Where to live in Santander as a student

Ranking of Santander's 29 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 Santander to live in as a student?

According to CityPulse: Tetuán (91), Barrio Obrero del Rey (86) and Grupo El Carmelo (85).

Santander areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Tetuán	91 · excellent	Services on foot
2	Barrio Obrero del Rey	86 · excellent	Services on foot
3	Grupo El Carmelo	85 · excellent	Services on foot
4	La Gándara	85 · excellent	Services on foot
5	El Sardinero	81 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
6	Pronillo	79 · good	Services on foot
7	Centro	79 · good	Services on foot
8	San Martín	78 · good	Services on foot
9	Castilla-Hermida	78 · good	Services on foot
10	Valdenoja	78 · good	Services on foot
11	Cuatro Caminos	77 · good	Public green space
12	Perines	77 · good	Services on foot
13	Campogiro	76 · good	Protected cycle lanes
14	Cazoña	72 · good	Public green space
15	El Alisal	72 · good	Services on foot
16	La Albericia	71 · good	Protected cycle lanes
17	Barrio Sixto Obrador	70 · good	Public green space
18	Barrio del Carmen	69 · good	Public green space
19	La Pereda	69 · good	Public green space
20	Sector 3	66 · good	Protected cycle lanes
21	Nueva Montaña	65 · good	Protected cycle lanes
22	Barrio La Torre	63 · good	Public green space
23	Sector 4	60 · good	Protected cycle lanes
24	Barrio La Sierra	59 · fair	Services on foot
25	Barrio Pesquero	40 · fair	Services on foot
26	Sector 1	25 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
27	Lluja	22 · poor	Protected cycle lanes
28	Barrio El Somo	21 · poor	Public green space
29	Barrio La Venta	7 · poor	Public green space

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