Either side of the Madrid city limit, along the same southern corridor. Villaverde is still the city of Madrid; Getafe is a town in its own right, with a hospital, a university and a historic centre.
Carlos III University students, and people working in the south or the centre who want their rent to drop properly.
Genuinely tight budgets, or anyone who wants rent to take no more than a third of their salary.
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 district is cut up by railway lines and industrial land. Getting around inside Villaverde can be harder than getting out of it.
Public transport, arriving before 9:00 on a weekday, from Getafe (Getafe Centro) and from Villaverde (Villaverde Bajo). The faster one is in green.
| Destination | Getafe | Villaverde |
|---|---|---|
| Puerta del Sol | 24 minC4 | 14 minC4 |
| Nuevos Ministerios · AZCA | 28 minC4 | 18 minC4 |
| Cuatro Torres | 46 minC4L10 | 36 minC4L10 |
| Distrito Telefónica | 58 minC4L10 | 48 minC4L10 |
| Atocha station | 20 minC4 | 10 minC4 |
| Airport T4 | 55 minC4L8 | 45 minC4L8 |
| IFEMA | 50 minC4L8 | 40 minC4L8 |
| Ciudad Universitaria (UCM · UPM) | 41 minC4L6 | 31 minC3L6 |
| Cantoblanco campus (UAM) | 58 minC4 | 48 minC4 |
| American School of Madrid | 47 minC4C10 | 37 minC4C10 |
| King's College, Soto de Viñuelas | No reasonable metro or rail | No reasonable metro or rail |
| Lycée Français de Madrid | 57 minC4L8L4 | 48 minC3L8L4 |
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 guideWhere rents fall furthest without leaving the municipality of Madrid. Four Cercanías commuter-rail stations make up for much of the distance.
Genuinely tight budgets, or anyone who wants rent to take no more than a third of their salary.
Read the Villaverde guideAccording to rental contracts declared in 2024, Getafe and Villaverde are practically the same: indexes of 73 and 73 in price per square metre (city of Madrid = 100).
Getafe has 13 stations inside the area with 3 lines (L12, C3, C4); Villaverde has 5 stations inside the area with 3 lines (C3, C4, 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; Villaverde has 14, 20 and 76.
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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