Rent in Alcobendas: an expensive market, measured
With 6.933 declared leases behind it, the quartiles are stable from year to year. It is 19,7 % above the reference of five years earlier. A reference of 11,84 €/m² puts Alcobendas among the dearest places to rent in Spain, where short-term letting quietly removes the best stock from the long-term pool.
Rents declared on income-tax returns for main-residence leases, not asking prices. They lag the market and exclude holiday lets.
Where this one stands
Within Madrid, that is the ninth highest number of declared leases among the municipalities this guide covers.
Measured against the whole batch, that population sits in the third-dearest twentieth.
Among the Madrid towns and cities covered here, it records the eighth highest reference rent per square metre.
Put beside the rest of the country, its lower-quartile rent per square metre belongs to the second-dearest twentieth.
In context
Set against the other Madrid municipalities in this guide, it has the eighth highest upper-quartile rent per square metre.
Measured against the whole batch, that median declared monthly rent sits in the second-dearest twentieth.
Set against the other Madrid municipalities in this guide, it has the fourth lowest share of dwellings that are not a main residence.
Put beside the rest of the country, its share of main homes that are rented belongs to the band just inside the top fifth.
Measured against its neighbours
On five-year change in the reference rent it is the twelfth lowest of the Madrid municipalities this guide covers.
Against every municipality in this guide, its median floor area of a let flat lands in the eighth twentieth from the bottom.
A sizeable rental sector
21,42 % of Alcobendas main homes are rented, more than the national pattern.
Only 6,22 % of Alcobendas dwellings are not a main home, so almost nothing is competing with long leases.
What the reference says a flat should cost
It is 19,7 % above the reference of five years earlier.
The median declared lease in Alcobendas costs 834,00 € a month.
| Floor area | At the lower quartile | At the median | At the upper quartile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 m² | 532 € | 651 € | 793 € |
| 75 m² | 726 € | 888 € | 1.082 € |
| 100 m² | 968 € | 1.184 € | 1.442 € |
The floor areas are round illustrative sizes used to show the arithmetic, not measurements of any particular flat.
The reference figures, and how narrow the range is
With 6.933 declared leases behind it, the quartiles are stable from year to year.
9,68 €/m² to 14,42 €/m² is a narrow spread, so the address matters less here than the size.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Lower quartile | 9,68 €/m² |
| Median | 11,84 €/m² |
| Upper quartile | 14,42 €/m² |
| Median monthly rent | 834,00 € |
| Median floor area | 79 m² |
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".
- INE, Censo de Población y Viviendas 2021, régimen de tenencia en municipios de más de 50.000 habitantes y capitales (tabla 59529). 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.