Newer homes in the south-east, inside and outside the city. Vicálvaro is still Madrid, with its own campus; Rivas has a direct metro line 9 and the South-East Regional Park next door.
Young couples and anyone after newer housing, greenery and fresh air — with a Metro line and no need for a car.
Students at Rey Juan Carlos University (URJC) and anyone who wants a recently built home without paying central-Madrid prices.
Line 9 into the centre is long: half an hour to Príncipe de Vergara and quite a bit more to west Madrid.
Line 9 means a change for almost any central destination. Journeys to Sol or Atocha take longer than the map suggests.
Public transport, arriving before 9:00 on a weekday, from Rivas-Vaciamadrid (Rivas Futura) and from Vicálvaro (Vicálvaro). The faster one is in green.
| Destination | Rivas-Vaciamadrid | Vicálvaro |
|---|---|---|
| Puerta del Sol | 39 minL9C2C4 | 32 minL9C2C4 |
| Nuevos Ministerios · AZCA | 39 minL9C2 | 28 minL9L6 |
| Cuatro Torres | 58 minL9C2L10 | 45 minL9L10 |
| Distrito Telefónica | 72 minL9C2L10 | 57 minL9L10 |
| Atocha station | 34 minL9C2 | 25 minL9C2 |
| Airport T4 | 66 minL9C2L8 | 51 minL9L8 |
| IFEMA | 61 minL9C2L8 | 45 minL9L8 |
| Ciudad Universitaria (UCM · UPM) | 51 minL9C2L6 | 40 minL9L6 |
| Cantoblanco campus (UAM) | 76 minL9C2C4 | 61 minL9L6C4 |
| American School of Madrid | 66 minL9C2C10 | 51 minL9L6C10 |
| King's College, Soto de Viñuelas | No reasonable metro or rail | No reasonable metro or rail |
| Lycée Français de Madrid | 61 minL9L4 | 44 minL9L4 |
The town with the youngest population in the Madrid region, a direct Metro line into the city and the Sureste Regional Park as its back garden.
Young couples and anyone after newer housing, greenery and fresh air — with a Metro line and no need for a car.
Read the Rivas-Vaciamadrid guideA village absorbed by the city, with its own university campus and newer housing at prices closer to the suburbs than to Madrid city.
Students at Rey Juan Carlos University (URJC) and anyone who wants a recently built home without paying central-Madrid prices.
Read the Vicálvaro guideAccording to rental contracts declared in 2024, Rivas-Vaciamadrid is cheaper: its price-per-square-metre index is 66, against 79 in Vicálvaro (city of Madrid = 100).
Rivas-Vaciamadrid has 3 stations inside the area with 1 line (L9); Vicálvaro has 5 stations inside the area with 3 lines (L9, C2, C7). 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, Rivas-Vaciamadrid has 10 supermarkets, 7 schools and 68 bars, cafés and restaurants; Vicálvaro has 11, 14 and 46.
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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