Living in Vilanova i la Geltrú
Purchase: €2,795/m² (Jul 2025–Jun 2026) · Rent: €845/month (2025) · Data checked on 03/11/2026
- Price
- 845€/month rent2,795 €/m² to buy24% of the town's average household income
- Transport
- 67min by public transport to Plaça Catalunya
- Life
- 84%of residents happy living in Vilanova i la Geltrú
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
47 min by car with no traffic
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Vilanova i la Geltrú at a glance
- The sea
- Its own beach
- 20 minutes' walk from the town centre
- To Plaça Catalunya by public transport
- 67 min
- Direct by Rodalies (R2S)
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- Barcelona
- 42 km
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Public transport from Vilanova i la Geltrú, mode by mode
From Vilanova i la Geltrú, 2 public transport modes run to Barcelona between 7 and 9am: Rodalies and bus. The quickest to the centre is Rodalies, 53 minutes.
- Rodalies R2S, R15
- Every 9 min
- Minutes between departures at 7–9am. Lines: R2S, R15. From Vilanova i la Geltrú. 53 min to the centre.
- Bus E15.1, E15.2
- Every 5 min
- Minutes between departures at 7–9am. Lines: E15.1, E15.2. From rbla. Sant Jordi (Pavelló Isaac Gálvez). 53 min to the centre.
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Journey times from Vilanova i la Geltrú
Driving times with no traffic. Every town measured from its official centre (Cap de municipi).
- Drive to central Barcelona · calculated 3 Nov 2026
- 47 min
- Drive to La Sagrera · calculated 3 Nov 2026
- 52 min
- Drive to El Prat airport · calculated 3 Nov 2026
- 34 min
Sources and notes
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.
- Close in, higher priceL'Hospitalet de LlobregatBarcelonès20 min€3,107/m²The quickest of the towns above the median price.See the town →
- Further out, lower priceBadia del VallèsVallès Occidental44 min€1,637/m²The lowest price per m² under 60 minutes away.See the town →
- Middle groundMontcada i ReixacVallès Occidental24 min€2,391/m²Where minutes and price balance out most evenly.See the town →
*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
On average, a home sold here costs €251,000 and has 96 m².
We leave it out: the cadastral revaluation is recent and the tax base is phased in over nine years.
Rate: 0.909%.
Sources and notes
- Buy: Resale homes sold from July 2025 to June 2026.
- Property tax on an average home: Catastro, 2026. Last Catastro revaluation: 2019.
Vilanova i la Geltrú has had a rent cap since 16 March 2024.
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.
From €566 in 2007 to €845 in 2025: €279 more a month.
average rent of the contracts registered each year, €/month
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What it measures: what you pay each month today, renting in Barcelona, minus what you would pay renting in Vilanova i la Geltrú, 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 Vilanova i la Geltrú, you'd pay €290 less a month.
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Vilanova i la Geltrú: every figure with its rank
Where each figure ranks among the towns we cover in its comarca.
What you pay each year in Vilanova i la Geltrú
- Property tax rate · data from 2026
- 0.909%
- Building works tax (ICIO) · data from 2026
- 4%
Sources and notes
Buying and renting in Vilanova i la Geltrú
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
- €2,795
- Monthly rent · a month, average of registered leases · read 3 Nov 2026
- €845
- 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.
- Tourist flats · on the register, 5 October 2026 · read 3 Nov 2026
- 461
- 0.6 per 100 residents. A council licence is required; flats already registered have until November 2028 to get one.
In Vilanova i la Geltrú, resale homes went from €1,657 per m² in 2015 to €2,688 in 2025: +62%. In the last year, 0%.
Generalitat de Catalunya, registered sales of resale homes. Completed sales only, never asking prices. For 2015, 2016, 2023, 2024, we use the average of the four quarters, weighted by sales, because the Generalitat doesn't publish a full-year figure by town.
See how prices in Vilanova i la Geltrú have risen compared with other towns →Sources and notes
In Vilanova i la Geltrú, average net household income was €42,979 a year in 2024 (Barcelona: €49,915). A 70 m² flat at the average resale price equals 4.6 years of that income; in Barcelona, 7. The average rent on contracts signed in 2025 (€845 a month) takes 24% of an average household's income.
Between 2015 and 2024, household income changed +39% and the resale price per m² +62%.
Within the town, net income per person ranges from €11,105 to €24,663 across census sections (41 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.
Selling in Vilanova i la Geltrú: before you sign, transfer tax and rebates →Cost of moving →
Life
4.8 km in a straight line to the hospital with A&E (Hospital Residència Sant Camil).
Barcelona province: 63.2.
Sources and notes
- Safety: Known crimes in 2025.
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In Sant Pere de Ribes. British school (NABSS member), ages 3 to 18. Fees not published on its website.
10,018 residents; 4 in 10 are European. 2025 census.
Hospitals near Vilanova i la Geltrú
Distance as the crow flies from the town centre.
- Nearest public hospital with 24-hour A&E · read 19 Sep 2026
- Hospital Residència Sant Camil
- Distance as the crow flies · read 19 Sep 2026
- 4.8 km
- In Sant Pere de Ribes.
Sources and notes
Before you decide: Vilanova i la Geltrú
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
- 2,098 people/km²
- 71,305 residents.
- Residents under 15 · aged 65+
- 12.6% · 21.3%
- Flood risk (the Generalitat's INUNCAT plan)
- 4/4
- Level 4 of 4, official category “very high” (the highest of the five types). By type: river, very high; flood-prone zones (torrents), very high; coastal (storms), very high; surface water (heavy rain), high; dam or pond failure, very high. Municipal flood plan: approved on 18 June 2025. The level set in the council's civil-protection plan. It is not a forecast.
- Forest-fire hazard (INFOCAT plan)
- 1/4
- Level 1 of 4 against the Catalan average (“below average”). Municipal wildfire plan: approved on 18 June 2025.
- Forest fires, 2011-2024
- 9
- 0.0 ha of woodland burned in the municipality over those years.
- Known crimes (2025)
- 62.3 per 1,000 residents
- Province of Barcelona average: 63.2. Versus 2024: +2.2%. 4,465 offences in 2025. Offences known to the police forces; only towns with more than 20,000 residents are published.
Sources and notes
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 R2S, R15 · read 11 Oct 2026
- Every 9 min
- Lines: R2S, R15. From Vilanova i la Geltrú into Barcelona, 7–9am. 53 minutes on board to central Barcelona.
- Bus E15.1, E15.2 · read 11 Oct 2026
- Every 5 min
- Lines: E15.1, E15.2. From rbla. Sant Jordi (Pavelló Isaac Gálvez) into Barcelona, 7–9am. 53 minutes on board to central Barcelona.
- Full trip to central Barcelona · read 11 Oct 2026
- 67 min
- From the town centre, leaving 7–9am, waits included: direct, by Rodalies. With 5 office days a week, 41.9 hours a month on the train: time to read, not to drive.
- To the airport by public transport · read 11 Oct 2026
- 58 min
- To T1 or T2, leaving 7–9am, waits included: 1 change: Rodalies + bus.
Sources and notes
Measured at Cunit, 8.1 km away, at 18 m. 3652 daily readings.
Compare
With your same work and your same limit. It is not a criterion: it is what you do next.
| Price | min to Plaça Catalunya | Life | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vilanova i la Geltrú | €845/month | 67 min | 84%satisfied residents |
| Granollers | €788/month | 51 min | 84%satisfied residents |
| Rubí | €783/month | 46 min | 64.3%satisfied residents |
| Castellar del Vallès | €850/month | 74 min | 92.3%satisfied residents |
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Towns like Vilanova i la Geltrú
The towns closest to it on price per m², rent, public transport time to the centre and size, wherever they are. Its neighbours are just above.
- GranollersVallès OrientalSize65,123 residentshere: 71,305 residents
- RubíVallès OccidentalSize82,825 residentshere: 71,305 residents
- Castellar del VallèsVallès OccidentalAverage rent€850/monthhere: €845/month
- MataróMaresmePrice per m²€2,679/m²here: €2,795/m²
*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.
Sources and notes for this page
- Ordenanzas fiscales municipales (tipo del IBI urbano y bonificaciones) (Ayuntamientos; Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona)Period: 2026 · Read on 24 September 2026 · Licence: Public regulation (municipal tax ordinances)
- Información impositiva municipal: IBI, ICIO, año de revisión catastral e IIVTNU (plusvalía) (Ministerio de Hacienda, Secretaría General de Financiación Autonómica y Local)Period: 2026 · Read on 3 November 2026 · Licence: Reuse of public-sector information (Spanish Law 37/2007)
- Estadística del Catastro urbano: valor catastral medio residencial (Dirección General del Catastro)Period: 2026 · Read on 3 November 2026 · Licence: Reuse of public-sector information
- Compravendes d'habitatge registrades: precio por m² construido de la vivienda usada (Generalitat de Catalunya, Secretaria d'Habitatge (datos de los Registradores))Period: 2025-07/2026-06 · Read on 3 November 2026 · Licence: Reutilización citando la fuente
- Alquiler medio de los contratos registrados (fianzas del Incasòl) (Generalitat de Catalunya, Secretaria d'Habitatge)Period: 2025 anual · Read on 3 November 2026 · Licence: Dades obertes de la Generalitat de Catalunya
- Sistema Estatal de Índices de Alquiler de Vivienda (SERPAVI): renta mediana de los alquileres declarados (Ministerio de Vivienda y Agenda Urbana)Period: 2024 · Read on 7 October 2026 · Licence: Reuse of public-sector information (Spanish Law 37/2007)
- Period: 2024 · Read on 3 November 2026 · Licence: CC BY 4.0 (own elaboration with INE data)
- Period: Censo 2021 · Read on 3 November 2026 · Licence: CC BY 4.0 (own elaboration with INE data)
- Bonificación de la plusvalía municipal (IIVTNU) al heredar la vivienda, leída en la ordenanza fiscal (Ayuntamientos; Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona; ORGT de la Diputació de Barcelona)Period: 2026 · Read on 26 September 2026 · Licence: Normativa pública
- Period: 2026 · Read on 3 November 2026 · Licence: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Period: 2026 · Read on 11 October 2026 · Licence: ATM vía el Punto de Acceso Nacional: licencia de datos del NAP, «Powered by MITRAMS», datos procesados; FGC: CC BY 4.0 (dadesobertes.fgc.cat, comprobado el 09/10/2026); autobuses interurbanos: datos abiertos de la Generalitat de Catalunya; Renfe: CC BY 4.0
- Period: 2026 · Read on 11 October 2026 · Licence: CC BY 4.0 (data.renfe.com, comprobado el 09/10/2026)
- Directori de centres docents (estudios extranjeros) y web de cada colegio (cuotas publicadas) (Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament d'Educació; colegios)Period: 2026-27 · Read on 3 November 2026 · Licence: Dades obertes; cuotas citadas de la web de cada colegio
- Zonas de mercado residencial tensionado (Ley 12/2023) (Boletín Oficial del Estado)Period: 2024-2027 · Read on 3 November 2026 · Licence: Public regulation (BOE official gazette)
- Prórroga (TER/3739/2026) y nueva declaración (TER/3740/2026) de zona tensionada, DOGC núm. 9775 del 19/10/2026 (Generalitat de Catalunya)Period: 2026 · Read on 25 October 2026 · Licence: Public regulation (DOGC official gazette)
- Period: 2023-2024 · Read on 3 November 2026 · Licence: CC BY 4.0 (citar Diputació de Barcelona y fecha)
- Registre de Turisme de Catalunya: habitatges d'ús turístic (Generalitat de Catalunya)Period: 2026-10 · Read on 3 November 2026 · Licence: Dades obertes
- Censo de población: residentes extranjeros (Idescat)Period: 2025 · Read on 3 November 2026 · Licence: Reutilización citando Idescat
- Hospitales de agudos (distancia en línea recta desde el Cap de municipi) (CatSalut)Period: 2026 · Read on 19 September 2026 · Licence: Dades obertes
- Densidad de población (habitantes por km²) (Idescat, El municipio en cifras (EMEX))Period: 2025 · Read on 3 November 2026 · Licence: Reutilización citando Idescat
- Riesgo de inundación (INUNCAT) y peligro de incendio forestal (INFOCAT) asignados a cada municipio (Generalitat de Catalunya, Protecció Civil (eqag-gzjs))Period: 2026 · Read on 3 November 2026 · Licence: Dades obertes de la Generalitat de Catalunya
- Días al año por encima de 30 °C y noches por debajo de 5 °C, de la estación de la XEMA atribuida a cada municipio (Servei Meteorològic de Catalunya, dades diàries de la XEMA (7bvh-jvq2))Period: 2015-2024 · Read on 3 November 2026 · Licence: Dades obertes de la Generalitat de Catalunya
- Registre d'agents immobiliaris de Catalunya (AICAT) (Agència de l'Habitatge de Catalunya)Period: 2026 · Read on 7 October 2026 · Licence: Registro público
- Period: últimos 12 meses disponibles · Read on 3 November 2026 · Licence: Use authorised by the Notariado, quoting the source verbatim (the citation stays in Spanish)
- Rent year by year: Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament de Territori, Habitatge i Transició Ecològica (dataset qww9-bvhh)Period: 2007–2025 · Read on 12 October 2026 · Licence: Generalitat de Catalunya open data
Common questions
- Is there an international school near Vilanova i la Geltrú?
- The nearest is Richmond International School, in Sant Pere de Ribes.
- How far is the beach from Vilanova i la Geltrú?
- 20 minutes on foot from the town centre (Platja de la Farola).
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.
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- A town with no data on a criterion is not scored on it. Nobody pays to rank higher.
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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