train: time to read, not to drive.
To the airport by public transport · read 11 Oct 2026
65 min
To T1 or T2, leaving 7–9am, waits included: 2 changes: Rodalies + metro + bus.
Sources and notes
Generalitat de Catalunya / ATM — horarios del transporte público de Cataluña y de los autobuses interurbanos (GTFS); Renfe Cercanías (GTFS, CC BY 4.0); FGC (GTFS)
Read 11 October 2026
Weather · 2015-2024
Average temperature
16.2 °C
Daily average
Days of rain a year
50
511 mm a year
Days above 30 °C
80
81 nights below 5 °C
Days of frost a year
11
Sunshine: 16.2 MJ/m² a day

Measured at Castellbisbal, 5.3 km away, at 146 m. 3648 daily readings.

Compare

With your same work and your same limit. It is not a criterion: it is what you do next.

Pricemin to Plaça CatalunyaLife
El Papiol€938/month47 min87.9%satisfied residents
Lliçà de Vall€999/month55 min91.9%satisfied residents
Vilanova del Vallès€1,016/month61 min91.9%satisfied residents
Santa Coloma de Cervelló€918/month43 min87.9%satisfied residents

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*Each figure is scaled from 0 to 1 between the lowest and highest town (population on a log scale) and the four gaps are added up. Only towns with all four figures take part. Price per m², resale homes: Generalitat de Catalunya, Secretaria d'Habitatge — compravendes registrades, Jul 2025–Jun 2026, read 3 Nov 2026. Average rent: Secretaria d'Habitatge, Generalitat de Catalunya — average rent on registered leases, 2025, read 3 Nov 2026. To Plaça Catalunya by public transport: ATM, Renfe and FGC GTFS timetables. Door to door, waits included, leaving 7–9am, read 11 Oct 2026. Residents: Idescat, EMEX, 2025, read 3 Nov 2026.

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Sources and notes for this page
Common questions
Is there an international school near El Papiol?
The nearest is European International School of Barcelona, in Sant Cugat del Vallès.
How far is the beach from El Papiol?
30 minutes by car from the town centre (Platja de Sant Miquel).
Method: where each figure comes from and how the fit score works

How the fit score works

  • Each criterion scores 0 to 100.
  • Transport: 100 if the trip is at or under your maximum; it falls in a straight line to 0 at 1.5 times the maximum.
  • Price: 100 at or under your limit; 0 at 1.3 times the limit.
  • Services, Space and Surroundings: the index for each dimension (percentile 0 to 100 within its area). Residents: the % satisfied.
  • A criterion with a limit (Transport and Price) only fits if the figure does not pass your limit; if it does and still scores 60 or more, it is «partly», with its figure. The others fit from 60 and are «partly» from 40. The score is the average of the criteria you gave.
  • If you pick a priority (Price, Transport or Life), that block counts double. In Price and Transport the score is also the average of the fit to your limit and the town's rank among those in its area (the cheapest, or the closest, scores 100): so, between two that fit your limit, the cheaper or closer one wins.
  • A town with no data on a criterion is not scored on it. Nobody pays to rank higher.
Indices by dimension
Cost37/100€2,624/m² for used homes · €938/month average rent · €799/year IBI on an average homeConnections61/10047 min by public transport to central Barcelona · 4 departures an hour from 7 to 9 a.m. towards Barcelona · 65 min by public transport to the airportServices nearby26/1007 min walk to school · 8.6 km to the acute-care hospital · 6.7 km to the international schoolSpace53/100492 inhabitants per km² · average used home of 98 m²Surroundings30/1000.1 tourist flats per 100 residents · natural hazard 4.8 out of 8 · 161 hot days or cold nights a year · 249 min walk to the beach

Scores from 0 to 100 by rank among the 124 towns in Barcelona and around (100 is the best). Cut-off: 3 November 2026. How it is calculated

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