Buying a flat with a swimming pool is, on average, 62% more expensive than purchasing one without, according to a study published by idealista. In a summer marked by several intense heatwaves, only 29% of the flats currently listed for sale on the platform in Spain include this feature.
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Barcelona is the provincial capital where the price difference between flats with and without a pool is the greatest, with properties featuring a pool costing 242% more on average. It is followed by Teruel (215%), Tarragona (148%), Bilbao (130%) and Lleida (114%). Cities where the premium remains below 100% include Cuenca (97%), León (92%), Zaragoza (89%) and Valencia (87%).
The ranking of cities where flats with pools command a premium of more than 50% is completed by Pamplona (83%), A Coruña (82%), Palma and Huesca (80% in both cases), Melilla (79%), Córdoba (77%), Alicante and Málaga (76% in both cases), Cáceres (71%), Jaén (68%), Badajoz (66%), Santander (59%), Santa Cruz de Tenerife (58%), Almería (56%) and Toledo (50%).
In Madrid, flats with a swimming pool are, on average, 38% more expensive than those without. In San Sebastián, the difference stands at 39%, while in Seville it reaches 36%.
The notable contrast between Madrid and Barcelona can largely be explained by the urban development patterns of recent decades. Madrid has seen the construction of numerous new residential developments that incorporate communal areas and swimming pools, while Barcelona faces greater geographical constraints on new development and benefits from its proximity to the coast.
Across Spain, 29% of all flats for sale on idealista include a swimming pool. Alicante has the highest proportion of listings with this feature, with 29% of flats on the market offering a pool. It is followed by Palma (21%), Málaga (16%), Almería (16%), Ciudad Real (15%), Madrid (14%), Ávila (13%), Logroño (12%), Toledo (11%), Murcia (11%), and Seville and Huesca (both at 9%). Valencia records 7%, Santa Cruz de Tenerife 6% and Barcelona 5%.
There are nine provincial capitals where the share of homes for sale with swimming pools is not statistically significant: Ceuta, Huelva, Ourense, Palencia, Pontevedra, Soria, Vitoria, Salamanca and Lugo. In Oviedo, A Coruña, León, Bilbao and Burgos, just 1% of listed homes include a pool.
