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Castelldefels, Barcelona
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Castelldefels

Barcelona · Catalonia

69,689 residents 15 min to BCN airport

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.”
Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 3.0

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.

Heat-averse settlers Spainability Score 79

Higher than 79% of 2,555 scoreable municipalities.

Retiring couples Spainability Score 89

Higher than 89% of 8,088 scoreable municipalities.

American retirees Spainability Score 97

Higher than 97% of 8,088 scoreable municipalities.

Families with school-age kids Spainability Score

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.

Remote-working couples Spainability Score

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.

Budget-first coastal settlers Spainability Score

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

10° 20° 30° 100 0 mm 14° 15° 16° 19° 10° 22° 14° 26° 18° 28° 21° 29° 21° 26° 18° 22° 14° 18° 15° day high night low JFMAMJJASOND
day high → night low (°C) rain (mm/month, right axis) Measured at the BARCELONA AEROPUERTO station.
Nearest airport Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN) — 15 min drive · international hub · 71 direct-flight countries

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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