Rent levels in Nerja, from declared leases
595 declared leases stand behind it, a base thin enough that a few unusual contracts move it. It is 21,1 % above the reference of five years earlier. The reference for Nerja is 7,92 €/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.
Put beside its neighbours
Line the Málaga municipalities in this guide up by share of dwellings that are not a main residence and this one is the second highest.
Over the whole guide, the median floor area of a let flat recorded here falls within the fourth-cheapest twentieth.
On upper-quartile rent per square metre it is the eighth lowest of the Málaga municipalities this guide covers.
In context
Against every municipality in this guide, its number of declared leases lands in the third-cheapest twentieth.
Compared with the rest of Málaga in this guide, it sits eighth lowest on reference rent per square metre.
Nationally, that population falls in the third-cheapest twentieth.
Against the rest of the province
Among the Málaga towns and cities covered here, it records the seventh lowest lower-quartile rent per square metre.
Set the national range end to end and this median declared monthly rent lands in the thirteenth twentieth from the bottom.
Judged only against Málaga, the five-year change in the reference rent here is the lowest in the guide.
The reference figures
Between 6,13 €/m² and 10,05 €/m² is ordinary here; above it you are buying a feature, not a flat.
6,13 €/m² to 10,05 €/m² covers the middle half of declared leases in Nerja — ordinary dispersion.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Lower quartile | 6,13 €/m² |
| Median | 7,92 €/m² |
| Upper quartile | 10,05 €/m² |
| Median monthly rent | 575,00 € |
| Median floor area | 74 m² |
How much of the stock is rented
49,17 % of Nerja dwellings are not a main residence, which is why long-term supply is thin in summer.
The census publishes tenure only for the larger municipalities and the provincial capitals, so no rented share is available for Nerja.
What a given flat should cost
The median monthly rent declared in Nerja is 575,00 €.
The median flat in Nerja measures 74 m², an ordinary Spanish size.
| Floor area | At the lower quartile | At the median | At the upper quartile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 m² | 337 € | 436 € | 553 € |
| 75 m² | 460 € | 594 € | 754 € |
| 100 m² | 613 € | 792 € | 1.005 € |
The floor areas are round illustrative sizes used to show the arithmetic, not measurements of any particular flat.
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.