Eastern neighbours with rents below the city average. Vicálvaro has a university campus and newer homes; San Blas-Canillejas has two metro lines and the airport corridor.
Students at Rey Juan Carlos University (URJC) and anyone who wants a recently built home without paying central-Madrid prices.
People working along the eastern corridor — the airport, IFEMA, the business parks on the A-2 motorway — or who travel a lot.
Line 9 means a change for almost any central destination. Journeys to Sol or Atocha take longer than the map suggests.
Aircraft noise is real in some neighborhoods, depending on which runways are in use that day. Visit the flat and listen.
Public transport, arriving before 9:00 on a weekday, from Vicálvaro (Vicálvaro) and from San Blas–Canillejas (Simancas). The faster one is in green.
| Destination | Vicálvaro | San Blas–Canillejas |
|---|---|---|
| Puerta del Sol | 32 minL9C2C4 | 28 minL7L5L1 |
| Nuevos Ministerios · AZCA | 28 minL9L6 | 22 minL7L6 |
| Cuatro Torres | 45 minL9L10 | 35 minL7L10 |
| Distrito Telefónica | 57 minL9L10 | 48 minL7L10 |
| Atocha station | 25 minL9C2 | 34 minL7L5L2C4 |
| Airport T4 | 51 minL9L8 | 47 minL7L6L8 |
| IFEMA | 45 minL9L8 | 44 minL7L6L8 |
| Ciudad Universitaria (UCM · UPM) | 40 minL9L6 | 32 minL7L6 |
| Cantoblanco campus (UAM) | 61 minL9L6C4 | 53 minL7L10C4 |
| American School of Madrid | 51 minL9L6C10 | 45 minL7L10C10 |
| King's College, Soto de Viñuelas | No reasonable metro or rail | No reasonable metro or rail |
| Lycée Français de Madrid | 44 minL9L4 | 38 minL7L4 |
A 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 guideFifteen minutes from the airport and the IFEMA exhibition centre, with Metro into the city and prices below the Madrid city average.
People working along the eastern corridor — the airport, IFEMA, the business parks on the A-2 motorway — or who travel a lot.
Read the San Blas–Canillejas guideAccording to rental contracts declared in 2024, Vicálvaro is cheaper: its price-per-square-metre index is 79, against 91 in San Blas–Canillejas (city of Madrid = 100).
Vicálvaro has 5 stations inside the area with 3 lines (L9, C2, C7); San Blas–Canillejas has 10 stations inside the area with 3 lines (L2, L5, L7). 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, Vicálvaro has 11 supermarkets, 14 schools and 46 bars, cafés and restaurants; San Blas–Canillejas has 10, 14 and 92.
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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