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Sant Llorenç Savall or Sentmenat

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How they compare
Sant Llorenç SavallSentmenat
Property tax (IBI) rate0.77%0.795%
Yearly property tax, average home€593€678
To Plaça Catalunya by public transport, centre to centre124 min · 1 change: bus + Rodalies (C3, R4)76 min · 1 change, all by bus (E10, E9)
To Barcelona by car57 min39 min
To the airport by car65 min49 min
Walk to the beachInlandInland
Walk to school5 min2 min
Price per m², Jul 2025–Jun 2026€1,374€2,155
Residents of other nationalities6.8%6.7%
Rent-controlled areaYesYes
Tourist flats per 100 residents0.30.1
To the airport by public transport, centre to centre165 min106 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
  • Sant Llorenç Savall pays €85 less property tax a year on an average home.
  • Sentmenat is 48 minutes closer to Barcelona by public transport.
  • Only Sentmenat has direct public transport to Barcelona, 7–9am: bus, one every 15 min.
  • In Sant Llorenç Savall, a square metre costs 36% less (Jul 2025–Jun 2026).

Is moving from Sant Llorenç Savall to Sentmenat worth it?

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

more than today

€65
Hours travelling a year

less than today

−360 h
Minutes each way

less than today

−48 min

What it measures: what you pay each month today, renting in Sant Llorenç Savall, minus what you would pay renting in Sentmenat, at the average rent of its contracts, whatever the floor area (your reference home: 144 m², the average sold in Sant Llorenç Savall). These are published averages for each municipality, not your own flat.

Going by public averages, if you moved from Sant Llorenç Savall to Sentmenat, you'd pay €65 more a month, and you'd save 360 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

Sant Llorenç Savall: €85 less property tax a year on an average home. Sentmenat: 48 minutes closer to Barcelona by public transport.

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