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Cerdanyola del Vallès or Montcada i Reixac

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How they compare
Cerdanyola del VallèsMontcada i Reixac
Property tax (IBI) rate0.665%0.626%
Yearly property tax, average home€770€427
To Plaça Catalunya by public transport, centre to centre35 min · Direct by Rodalies (R4)24 min · Direct by Rodalies (R4)
To Barcelona by car25 min26 min
To the airport by car34 min36 min
Walk to the beachInlandInland
Walk to school1 min2 min
Price per m², Jul 2025–Jun 2026€3,156€2,391
Residents of other nationalities11.8%14.4%
Rent-controlled areaYesYes
Tourist flats per 100 residents0.00.0
To the airport by public transport, centre to centre69 min56 min
Sources and notes
  • Property tax (IBI) rate: Each council's 2026 tax bylaw. Read on 3 November 2026.
  • Yearly property tax, average home: Council rate (2026 tax bylaw) × average cadastral value of the town's homes (Catastro 2026). Read on 3 November 2026.
  • To Plaça Catalunya by public transport, centre to centre: Official public transport timetables, leaving between 7 and 9am, waits included. Read on 11 October 2026.
  • To Barcelona by car: OSRM over OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), without traffic. Measured on 3 November 2026.
  • To the airport by car: OSRM over OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), without traffic. Measured on 3 November 2026.
  • Walk to the beach: On foot, with OSRM over OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Measured on 3 November 2026.
  • Walk to school: On foot, with OSRM over OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Measured on 3 November 2026.
  • Price per m², Jul 2025–Jun 2026: Generalitat de Catalunya, registered sales of resale homes (Jul 2025–Jun 2026). Read on 3 November 2026.
  • Residents of other nationalities: Idescat, 2025 population census. Read on 3 November 2026.
  • Rent-controlled area: The Catalan government's list of declared towns, with their publication in the BOE (Law 12/2023). Read on 3 November 2026.
  • Tourist flats per 100 residents: Registre de Turisme de Catalunya (data as of 5 October 2026), over the residents in Idescat's 2025 census. Read on 3 November 2026.
  • To the airport by public transport, centre to centre: Official public transport timetables. Read on 11 October 2026.

Average home: the IBI rate × the town's average residential cadastral value (Catastro, 2026). Not shown where a recent cadastral revaluation is being phased in.

What tips the balance
  • Montcada i Reixac pays €343 less property tax a year on an average home.
  • Montcada i Reixac is 11 minutes closer to Barcelona by public transport.
  • In Montcada i Reixac, a square metre costs 24% less (Jul 2025–Jun 2026).
  • Cerdanyola del Vallès has an international school: Synergy International Christian School.

Is moving from Cerdanyola del Vallès to Montcada i Reixac worth it?

Your home today
In the new town you'd like to
Monthly difference

less than today

€175
Hours travelling a year

less than today

−83 h
Minutes each way

less than today

−11 min

What it measures: what you pay each month today, renting in Cerdanyola del Vallès, minus what you would pay renting in Montcada i Reixac, at the average rent of its contracts, whatever the floor area (your reference home: 98 m², the average sold in Cerdanyola del Vallès). These are published averages for each municipality, not your own flat.

Going by public averages, if you moved from Cerdanyola del Vallès to Montcada i Reixac, you'd pay €175 less a month, and you'd save 83 hours a year.

What we assumed (1)
  • Hours a year count 45 weeks of going into the centre: the year minus holidays.
See the full calculation

Montcada i Reixac: €343 less property tax a year on an average home. Montcada i Reixac: 11 minutes closer to Barcelona by public transport.

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