Where to live in Barcelona as a student

Ranking of Barcelona's 79 areas with CityPulse's “Student” profile. What matters most: services on foot, protected cycle lanes, public green space and tree canopy. Preferred density: high.

What is the best area of Barcelona to live in as a student?

According to CityPulse: les Hortes de Sant Bertran (94), el Besòs i el Maresme (93) and Vallcarca i els Penitents (92).

Barcelona areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	les Hortes de Sant Bertran	94 · excellent	Services on foot
2	el Besòs i el Maresme	93 · excellent	Services on foot
3	Vallcarca i els Penitents	92 · excellent	Services on foot
4	el Poblenou	92 · excellent	Services on foot
5	Sant Martí	92 · excellent	Services on foot
6	la Marina de Port	91 · excellent	Services on foot
7	Diagonal Mar i el Front Marítim del Poblenou	91 · excellent	Services on foot
8	la Vila Olímpica del Poblenou	91 · excellent	Services on foot
9	el Clot	91 · excellent	Services on foot
10	Sant Martí de Provençals	90 · excellent	Services on foot
11	Sarrià	90 · excellent	Services on foot
12	la Verneda i la Pau	90 · excellent	Services on foot
13	el Parc i la Llacuna del Poblenou	90 · excellent	Services on foot
14	la Font de la Guatlla	89 · excellent	Services on foot
15	la Sagrada Família	89 · excellent	Services on foot
16	el Fort Pienc	89 · excellent	Services on foot
17	el Poble-sec	89 · excellent	Services on foot
18	la Clota	89 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
19	el Baix Guinardó	89 · excellent	Services on foot
20	Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera	88 · excellent	Services on foot
21	la Salut	88 · excellent	Services on foot
22	les Tres Torres	88 · excellent	Services on foot
23	la Teixonera	88 · excellent	Services on foot
24	la Guineueta	88 · excellent	Services on foot
25	Sarrià - Sant Gervasi	88 · excellent	Services on foot
26	el Raval	87 · excellent	Services on foot
27	el Camp de l'Arpa del Clot	87 · excellent	Services on foot
28	Can Peguera	87 · excellent	Services on foot
29	Navas	87 · excellent	Services on foot
30	Vilapicina i la Torre Llobeta	87 · excellent	Services on foot
31	la Barceloneta	86 · excellent	Services on foot
32	Can Baró	86 · excellent	Services on foot
33	la Bordeta	86 · excellent	Services on foot
34	el Guinardó	86 · excellent	Services on foot
35	Horta-Guinardó	86 · excellent	Services on foot
36	Porta	86 · excellent	Services on foot
37	les Corts	85 · excellent	Services on foot
38	el Camp d'en Grassot i Gràcia Nova	85 · excellent	Services on foot
39	la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample	85 · excellent	Services on foot
40	Hostafrancs	85 · excellent	Services on foot
41	Sant Gervasi - Galvany	85 · excellent	Services on foot
42	Sant Ramon	85 · excellent	Services on foot
43	la Vall d'Hebron	84 · excellent	Services on foot
44	la Sagrera	84 · excellent	Services on foot
45	el Congrés i els Indians	84 · excellent	Services on foot
46	Sants	84 · excellent	Services on foot
47	la Dreta de l'Eixample	84 · excellent	Services on foot
48	Sant Antoni	83 · excellent	Services on foot
49	Ciutat Meridiana	83 · excellent	Tree canopy
50	la Prosperitat	83 · excellent	Services on foot
51	Pedralbes	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
52	Ciutat Vella	82 · excellent	Services on foot
53	Baró de Viver	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
54	les Roquetes	82 · excellent	Services on foot
55	Sant Andreu	82 · excellent	Services on foot
56	el Gòtic	81 · excellent	Services on foot
57	el Bon Pastor	81 · excellent	Services on foot
58	la Maternitat i Sant Ramon	81 · excellent	Services on foot
59	la Trinitat Nova	81 · excellent	Services on foot
60	el Putxet i el Farró	81 · excellent	Services on foot
61	el Turó de la Peira	81 · excellent	Services on foot
62	Verdun	81 · excellent	Services on foot
63	la Trinitat Vella	80 · excellent	Services on foot
64	Sant Andreu de Palomar	79 · good	Services on foot
65	Horta	78 · good	Services on foot
66	la Vila de Gràcia	78 · good	Services on foot
67	Sants-Badal	78 · good	Services on foot
68	l'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample	78 · good	Services on foot
69	el Coll	78 · good	Services on foot
70	l'Eixample	77 · good	Services on foot
71	Sant Gervasi - la Bonanova	76 · good	Services on foot
72	Gràcia	76 · good	Services on foot
73	Montbau	72 · good	Services on foot
74	Canyelles	68 · good	Services on foot
75	el Carmel	64 · good	Services on foot
76	Sant Genís dels Agudells	64 · good	Tree canopy
77	Vallbona	48 · fair	Services on foot
78	la Font d'en Fargues	47 · fair	Public green space
79	Vallvidrera	7 · poor	Tree canopy

What it does not consider

The ranking does not account for rents and house prices, noise, safety, or distance from university or work. Use it to decide where to look, then check the individual address.

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Areas are named after OpenStreetMap neighbourhoods and have approximate boundaries: each hexagon goes to the nearest name. Values are residents' medians. Data updated on 2026-11-05. Method and sources