Airbnb Occupancy Rate in Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain, Data & Trends 2026

Over the analysis period August 2025 to July 2026, Vilanova i la Geltru ran 63% average occupancy, marginally above the Spanish average of about 62% across the 34 Spanish cities we track, equal to roughly 227 booked nights a year. Its ADR of 140 is close to the 134 national average, and average monthly revenue of 2,391 is a little above the 2,341 Spanish figure.

On the headline numbers this looks like an average Spanish market, but the seasonality index of 113 is what makes it interesting. Vilanova reaches those results without a dominant peak, meaning the revenue is spread across the year rather than concentrated into eight weeks. For an operator that is a materially different business: steadier cash flow, less exposure to a single bad summer, and more room to build repeat and longer-stay bookings. Revenue rose 3% year on year, consistent with a stable market rather than a volatile one.

Vilanova i la Geltru is the capital of the Garraf, a working coastal city of around 68,000 people some 45 kilometres south-west of Barcelona with a direct commuter rail line into the centre. That combination is the whole basis of its short-term-rental market: it offers a genuine Catalan town with a fishing port, a long urban beach and its own economy, at a fraction of Barcelona's nightly rates and fifty minutes from its centre by train.

Demand splits three ways. There is domestic beach traffic from Barcelona and inland Catalonia in summer, an international leisure segment using the city as a cheaper base for the region, and a steady year-round layer of business, family and event visitors that most Spanish coastal towns simply lack. The February carnival is among the largest in Catalonia and fills the city outright. Supply is mostly apartments, in the centre and along the seafront, rather than villa stock.

The seafront is the premium stretch. Ribes Roges, at the western end, is the most desirable beachfront address, with the promenade, the sailing club and the widest sand, and apartments with sea views there command the strongest rates. Moving east along the front towards Sant Gervasi, prices ease while beach access stays effectively identical.

The historic centre around the Rambla Principal and the Plaça de la Vila is the other strong pocket, and it is the one that works best out of season, since guests there are buying restaurants, shops and the station rather than sand. The port area between the two, with its fish market and seafood restaurants, has a character of its own and lets well to visitors who want the working town. Further inland the residential districts are cheaper to buy into but noticeably harder to keep occupied, because the walk to either the beach or the centre becomes the deciding factor for guests.