The two southern towns with a Carlos III campus, metro and commuter rail. Getafe has three stations into Madrid and a historic centre; Leganés has some of the most affordable rents in the whole ring.
Carlos III University students, and people working in the south or the centre who want their rent to drop properly.
Students, first jobs, and budgets where every hundred euros of rent counts.
Getafe is spread out: getting between Perales del Río and the centre takes a car or a bus. Which station is nearest changes your commute a lot.
The town is large and spread out; Zarzaquemada and La Fortuna are worlds apart. The stop nearest you shapes your daily life.
Public transport, arriving before 9:00 on a weekday, from Getafe (Getafe Centro) and from Leganés (Leganés). The faster one is in green.
| Destination | Getafe | Leganés |
|---|---|---|
| Puerta del Sol | 24 minC4 | 27 minC5C4 |
| Nuevos Ministerios · AZCA | 28 minC4 | 29 minC5C3 |
| Cuatro Torres | 46 minC4L10 | 47 minC5C4L10 |
| Distrito Telefónica | 58 minC4L10 | 60 minC5C4L10 |
| Atocha station | 20 minC4 | 21 minC5 |
| Airport T4 | 55 minC4L8 | 53 minC5C10L8 |
| IFEMA | 50 minC4L8 | 48 minC5C10L8 |
| Ciudad Universitaria (UCM · UPM) | 41 minC4L6 | 41 minC5C2L6 |
| Cantoblanco campus (UAM) | 58 minC4 | 60 minC5C4 |
| American School of Madrid | 47 minC4C10 | 43 minC5C10 |
| King's College, Soto de Viñuelas | No reasonable metro or rail | No reasonable metro or rail |
| Lycée Français de Madrid | 57 minC4L8L4 | 58 minC5L6L4 |
A city in its own right, not a commuter dormitory: a university campus, a hospital, a historic centre and three Cercanías stations into Madrid.
Carlos III University students, and people working in the south or the centre who want their rent to drop properly.
Read the Getafe guideOne of the most affordable options in the whole metropolitan area, with Metro, Cercanías trains and a university campus inside the town.
Students, first jobs, and budgets where every hundred euros of rent counts.
Read the Leganés guideAccording to rental contracts declared in 2024, Getafe and Leganés are practically the same: indexes of 73 and 70 in price per square metre (city of Madrid = 100).
Getafe has 13 stations inside the area with 3 lines (L12, C3, C4); Leganés has 10 stations inside the area with 3 lines (L11, L12, C5). To see which suits you, check how long each takes to your destination in the journeys table.
Within a kilometre of each area's centre, Getafe has 12 supermarkets, 34 schools and 90 bars, cafés and restaurants; Leganés has 24, 35 and 111.
Rent: SERPAVI (2024). Journeys: CRTM GTFS Metro de Madrid (05-27-2025), CRTM GTFS Metro Ligero (07-22-2026), Renfe GTFS Cercanías (09-23-2026). Services: OpenStreetMap (ODbL), extracto de Geofabrik del 2026-09-24. Shapes: OpenStreetMap (ODbL) vía Nominatim · INE (secciones censales de La Moraleja). Calculated on 2026-09-24.
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