Same budget, different Spain: what €250,000 buys where

Spain is one country but many housing markets. Here is how much home the same money buys or rents, from the cheapest towns to the most expensive.

Buying with €250,000

At the median official appraisal for all 302 places with a price, €250,000 buys about 128 m² of home. In the cheapest towns it buys 389 m² (Villarrobledo) and in the most expensive only 45 m² (Eivissa): 8.6 times less space for the same money. The five places where it goes furthest are Villarrobledo, Puertollano, Hellín, Tomelloso, Andújar; the five where it goes least far are Eivissa, Calvià, Madrid, Donostia/San Sebastián, Pozuelo de Alarcón.

Floor space €250,000 buys, at the official appraisal price (m²)

Selection of well-known places. Price = average appraised value per m² over the last four quarters (Ministry of Housing). Asking prices on property portals are often higher, so treat this as an upper estimate of the space.

Renting with €1,000 a month

At the median rent per m² for apartments, €1,000 a month rents about 147 m². The range runs from 294 m² (Villarrobledo) to 68 m² (Sant Josep de sa Talaia).

Floor space €1,000 a month rents (m²)

Median rent per m² for apartments in contracts registered with the tax office in 2024 (Ministry of Housing, SERPAVI). These are 2024 contracts: check current listings before you budget.

Cheap, but not cut off

Low prices often come with a catch: no big hospital nearby, no airport, no shops in walking distance. These 20 places are in the cheapest third of Spain and still have a large public hospital within 25 km, all six everyday essentials within a 10-minute walk of the centre and an airport within 100 km. The fifteen cheapest:

Place	Region	€250,000 buys	Typical rent	Large hospital	August high
Elda	Valencian Community	267 m²	€401	in town	28.7°C
Langreo	Asturias	254 m²	€360	14 km	24.5°C
Mieres	Asturias	253 m²	€360	14 km	24.5°C
Ferrol	Galicia	229 m²	€400	18 km	23.3°C
Narón	Galicia	229 m²	€380	22 km	23.2°C
Vila-real	Valencian Community	222 m²	€458	8 km	30.7°C
Almassora	Valencian Community	219 m²	€421	5 km	30.7°C
Torre-Pacheco	Murcia	189 m²	€430	16 km	29.6°C
Lugo	Galicia	187 m²	€404	in town	26.1°C
Redondela	Galicia	183 m²	€417	12 km	26.8°C
Jaén	Andalusia	177 m²	€490	in town	33.7°C
Cartagena	Murcia	174 m²	€500	in town	30.5°C
Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	Valencian Community	171 m²	€500	in town	30.8°C
Cáceres	Extremadura	169 m²	€475	in town	33.3°C
Avilés	Asturias	169 m²	€450	22 km	23.4°C

Use the compare page to set your own limits, or tick a few places to compare them side by side.

How we did this

Purchase: Ministry of Housing, Valor tasado de la vivienda (appraised value per m², average of the last four quarters to Q2 2026; 302 of the 333 places have a value). Rent: SERPAVI 2024, median rent per m² for apartments. Floor space = budget ÷ price per m²; purchase taxes, notary and agency fees, which add substantially to the cost, are not included. Hospital: Ministry of Health catalogue; walkability: OpenStreetMap; airports: AENA. Built 2026-10-18.