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City · Andalucía
A compact, hot, deeply historic city of patios and a mosque-cathedral, with low prices and a thin job market.
142nd 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: Extreme summer heat among the worst in Spain; Unemployment among the highest in the country and a very thin job market.
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, Córdoba is better on 13 and L'Hospitalet de Llobregat on 8; the rest are close or have no better direction.
| Figure | Córdoba | L'Hospitalet de Llobregat | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Housing | |||
| Rent per m² | €7.1 a month2024 | €13.0 a month2024 | Córdoba 45% lower |
| Rent for a 70 m² flat | €500 a month2024 | €910 a month2024 | Córdoba 45% lower |
| Typical rent, existing lease | €540 a month2024 | €726 a month2024 | Córdoba 26% lower |
| Rents, change in a year | 2.4%2024 | 2.8%2024 | about the same |
| Buying price per m² | €1,784Q2 2026 | €3,094Q2 2026 | Córdoba 42% lower |
| Price of an 80 m² flat | €142,704Q2 2026 | €247,528Q2 2026 | Córdoba 42% lower |
| House prices, change in a year | 13.0%Q2 2026 | 11.6%Q2 2026 | Córdoba 1.4 pts higher |
| Money & work | |||
| Household income per person | €14,947 a year2024 | €13,794 a year2024 | Córdoba 8% higher |
| Net income per household | €37,825 a year2024 | €38,778 a year2024 | about the same |
| Safety | |||
| Homicides | 0.62 per 100k people2025 | 0.69 per 100k people2025 | Córdoba 10% lower |
| Robberies with violence | 84 per 100k people2025 | 826 per 100k people2025 | L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 9.8× |
| Home burglaries | 108 per 100k people2025 | 120 per 100k people2025 | Córdoba 10% lower |
| Thefts without violence | 1,362 per 100k people2025 | 2,537 per 100k people2025 | Córdoba 46% lower |
| Vehicle thefts | 50 per 100k people2025 | 96 per 100k people2025 | L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 1.9× |
| Health | |||
| Hospital beds | 5.2 per 1,000 people2025 | 7.1 per 1,000 people2025 | Córdoba 26% lower |
| Climate | |||
| Days above 35 °C | 65 a year2015–2024 | 3 a year2015–2024 | Córdoba 20.3× |
| Days above 30 °C | 119 a year2015–2024 | 50 a year2015–2024 | Córdoba 2.4× |
| Nights above 20 °C | 47 a year2015–2024 | 53 a year2015–2024 | Córdoba 11% lower |
| Pleasant days (18–28 °C, dry) | 100 a year2015–2024 | 111 a year2015–2024 | Córdoba 10% lower |
| Rainfall | 412 mm a year2015–2024 | 566 mm a year2015–2024 | Córdoba 27% lower |
| Rainy days (≥1 mm) | 62 a year2015–2024 | 86 a year2015–2024 | Córdoba 28% lower |
| Frost days | 11 a year2015–2024 | 4 a year2015–2024 | Córdoba 3.0× |
| Getting around | |||
| Distance to the main airport | 111 km2026 | 7 km2026 | Córdoba 15.4× |
| Internet | |||
| Homes that can get gigabit internet | 98%2025 | 100%2025 | Córdoba 2.1 pts lower |
| Homes with fibre to the door | 98%2025 | 100%2025 | Córdoba 2.1 pts lower |
| People | |||
| Population | 323,2622025 | 289,5102025 | Córdoba 12% higher |
| Who lives here | |||
| Residents with a foreign nationality | 3.8%2024 | 26.6%2024 | Córdoba 22.8 pts lower |
| Foreign residents, change in 5 years | 0.9 points2024 | 3.8 points2024 | Córdoba 2.9 pts lower |
Data through Jun 2026 (Córdoba) 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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