Premià de Mar or Vilassar de Dalt
Side by side, so you can pick yours.
| Premià de Mar | Vilassar de Dalt | |
|---|---|---|
| Property tax (IBI) rate | 0.976% | 0.899% |
| Yearly property tax, average home | €743 | We leave it out: the cadastral revaluation is recent and the tax base is phased in over nine years. |
| To Plaça Catalunya by public transport, centre to centre | 41 min · Direct by Rodalies (R1) | 42 min · Direct by bus |
| To Barcelona by car | 29 min | 32 min |
| To the airport by car | 42 min | 45 min |
| Walk to the beach | 9 min | 41 min |
| Walk to school | 3 min | 1 min |
| Price per m², Jul 2025–Jun 2026 | €3,130 | €2,907 |
| Residents of other nationalities | 14.8% | 8.5% |
| Rent-controlled area | Yes | Yes |
| Tourist flats per 100 residents | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| To the airport by public transport, centre to centre | 76 min | 86 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.
- To Barcelona, 7–9am: Premià de Mar by Rodalies, one every 8 min; Vilassar de Dalt by bus, one every 12 min.
- From Premià de Mar the beach is 9 minutes' walk; from Vilassar de Dalt, 41.
Is moving from Premià de Mar to Vilassar de Dalt worth it?
more than today
more than today
more than today
What it measures: what you pay each month today, renting in Premià de Mar, minus what you would pay renting in Vilassar de Dalt, at the average rent of its contracts, whatever the floor area (your reference home: 85 m², the average sold in Premià de Mar). These are published averages for each municipality, not your own flat.
Going by public averages, if you moved from Premià de Mar to Vilassar de Dalt, you'd pay €205 more a month, and you'd spend 8 more hours a year travelling.
What we assumed (1)
- Hours a year count 45 weeks of going into the centre: the year minus holidays.
Premià de Mar: 1 minute closer to Barcelona by public transport.
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