Uphill or by the sea? What the beach costs in the Maresme
Three pairs of neighbouring towns, one uphill and one by the sea. In one pair, moving down to the beach adds 47% to the price per m². In another, just 2%.
The essentials
- Vilassar de Mar costs 47% more per m² than Vilassar de Dalt.
- Premià de Dalt and Premià de Mar are just 2% apart.
- Across the Maresme, the median price in seafront towns is 4% higher than in the rest.
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The property tax on an average home, the real price per m², minutes to Barcelona and how it compares with its neighbours.
The Maresme has a quirk almost nowhere else shares: towns that come in pairs. One uphill, “de Dalt” or “de Munt”. One down below, “de Mar”. Same name, right next door, and something everyone wonders sooner or later: how much more it costs to live by the sea.
It depends on the pair, and the gaps are surprising.
- Price per m² (Jul 2025–Jun 2026)
- €2,907/m²€4,265/m²
- Rise 2015–2025
- +60%+99%
- Property tax, average home
- —€802
- Under-15s
- 13.2 %13.3 %
- Price per m² (Jul 2025–Jun 2026)
- €2,514/m²€2,975/m²
- Rise 2015–2025
- —+85%
- Property tax, average home
- €690€621
- Under-15s
- 13.2 %12.6 %
- Price per m² (Jul 2025–Jun 2026)
- €3,082/m²€3,130/m²
- Rise 2015–2025
- +89%+77%
- Property tax, average home
- €925€743
- Under-15s
- 14.4 %12.7 %
Same name, same sea, different price.
Widen the lens to the whole Maresme and the surprise grows. The median for the 12 towns with the beach 15 minutes' walk away or less is €3,053/m²; for the other 16, €2,948/m². The sea costs extra, but less than you'd think: 4%.
How we worked it out
Average price per built m² of resale homes from registered sales (Jul 2025–Jun 2026). “By the sea”: the beach 15 minutes' walk or less from the town centre, the same rule used across the site. The rise compares the full years 2015 and 2025, and is only given with 40 or more sales in each. Property tax: estimated bill on an average home. Calculated by Verithic.
- Generalitat de Catalunya, Secretaria d'Habitatge — compravendes registrades · read 3 November 2026
- Generalitat de Catalunya, Secretaria d'Habitatge — compravendes d'habitatge registrades · read 3 November 2026
- Idescat, El municipi en xifres (EMEX), 2025 · read 3 November 2026
- Dirección General del Catastro, estadística del Catastro urbano 2026 · read 3 November 2026
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