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Region
Orange groves, paella and a long sunny coast, home to Spain's third city and some of its biggest foreign communities.
29th of 34 European metro regions
City · Comunitat Valenciana
A baroque inland city of the poet Miguel Hernández joined to a holiday-home coast, with very cheap rents and a burglary problem.
153rd of 153 Spanish cities above 50,000
Comunitat Valenciana is a region and Orihuela a city. Each figure is that place’s own; scores compare each with its own peers (regions with regions, cities with cities), so read them side by side rather than as a contest.
Watch out: Hot sticky summers and violent autumn rain with serious flash floods in recent years; Burglary and petty theft in some coastal and resort areas.
Watch out: Burglary of holiday homes among the highest in Spain; Patchy fibre and internet coverage in the urbanisations.
Of 8 figures both publish in the same unit, Comunitat Valenciana is better on 3 and Orihuela on 4; the rest are close or have no better direction.
| Figure | Comunitat Valenciana | Orihuela | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Housing | |||
| Rent per m² | €6.3 a month2024 | €4.9 a month2024 | Comunitat Valenciana 29% higher |
| Rent for a 70 m² flat | €443 a month2024 | €342 a month2024 | Comunitat Valenciana 29% higher |
| Typical rent, existing lease | €526 a month2024 | €450 a month2024 | Comunitat Valenciana 17% higher |
| Rents, change in a year | 5.0%2024 | 4.5%2024 | Comunitat Valenciana 0.5 pts higher |
| Buying price per m² | €1,935Q2 2026 | €2,080Q2 2026 | Comunitat Valenciana 7% lower |
| Price of an 80 m² flat | €154,800Q2 2026 | €166,392Q2 2026 | Comunitat Valenciana 7% lower |
| House prices, change in a year | 13.0%Q2 2026 | 17.9%Q2 2026 | Comunitat Valenciana 4.9 pts lower |
| People | |||
| Population | 5,425,1822025 | 84,5602025 | Comunitat Valenciana 64.2× |
Data through Jun 2026 (Comunitat Valenciana) and Jun 2026 (Orihuela). 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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