Castelldefels
Barcelona · Catalonia
Castelldefels is a municipality of 69,689 residents in Barcelona province, Catalonia, about 3 km from the nearest coastline. Registered long-let rents average €12.80/m² a month — roughly 130% above the national municipal average of €5.57. Among residents, about 30 per 1,000 hold Italian nationality.
“Castelldefels is a municipality in Barcelona (province) famous for its beach of more than 5 km. It is an affluent area with many famous sportsmen as residents.”
The case for Castelldefels
- only 53 rainy days a year
- 10.9°C average winters
- BCN airport 15 minutes away
- L'Hospitalet de Llobregat — a 100,000+ city — 19 minutes by road
- AVE high-speed rail about 18 minutes away
- official bathing water 1.5 km away
- 125 restaurants and cafés
- 28 schools in town
- 13.7% of residents are under 15 — more children than the typical Spanish town
No adjectives, no opinions — every line is a measured value from the data below, shown only when Castelldefels genuinely earns it. Distances marked "as the crow flies" are straight-line estimates.
Castelldefels's Spainability Scores
Percentile within each canonical persona's scoreable municipality pool.
Higher than 79% of 2,555 scoreable municipalities.
Higher than 89% of 8,088 scoreable municipalities.
Higher than 97% of 8,088 scoreable municipalities.
Not scored — excluded by this tight-budget profile's affordability gate: the registered rent here (€12.80/m²·mo) is in the priciest 10% nationally.
Not scored — excluded by this tight-budget profile's affordability gate: the registered rent here (€12.80/m²·mo) is in the priciest 10% nationally.
Not scored — excluded by this tight-budget profile's affordability gate: the registered rent here (€12.80/m²·mo) is in the priciest 10% nationally.
Published data for Castelldefels
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 10.9°C top 17% of 8,131 towns 3.1°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 28.6°C top 26% of 8,131 towns 1.6°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 53 days top 23% of 8,088 towns 23% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 6.8 h/day bottom 22% of 3,829 towns 6% less than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 73 bottom 31% of 8,033 towns 16 above the Spanish average (56)
- River-flood depth (T=100, town centre) estimated
- 0 m top 1% of 8,129 towns 0.04 m below the Spanish average (0.04 m)
- River-flood risk score estimated
- 0 top 1% of 8,129 towns about the Spanish average (0)
- Wildfire burn rate (2010–23)
- 0.92 ha/km² bottom 18% of 8,132 towns 1.39 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 2 bottom 42% of 8,132 towns 4 below the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 29.2% bottom 4% of 8,130 towns 6.3% above the Spanish average (22.9%)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €4,302/m² appraisal (valor tasado) bottom 5% of 306 towns 95% more than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €12.8/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €10.6/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €15.5/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- 3.57% bottom 19% of 306 towns
- Net income per person
- €18,693 top 6% of 8,059 towns 29% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 9% bottom 3% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 28 top 2% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 2 km top 1% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 469 #12 of 17 regions, −10 vs national 12 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 9 min top 6% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 0.6 km top 2% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 142 days #16 of 17 regions, +39 days vs national 32% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 15 min top 1% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 98% top 9% of 8,132 towns 20% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 100% top 8% of 8,132 towns 17% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 69,689
- Born in Spain
- 68.4% 20.4% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 9% 5.2% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 3.07 per 1,000
Monthly climate normals
Numbers: Spainability town dataset. Missing fields are shown as missing. Registered rent, sale appraisal and asking-price figures keep their separate basis labels.
Questions to verify locally
- Ask whether current long-let rents match the registered-contract figure.
- Request recent comparable sales before relying on the appraisal figure.
- Test fibre speed at the exact address, not the town average.
- Visit local schools and confirm places for incoming families.
- Confirm health-centre registration and opening hours in person.
- Ask about summer rental crowds and parking near the coast.
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