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Alcobendas or Madrid
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Between Alcobendas and Madrid: purchase price per square metre, 224 €/m² cheaper in Madrid; median rent per the Ministry (SERPAVI, flats), 34.75 €/month cheaper in Alcobendas.
| Figure | Alcobendas | Madrid | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purchase price per square metre latest 12 months available 224 €/m² cheaper in Madrid | 5,479 €/m² | 5,255 €/m² | 224 €/m² cheaper in Madrid |
| Median rent per the Ministry (SERPAVI, flats) 2024 34.75 €/month cheaper in Alcobendas | 834 €/month | 868.75 €/month | 34.75 €/month cheaper in Alcobendas |
| Average net household income 2023 15,223 €/year more in Alcobendas | 65,139 €/year | 49,916 €/year | 15,223 €/year more in Alcobendas |
| Property tax (IBI) rate tax year 2026 | 0.4 % | 0.414 % | |
| Residents with a foreign nationality 1 January 2025 | 17.3 % | 18.9 % | |
| Registered residents 1 January 2025 3,383,388 people more in Madrid | 123,342 people | 3,506,730 people | 3,383,388 people more in Madrid |
| Minutes by car to Sol OpenStreetMap extract of 2026-10-12 | 21 min | n/a · not applicable | |
| Minutes by car to Nuevos Ministerios OpenStreetMap extract of 2026-10-12 | 14 min | n/a · not applicable | |
| Foreign schools in the town directory 2026-05-05 32 centres more in Madrid | 14 centres | 46 centres | 32 centres more in Madrid |
| Nearest foreign school (as the crow flies) directory 2026-05-05 1 km more in Alcobendas | 1 km | 0 km | 1 km more in Alcobendas |
| Nearest acute-care hospital (as the crow flies) National Hospital Catalogue 2025 (as of 31/12/2024) 1 km more in Alcobendas | 1 km | 0 km | 1 km more in Alcobendas |
| Health centres in the town layer in force on the reading date 125 centres more in Madrid | 5 centres | 130 centres | 125 centres more in Madrid |
| Flood risk INUNCAM, Anexo XII (BOCM 2021-04-30) | mandatory action plan | mandatory action plan | |
| Wildfire risk Decreto 59/2017 (BOCM 2017-06-09) | not declared high-risk | not declared high-risk | |
| Rent-cap (tensioned) zone BOE of 29/07/2026 | none declared | none declared | |
| Tourist dwellings advertised on platforms (INE experimental estimate) May 2026 10,781 homes more in Madrid | 55 homes | 10,836 homes | 10,781 homes more in Madrid |
| Tourist-flat activity declarations filed 2026-09-11 1,103 declarations more in Madrid | 14 declarations | 1,117 declarations | 1,103 declarations more in Madrid |
| Municipal capital-gains tax (plusvalía): top rate tax year 2026 | 29.5 % | 29 % | |
| ICIO: construction tax rate tax year 2026 | 4 % | 3.8 % | |
| Average cadastral value of a home Cadastre urban statistics 2026 25,323 € more in Alcobendas | 145,121 € | 119,798 € | 25,323 € more in Alcobendas |
- Datos procedentes del Portal Estadístico del Notariado (https://penotariado.com/inmobiliario/), titularidad del Consejo General del Notariado y gestionado por el Centro Tecnológico del Notariado.
- Ministerio de Vivienda y Agenda Urbana, SERPAVI
- INE, Atlas de Distribución de Renta de los Hogares
- Ministerio de Hacienda, Información impositiva municipal
- INE, Censo anual de población (porcentaje calculado por Verithic)
- INE, Padrón municipal
- OpenStreetMap (ODbL) + own OSRM, by car, no live traffic
- Comunidad de Madrid, Centros educativos de la Comunidad de Madrid (directorio; tipo «Centro docente extranjero en España», situación ALTA)
- Ministerio de Sanidad, Catálogo Nacional de Hospitales 2025 (a 31/12/2024)
- Comunidad de Madrid, IDEM, Centros_de_Salud
- Comunidad de Madrid, Plan Especial de Protección Civil ante Inundaciones (INUNCAM), Anexo XII (municipios que deben / es recomendable que elaboren plan de actuación municipal), según corrección de errores publicada en el BOCM de 30/4/2021
- Comunidad de Madrid, Decreto 59/2017, de 6 de junio (BOCM n.º 136, 9/6/2017): Plan Especial de Protección Civil de Emergencia por Incendios Forestales (INFOMA), Anexo I, apartado 3: Zonas de Alto Riesgo de incendio forestal (ZAR), págs. 51-53 del BOCM
- BOE, declaraciones de zona tensionada (Ley 12/2023)
- INE, Estadística experimental: medición del número de viviendas turísticas en España y su capacidad (tabla 39363)
- Comunidad de Madrid, Declaraciones responsables de actividad de viviendas de uso turístico de la Comunidad de Madrid presentadas
- Dirección General del Catastro, estadística del Catastro urbano
- read 12 Oct 2026
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