Wall to wall, with a price gap you can feel. Chamberí is the Madrid many people picture; Tetuán, two streets over, sits right next to the Cuatro Torres and Chamartín.
People working on the northern business axis — Castellana, Cuatro Torres, Chamartín — who don't want to pay Chamberí prices to be close to it.
Couples and professionals who want to live the city on foot and without a car, and families who put the school and the neighborhood ahead of floor space.
Price differences within the district are huge: the area by the Castellana has nothing in common with Ventilla or Valdeacederas. Comparing by district is misleading here.
It has the most expensive rent per square metre of all the areas we analyse: 33% above the Madrid city average, according to SERPAVI contract data. Demand is high and good flats go quickly.
Public transport, arriving before 9:00 on a weekday, from Tetuán (Tetuán) and from Chamberí (Iglesia). The faster one is in green.
| Destination | Tetuán | Chamberí |
|---|---|---|
| Puerta del Sol | 14 minL1 | 7 minL1 |
| Nuevos Ministerios · AZCA | 9 minL1L6 | 10 minL1L6 |
| Cuatro Torres | 18 minL1L10 | 26 minL1L10 |
| Distrito Telefónica | 30 minL1L10 | 38 minL1L10 |
| Atocha station | 20 minL1 | 13 minL1 |
| Airport T4 | 36 minL1L6L8 | 37 minL1L6L8 |
| IFEMA | 32 minL1L6L8 | 33 minL1L6L8 |
| Ciudad Universitaria (UCM · UPM) | 17 minL1L6 | 14 minL1L6 |
| Cantoblanco campus (UAM) | 34 minL1C4 | 41 minL1C4 |
| American School of Madrid | 40 minL1L10C10 | 32 minL1L10C10 |
| King's College, Soto de Viñuelas | No reasonable metro or rail | No reasonable metro or rail |
| Lycée Français de Madrid | 37 minL1L4 | 33 minL7L4 |
It sits right next to the Cuatro Torres skyscrapers and Chamartín, yet two streets back from Bravo Murillo prices behave like an outer district's.
People working on the northern business axis — Castellana, Cuatro Torres, Chamartín — who don't want to pay Chamberí prices to be close to it.
Read the Tetuán guideSquares with café terraces, long-standing food markets and seven Metro lines, a short hop from Sol. It is the Madrid many people picture before they arrive — priced accordingly.
Couples and professionals who want to live the city on foot and without a car, and families who put the school and the neighborhood ahead of floor space.
Read the Chamberí guideAccording to rental contracts declared in 2024, Tetuán is cheaper: its price-per-square-metre index is 115, against 133 in Chamberí (city of Madrid = 100).
Tetuán has 9 stations inside the area with 11 lines (L1, L2, L6, L8, L9, L10, C2, C3, C4, C7, C10); Chamberí has 14 stations inside the area with 7 lines (L1, L2, L4, L5, L6, L7, L10). 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, Tetuán has 46 supermarkets, 17 schools and 386 bars, cafés and restaurants; Chamberí has 51, 45 and 731.
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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