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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 large, safe dormitory town on Valencia's southern edge, with the metro close, low rents and a flood scar from the deadly autumn storm.
74th of 153 Spanish cities above 50,000
Comunitat Valenciana is a region and Torrent 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: No hospital in town and no big employers so most people work elsewhere; Ravines on the edge of town mean real flood risk as the deadly autumn floods showed.
Of 8 figures both publish in the same unit, Comunitat Valenciana is better on 2 and Torrent on 0; the rest are close or have no better direction.
| Figure | Comunitat Valenciana | Torrent | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Housing | |||
| Rent per m² | €6.3 a month2024 | €6.3 a month2024 | about the same |
| Rent for a 70 m² flat | €443 a month2024 | €440 a month2024 | about the same |
| Typical rent, existing lease | €526 a month2024 | €550 a month2024 | Comunitat Valenciana 4% lower |
| Rents, change in a year | 5.0%2024 | 4.9%2024 | about the same |
| Buying price per m² | €1,935Q2 2026 | €1,904Q2 2026 | about the same |
| Price of an 80 m² flat | €154,800Q2 2026 | €152,304Q2 2026 | about the same |
| House prices, change in a year | 13.0%Q2 2026 | 21.4%Q2 2026 | Comunitat Valenciana 8.4 pts lower |
| People | |||
| Population | 5,425,1822025 | 90,9282025 | Comunitat Valenciana 59.7× |
Data through Jun 2026 (Comunitat Valenciana) and Jun 2026 (Torrent). 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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