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Neighborhood comparison

Two areas,
side by side.

Pick two areas of Madrid or its suburbs and set them next to each other on the map: what it costs to live in each, how you get around and what is within a short walk.

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The same open data for bothNo listings and no sign-up29 areas in the city and around it
To start with

The comparisons people make most

Neighbours that compete with each other, and the usual two or three alternatives for the same kind of life.

For people moving to Madrid

Chamberí · Salamanca

The two districts people weigh most when they want central Madrid without living in the old centre.

The city without central prices

Carabanchel · Usera

The two districts across the Manzanares that have changed most without stopping being affordable.

Around Madrid

Getafe · Leganés

The two southern towns with a Carlos III campus, metro and commuter rail.

Alcorcón · Leganés

Two southern towns joined by MetroSur and set apart by how they connect to Madrid: Alcorcón looks west along the C5; Leganés looks south and to the centre.

What it puts side by side

The same questions, answered the same way for both

No scores. Each row shows each neighborhood's figure, measured the same way, and the better figure is marked in green.

  1. What it costsSERPAVI reference rent — real, declared contracts — as an index where the city of Madrid is 100.
  2. How it connectsThe metro, light rail and commuter lines with a station inside the neighborhood, drawn in their own colours.
  3. How long it takesThe public transport journey to the place you choose: the Castellana, the Cuatro Torres, the airport, a campus or an international school.
  4. What is a short walk awaySupermarkets, parks, gyms, bars and schools within a kilometre of each area's centre, on the map.
  5. What it is likeThe best of each and what to know first, from its guide.
  6. What it looks likeA 3D tour of its streets, where there is one.
Where every figure comes from

Open data, with its source

Rent
SERPAVI, Spanish Ministry of Housing. Declared rental contracts, 2024.
Transport
Official timetables (GTFS) for Metro, Light Rail and Cercanías. A weekday, arriving before 9:00.
Services
OpenStreetMap, the same extract the area finder uses.
Shapes
OpenStreetMap administrative boundaries and INE census sections.
Questions

About the comparison

How is this different from the area finder?

The finder asks for your budget, where you go each week and how you travel, and returns the areas that fit you. The comparison asks nothing: you already have two neighborhoods in mind and want to see them side by side. If neither convinces you, the finder is the next step.

Why is rent shown as an index and not in euros?

Because that is what can be stated honestly on a page that stays published. The index compares the price per square metre of real contracts in each area with the city of Madrid, which is 100. Actual euros for your kind of home come from the finder, with their margin.

Where are supermarkets, parks and the rest counted from?

From the centre of each area: the point inside its shape with the most shops, bars, gyms and schools within a kilometre. Not the station, because in many towns the station sits on the edge. The map draws that circle and exactly the points that are counted.

Do journeys include buses?

No. They come from the official Metro, Light Rail and Cercanías timetables, from each area's reference station, arriving before 9:00 on a weekday. When there is no reasonable way to get there without a bus, it says so instead of making one up.

Can I compare any two neighborhoods?

Yes, any pair of the 29 areas that have a guide on BestBarrio, in the city of Madrid and around it.

What if it is neither?

Let the map suggest the third one.

Tell us your budget and the places you go each week, and we will show you the areas that fit you, including the ones you had not considered.

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