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City · Galicia
A glass-fronted port city on a peninsula, with a Roman lighthouse, a long seafront and the Atlantic on three sides.
18th of 153 Spanish cities above 50,000
City · Cataluña
A dense, working-class, multicultural city next door to Barcelona, on the same metro and with its own trade-fair district.
31st of 153 Spanish cities above 50,000
Watch out: Rain and wind for much of the year; Few direct flights so Santiago or Madrid are the usual hubs.
Watch out: Street robbery and phone snatching near busy metro stations; Rents that are not cheap for such small flats.
Of 28 figures both publish in the same unit, A Coruña is better on 16 and L'Hospitalet de Llobregat on 6; the rest are close or have no better direction.
| Figure | A Coruña | L'Hospitalet de Llobregat | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Housing | |||
| Rent per m² | €7.1 a month2024 | €13.0 a month2024 | A Coruña 45% lower |
| Rent for a 70 m² flat | €497 a month2024 | €910 a month2024 | A Coruña 45% lower |
| Typical rent, existing lease | €538 a month2024 | €726 a month2024 | A Coruña 26% lower |
| Rents, change in a year | 3.7%2024 | 2.8%2024 | A Coruña 0.9 pts higher |
| Buying price per m² | €2,775Q2 2026 | €3,094Q2 2026 | A Coruña 10% lower |
| Price of an 80 m² flat | €221,984Q2 2026 | €247,528Q2 2026 | A Coruña 10% lower |
| House prices, change in a year | 7.9%Q2 2026 | 11.6%Q2 2026 | A Coruña 3.7 pts lower |
| Money & work | |||
| Household income per person | €18,040 a year2024 | €13,794 a year2024 | A Coruña 31% higher |
| Net income per household | €41,843 a year2024 | €38,778 a year2024 | A Coruña 8% higher |
| Safety | |||
| Homicides | 1.19 per 100k people2025 | 0.69 per 100k people2025 | A Coruña 73% higher |
| Robberies with violence | 87 per 100k people2025 | 826 per 100k people2025 | L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 9.5× |
| Home burglaries | 80 per 100k people2025 | 120 per 100k people2025 | A Coruña 34% lower |
| Thefts without violence | 1,394 per 100k people2025 | 2,537 per 100k people2025 | A Coruña 45% lower |
| Vehicle thefts | 15 per 100k people2025 | 96 per 100k people2025 | L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 6.3× |
| Health | |||
| Hospital beds | 7.2 per 1,000 people2025 | 7.1 per 1,000 people2025 | about the same |
| Climate | |||
| Days above 35 °C | 0 a year2015–2024 | 3 a year2015–2024 | L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 6.4× |
| Days above 30 °C | 5 a year2015–2024 | 50 a year2015–2024 | L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 10.6× |
| Nights above 20 °C | 0 a year2015–2024 | 53 a year2015–2024 | L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 533.0× |
| Pleasant days (18–28 °C, dry) | 118 a year2015–2024 | 111 a year2015–2024 | A Coruña 6% higher |
| Rainfall | 1,118 mm a year2015–2024 | 566 mm a year2015–2024 | A Coruña 2.0× |
| Rainy days (≥1 mm) | 147 a year2015–2024 | 86 a year2015–2024 | A Coruña 70% higher |
| Frost days | 0 a year2015–2024 | 4 a year2015–2024 | L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 36.0× |
| Getting around | |||
| Distance to the main airport | 52 km2026 | 7 km2026 | A Coruña 7.2× |
| Internet | |||
| Homes that can get gigabit internet | 99%2025 | 100%2025 | A Coruña 0.9 pts lower |
| Homes with fibre to the door | 99%2025 | 100%2025 | A Coruña 0.9 pts lower |
| People | |||
| Population | 251,5432025 | 289,5102025 | A Coruña 13% lower |
| Who lives here | |||
| Residents with a foreign nationality | 8.9%2024 | 26.6%2024 | A Coruña 17.7 pts lower |
| Foreign residents, change in 5 years | 2.9 points2024 | 3.8 points2024 | A Coruña 0.9 pts lower |
Data through Jun 2026 (A Coruña) and Jun 2026 (L'Hospitalet de Llobregat). Figures are compared only when both places publish them in the same unit; a dot marks the better value where better is clear.
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