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Martorelles below the Serralada de Marina

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Living in Martorelles

What you pay and how long you travel in Martorelles, with official figures.

Price
797€/month rent2,440 €/m² to buy22% of the town's average household income
Transport
76min by public transport to Plaça Catalunya
Life
91.9%of residents happy living in its comarca
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Transport

Plaça Catalunya
76 min
min by public transport, with 1 change, 0.5 departures an hour from 7 to 9am

29 min by car with no traffic

22@
81 min
min by public transport, with 3 changes

By car: not worked out yet for this destination

PRBB
85 min
min by public transport, with 3 changes

By car: not worked out yet for this destination

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Martorelles at a glance

The sea
Inland
No coastline of its own
To Plaça Catalunya by public transport
76 min
1 change: bus + Rodalies (355 356, R2)

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From Martorelles, as the crow flies
Barcelona
16 km
Sources and dates
Municipal boundaries and the location of public services.
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Public transport from Martorelles, mode by mode

From Martorelles, 1 public transport mode runs to Barcelona between 7 and 9am: Bus.

Bus 501
Every 120 min
Minutes between departures at 7–9am. Lines: 501. From ctra. la Roca (pol. ind. Can Fenosa). No direct service to the centre.
Sources and dates
Generalitat de Catalunya / ATM — horarios del transporte público de Cataluña y de los autobuses interurbanos (GTFS); Renfe Cercanías (GTFS, CC BY 4.0); FGC (GTFS). Departures per hour between 7 and 9am on a school-term Tuesday, from the stop with the most service; minutes to the centre are on board, to the first stop within 1.5 km of plaça Catalunya.
Read 11 October 2026

Journey times from Martorelles

Driving times with no traffic. Every town measured from its official centre (Cap de municipi).

Drive to central Barcelona · calculated 11 Oct 2026
29 min
Drive to La Sagrera · calculated 11 Oct 2026
19 min
Drive to El Prat airport · calculated 11 Oct 2026
39 min
Walk to the nearest beach · calculated 11 Oct 2026
116 min
Walk to a school · Nearest school, on foot · calculated 11 Oct 2026
7 min
Sources and dates
OSRM over OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Routes from the town centre.
Calculated by Verithic
If you work in Barcelona

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.

*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 11 Oct 2026.

Price

Rent
€797/month
average of registered contracts
Buy
€2,440/m²
resale homes sold from July 2025 to June 2026

On average, a home sold here costs €208,000 and has 100 m².

Property tax on an average home
€611/year
Catastro, 2026

Rate: 0.875%. Last Catastro revaluation: 1999.

Is moving from Barcelona to Martorelles worth it?

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

less than today

€338
Hours travelling a year

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What it measures: what you pay each month today, renting in Barcelona, minus what you would pay renting a 79 m² home in Martorelles. These are published averages for each municipality, not your own flat.

Going by public averages, if you moved from Barcelona to Martorelles, you'd pay €338 less a month.

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Martorelles: every figure with its rank

Where each figure ranks among the towns we cover in its comarca.

€2,440/m²
Price to buy
€797/month
Monthly rent
4.8%
Empty homes (2021 Census)
91.9%
Residents happy here
0.875%
Property tax rate
0.65%23/301.016%
€611/year
Property tax on an average home
76 min
To Plaça Catalunya by public transport
29 min
Drive to Barcelona
26 min3/3050 min
39 min
Drive to the airport
35 min4/3060 min
24 min
Drive to the beach
7 min
Walk to a school
2 min20/3012 min

What you pay each year in Martorelles

Property tax rate · data from 2026
0.875%
Building works tax (ICIO) · data from 2026
4%
Sources and dates
Rate: the council's 2026 tax bylaw (published 4 August 2026). Building works tax and Catastro revaluation: Spanish Ministry of Finance, 2026. Average home: Catastro, 2026.
Read 24 September 2026

Buying and renting in Martorelles

Rent is the average of every registered rental contract.

Price to buy · per m², resale homes sold, Jul 2025–Jun 2026 · read 11 Oct 2026
€2,440
Monthly rent · a month, average of registered leases · read 11 Oct 2026
€797
Plusvalía (the council tax on the land-value gain when you sell) · read 11 Oct 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
Tourist flats · on the register, 5 October 2026 · read 11 Oct 2026
2
0.0 per 100 residents. No planning licence needed: the town is not on the Decree-law 3/2023 list.
Sources and dates
Generalitat de Catalunya — registered sales of used homes (Jul 2025–Jun 2026) and the rental-deposit register.
Read 11 October 2026
What it costs, against what people earn

In Martorelles, average net household income was €44,400 a year in 2023 (Barcelona: €47,361). A 70 m² flat at the average resale price equals 3.8 years of that income; in Barcelona, 7.4. The average rent on contracts signed in 2025 (€797 a month) takes 22% of an average household's income.

Within the town, net income per person ranges from €15,265 to €20,663 across census sections (3 sections).

Income: INE (Spanish Statistics Office), Household Income Distribution Atlas; Verithic's calculation (2023, 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.

Read on 11 October 2026

Selling in Martorelles: before you sign, transfer tax and rebates →Cost of moving →

Life

Satisfied residents
91.9%
with living in its comarca
School and A&E
7 min
walk to a school

3.4 km in a straight line to the hospital with A&E (Hospital de Mollet).

Space
1,381 people/km²
population density

The Interior Ministry only publishes safety figures for towns over 20,000 people.

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Nearest international schoolHamelin-Laie International School

In Montgat. IB Diploma and Spanish batxillerat, from early years to 18. Annual fees 2026-27: €11,454 to €15,493, lunch included.

Foreign residents8.1%

405 residents; 2 in 10 are European. 2025 census.

Hospitals near Martorelles

Distance as the crow flies from the town centre.

Nearest public hospital with 24-hour A&E · read 19 Sep 2026
Hospital de Mollet
Distance as the crow flies · read 19 Sep 2026
3.4 km
In Mollet del Vallès.
Sources and dates
CatSalut — Cercador de centres sanitaris (list); Wikidata (coordinates, CC0)
Read 19 September 2026

Before you decide: Martorelles

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
1,381 people/km²
4,987 residents.
Residents under 15 · aged 65+
13.6% · 21.0%
Flood risk (the Generalitat's INUNCAT plan)
3/4
Level 3 of 4, official category “high” (the highest of the five types). By type: river, high; flood-prone zones (torrents), high; surface water (heavy rain), low. Municipal flood plan: approved on 8 October 2026. 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”). Vulnerability high. Municipal wildfire plan: approved on 8 October 2026.
Forest fires, 2011-2024
4
0.0 ha of woodland burned in the municipality over those years.
Known crimes (2025)
No data
The Ministry of the Interior only publishes towns with more than 20,000 residents. We don't estimate it.
Sources and dates
Density and ages: Idescat, EMEX, 2025. Flood and fire risk: Generalitat de Catalunya, Protecció Civil: plans INUNCAT e INFOCAT por municipio (eqag-gzjs), read 11 October 2026. Forest fires: Generalitat de Catalunya, Incendis forestals a Catalunya (bks7-dkfd). Known crimes (criminal offences): Ministry of the Interior, Crime Report 2025; population: INE, register at 1 January 2025; rate calculated by Verithic; read 17 October 2026.

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).

Bus 501 · read 11 Oct 2026
Every 120 min
Lines: 501. From ctra. la Roca (pol. ind. Can Fenosa) into Barcelona, 7–9am. No direct service to central Barcelona.
Full trip to central Barcelona · read 11 Oct 2026
76 min
From the town centre, leaving 7–9am, waits included: 1 change: bus + Rodalies. With 5 office days a week, 47.5 hours a month on public transport: time to read, not to drive.
To the airport by public transport · read 11 Oct 2026
106 min
To T1 or T2, leaving 7–9am, waits included: 1 change: bus + Rodalies.
Sources and dates
Generalitat de Catalunya / ATM — horarios del transporte público de Cataluña y de los autobuses interurbanos (GTFS); Renfe Cercanías (GTFS, CC BY 4.0); FGC (GTFS)
Read 11 October 2026
Weather · 2015-2024
Average temperature
16.4 °C
Daily average
Days of rain a year
50
458 mm a year
Days above 30 °C
68
85 nights below 5 °C
Days of frost a year
16
Sunshine: 16.4 MJ/m² a day

Measured at Parets del Vallès, 4.9 km away, at 118 m. 3652 daily readings.

Compare

With your same work and your same limit. It is not a criterion: it is what you do next.

Pricemin to Plaça CatalunyaLife
Martorelles€797/month76 min91.9%satisfied residents
Sant Antoni de Vilamajor€810/month81 min91.9%satisfied residents
Sant Esteve de Palautordera€750/month81 min91.9%satisfied residents
Torrelles de Llobregat€789/month64 min87.9%satisfied residents

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Towns like Martorelles

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.

*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 11 Oct 2026. Average rent: Secretaria d'Habitatge, Generalitat de Catalunya — average rent on registered leases, 2025, read 11 Oct 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 11 Oct 2026.

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Common questions
Is there an international school near Martorelles?
The nearest is Hamelin-Laie International School, in Montgat.
How far is the beach from Martorelles?
24 minutes by car from the town centre (Platja de Monsolís).
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.
  • If you pick a priority (Price, Transport or Life), that block counts double. In Price and Transport the score is also the average of the fit to your limit and the town's rank among those in its area (the cheapest, or the closest, scores 100): so, between two that fit your limit, the cheaper or closer one wins.
  • A town with no data on a criterion is not scored on it. Nobody pays to rank higher.
Indices by dimension
Cost63/100€2,440/m² for used homes · €797/month average rent · €611/year IBI on an average homeConnections22/10076 min by public transport to central Barcelona · 0.5 departures an hour from 7 to 9 a.m. towards Barcelona · 106 min by public transport to the airportServices nearby44/1007 min walk to school · 3.4 km to the acute-care hospital · 7.3 km to the international schoolSpace41/1001,381 inhabitants per km² · average used home of 100 m²Surroundings58/1000 tourist flats per 100 residents · natural hazard 2.4 out of 8 · 153 hot days or cold nights a year · 116 min walk to the beach

Percentile among the 124 towns in Barcelona and around, 0 to 100. Cut-off: 11 October 2026. How it is calculated

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  1. 01The town

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If you pick the wrong town
14%

of the price is gone if you buy a €600,000 home and sell it again for the same price. That covers transfer tax (ITP), notary and land registry fees, and the agent's commission, which we put at 4%.

Transfer tax (ITP) in Catalonia
10%

Up to €600,000. Then 11%, 12% and 13% on the higher bands.

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