{
  "name": "SVOY rental index — Spain and Italy",
  "url": "https://home.svoy.io/en/indeks",
  "updated": "2026-10-31",
  "unit": "EUR/m² per month, long-term rental of a whole apartment",
  "method": "Median across the listings we hold in our showroom: 57 apartments, 39 districts, 6 cities. Not an average — one expensive flat shouldn’t pull the whole city’s figures up. Short-term rentals, rooms, and co-living arrangements are not included in the index.",
  "terms": "Feel free to use the data with a link to https://home.svoy.io/en/indeks. Figures describe the market and do not constitute an offer.",
  "cities": [
    {
      "city": "Barcelona",
      "slug": "barcelona",
      "country": "Spain",
      "page": "https://home.svoy.io/en/podbor/barcelona",
      "m2_furnished": 27,
      "m2_unfurnished": 19.5,
      "furnishing_gap": 0.259,
      "budget_from": 900,
      "budget_to": 3600,
      "three_bedrooms_from": 1900,
      "three_bedrooms_where": "Nou Barris and Sant Andreu",
      "districts_count": 8,
      "districts": [
        {
          "name": "Nou Barris",
          "m2_furnished": 18.2,
          "derived": false
        },
        {
          "name": "Sant Andreu",
          "m2_furnished": 20,
          "derived": false
        },
        {
          "name": "Sants",
          "m2_furnished": 24,
          "derived": false
        },
        {
          "name": "Poble Sec",
          "m2_furnished": 25,
          "derived": false
        },
        {
          "name": "Gracia",
          "m2_furnished": 27,
          "derived": false
        },
        {
          "name": "Poblenou · Sant Martí",
          "m2_furnished": 28.9,
          "derived": false
        },
        {
          "name": "Eixample",
          "m2_furnished": 30.8,
          "derived": false
        },
        {
          "name": "Sarrià-Sant Gervasi",
          "m2_furnished": 26,
          "derived": false
        }
      ],
      "samples": 12,
      "market_note": "Over five years, rents have risen 93%: from €15.7 to €27.7/m² per month. An apartment stays on the market for about three days."
    },
    {
      "city": "Madrid",
      "slug": "madrid",
      "country": "Spain",
      "page": "https://home.svoy.io/en/podbor/madrid",
      "m2_furnished": 26,
      "m2_unfurnished": 24,
      "furnishing_gap": 0.087,
      "budget_from": 900,
      "budget_to": 3200,
      "three_bedrooms_from": 1750,
      "three_bedrooms_where": "Vallecas, Usera, and Carabanchel",
      "districts_count": 7,
      "districts": [
        {
          "name": "Usera",
          "m2_furnished": 20.8,
          "derived": true
        },
        {
          "name": "Carabanchel",
          "m2_furnished": 22.2,
          "derived": true
        },
        {
          "name": "Vallecas",
          "m2_furnished": 21.1,
          "derived": true
        },
        {
          "name": "Lavapiés",
          "m2_furnished": 25,
          "derived": true
        },
        {
          "name": "Argüelles",
          "m2_furnished": 26,
          "derived": true
        },
        {
          "name": "Chambéry",
          "m2_furnished": 28.9,
          "derived": true
        },
        {
          "name": "Salamanca",
          "m2_furnished": 31.4,
          "derived": true
        }
      ],
      "samples": 9,
      "market_note": "The market moves quickly, but is not as cutthroat as Barcelona. The key difference: furnished vs. unfurnished barely affects the price here."
    },
    {
      "city": "Valencia",
      "slug": "valencia",
      "country": "Spain",
      "page": "https://home.svoy.io/en/podbor/valencia",
      "m2_furnished": 18.9,
      "m2_unfurnished": 14.4,
      "furnishing_gap": 0.224,
      "budget_from": 700,
      "budget_to": 2400,
      "three_bedrooms_from": 1250,
      "three_bedrooms_where": "Benimaclет and Campanar",
      "districts_count": 6,
      "districts": [
        {
          "name": "Benimaclет",
          "m2_furnished": 16.9,
          "derived": true
        },
        {
          "name": "Campanar",
          "m2_furnished": 16.5,
          "derived": true
        },
        {
          "name": "Russafa",
          "m2_furnished": 19.7,
          "derived": true
        },
        {
          "name": "Eixample",
          "m2_furnished": 21.1,
          "derived": true
        },
        {
          "name": "El Carmen",
          "m2_furnished": 24.2,
          "derived": true
        }
      ],
      "samples": 9,
      "market_note": "The most accessible of the major Spanish markets: a three-bedroom here costs what a one-bedroom costs in Barcelona."
    },
    {
      "city": "Alicante",
      "slug": "alicante",
      "country": "Spain",
      "page": "https://home.svoy.io/en/podbor/alicante",
      "m2_furnished": 15.6,
      "m2_unfurnished": 12.2,
      "furnishing_gap": 0.2,
      "budget_from": 600,
      "budget_to": 2200,
      "three_bedrooms_from": 1050,
      "three_bedrooms_where": "Babel and Carolinas",
      "districts_count": 5,
      "districts": [
        {
          "name": "Babel",
          "m2_furnished": 12.9,
          "derived": true
        },
        {
          "name": "Carolinas",
          "m2_furnished": 15.3,
          "derived": true
        },
        {
          "name": "Center · Merced",
          "m2_furnished": 22.5,
          "derived": true
        },
        {
          "name": "Playa de San Juan",
          "m2_furnished": 18.3,
          "derived": true
        }
      ],
      "samples": 9,
      "market_note": "The market is seasonal: in summer landlords hold out for tourists and raise prices; in winter long-term rentals get cheaper."
    },
    {
      "city": "Marbella",
      "slug": "marbella",
      "country": "Spain",
      "page": "https://home.svoy.io/en/podbor/marbella",
      "m2_furnished": 27.7,
      "m2_unfurnished": 21.5,
      "furnishing_gap": 0.219,
      "budget_from": 1000,
      "budget_to": 4500,
      "three_bedrooms_from": 2100,
      "three_bedrooms_where": "San Pedro and Nueva Andalucía",
      "districts_count": 6,
      "districts": [
        {
          "name": "San Pedro de Alcántara",
          "m2_furnished": 22.7,
          "derived": true
        },
        {
          "name": "Nueva Andalucía",
          "m2_furnished": 26.5,
          "derived": true
        },
        {
          "name": "Marbella city center",
          "m2_furnished": 27.7,
          "derived": true
        },
        {
          "name": "Puerto Banús",
          "m2_furnished": 33.7,
          "derived": true
        },
        {
          "name": "Golden Mile",
          "m2_furnished": 32.3,
          "derived": true
        }
      ],
      "samples": 9,
      "market_note": "In summer, part of the rental stock shifts to short-term lets, and long-term options become noticeably scarcer."
    },
    {
      "city": "Milan",
      "slug": "milan",
      "country": "Italy",
      "page": "https://home.svoy.io/en/podbor/milan",
      "m2_furnished": 26.7,
      "m2_unfurnished": 22.9,
      "furnishing_gap": 0.156,
      "budget_from": 1000,
      "budget_to": 3500,
      "three_bedrooms_from": 2000,
      "three_bedrooms_where": "Bicocca and Lambrate",
      "districts_count": 7,
      "districts": [
        {
          "name": "Bicocca",
          "m2_furnished": 24.1,
          "derived": true
        },
        {
          "name": "Lambrate",
          "m2_furnished": 22.1,
          "derived": true
        },
        {
          "name": "NoLo",
          "m2_furnished": 27.5,
          "derived": true
        },
        {
          "name": "Città Studi",
          "m2_furnished": 26.7,
          "derived": true
        },
        {
          "name": "Porta Romana",
          "m2_furnished": 31.8,
          "derived": true
        },
        {
          "name": "Porta Venezia",
          "m2_furnished": 29.2,
          "derived": true
        },
        {
          "name": "Brera",
          "m2_furnished": 40,
          "derived": true
        }
      ],
      "samples": 9,
      "market_note": "Rooms are counted all together here: bilocale means a bedroom plus a living room — the equivalent of a Russian two-room apartment."
    }
  ]
}