Rent levels in Rota, from declared leases
It rests on 1.623 declared leases. Five years have added 29,8 % to the reference, well ahead of general inflation. The reference for Rota is 8,10 €/m², above the national middle, so a sitting tenant has more to lose from moving than the headline suggests.
Rents declared on income-tax returns for main-residence leases, not asking prices. They lag the market and exclude holiday lets.
A sense of scale
Within Cádiz, that is the second highest share of dwellings that are not a main residence among the municipalities this guide covers.
Across the country, the upper-quartile rent per square metre here belongs to the second-dearest twentieth.
Judged only against Cádiz, the five-year change in the reference rent here is the second highest in the guide.
Measured against its neighbours
Against every municipality in this guide, its reference rent per square metre lands in the band just below the top quarter.
Line the Cádiz municipalities in this guide up by median floor area of a let flat and this one is the eighth highest.
Measured against the whole batch, that lower-quartile rent per square metre sits in the upper middle of the range.
Where this one stands
Of the Cádiz municipalities covered here, this one comes fifth lowest on population.
Taking every municipality covered here together, the median declared monthly rent is in the upper middle of the range.
Line the Cádiz municipalities in this guide up by number of declared leases and this one is the sixth highest.
The reference figures, in a split market
Between 5,75 €/m² and 13,76 €/m² is ordinary here; above it you are buying a feature, not a flat.
5,75 €/m² against 13,76 €/m² is a split market rather than a range; Rota effectively has two rental stocks.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Lower quartile | 5,75 €/m² |
| Median | 8,10 €/m² |
| Upper quartile | 13,76 €/m² |
| Median monthly rent | 550,00 € |
| Median floor area | 78 m² |
What a given flat should cost
The median monthly rent declared in Rota is 550,00 €.
Five years have added 29,8 % to the reference, well ahead of general inflation.
| Floor area | At the lower quartile | At the median | At the upper quartile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 m² | 316 € | 446 € | 757 € |
| 75 m² | 431 € | 608 € | 1.032 € |
| 100 m² | 575 € | 810 € | 1.376 € |
The floor areas are round illustrative sizes used to show the arithmetic, not measurements of any particular flat.
How much of the stock is rented
The census publishes tenure only for the larger municipalities and the provincial capitals, so no rented share is available for Rota.
At 58,1 % not a main residence, the long-term rental stock in Rota is the leftover of a holiday market.
Related guides
Sources and licences
- MIVAU, Sistema Estatal de Referencia del Precio del Alquiler de Vivienda (SERPAVI), base 2011-2024. Period: 2024; 2019-2024. Retrieved 16 September 2026. Licence: MIVAU legal notice: reuse "para usos comerciales y no comerciales" with the source and its last-update date cited. Values are rents declared on income-tax returns, not asking prices.
- INE, Censo de Población y Viviendas 2021, viviendas por tipo (tabla 59525). Period: 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (INE legal notice). Attribution: "Elaboración propia con datos extraídos del sitio web del INE".
- MIVAU, registro de zonas de mercado residencial tensionado (art. 18 Ley 12/2023). Period: 16 September 2026. Retrieved 16 September 2026. Licence: MIVAU legal notice: reuse for commercial and non-commercial purposes with the source and its last-update date cited.