What to check before buying a flat in Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera
Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera in figures, so you know what to ask at the viewing. These are figures for the whole neighbourhood: the flat you're going to see may differ from the average.
Winter sun
72%of façades with no direct sun on 21 December
On 21 December, on a middle floor, 72% of façades get no direct sun. On the first floor it is 87%; on the top floor, 43%.
Asoleo calculation with ICGC LiDAR, across all the façades in the neighbourhood.
See your street, one side at a timeNoise
11.6%of street-facing façades above 65 dB by day
28.7%of street-facing façades above 55 dB at night
By day, 11.6% of street-facing façades exceed 65 dB; at night, 28.7% exceed 55 dB. Across Barcelona it is 23.4% and 34.7%.
Barcelona City Council noise map, 2022, measured at the façade, not inside the flat.
Tourist flats
16.2per 1,000 homes
237 registered tourist flats: 16.2 per 1,000 homes. The Barcelona average is 12.8.
The register only includes those with a licence.
Low-emission zone
Inside
The whole neighbourhood is inside the Rondes low-emission zone (ZBE): cars without an environmental label can't drive here Monday to Friday, 7 am to 8 pm.
Rent
18.89 €/m²a month, new contracts
€18.89/m² a month (Q2 2025–Q1 2026). The Barcelona average is €16.83/m².
New contracts, from the rental deposits lodged with Incasòl.
On foot
- Metro, train and tram4
- Schools8
- Health centres1
- Municipal markets1
- Parks7
The neighbourhood has 4 metro, train or tram stations, 8 schools, 1 health centre, 1 municipal market and 7 parks.
It counts what is inside the neighbourhood's boundaries: what is just across the street doesn't show up.
What to ask at the viewing
- Which way the living room faces. Here more than half of the façades get no sun in winter.
- What the building's bylaws say about tourist flats. This neighbourhood has more than the city average.
- What label your car has, if you have a car.
- What time the sun comes in: at a viewing you only see one hour of the day.
All of this, for your specific flat, in the report.
Sources
- Ajuntament de Barcelona, Open Data BCN: Unitats administratives (barrios) · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-31
- Ajuntament de Barcelona, Mapa Estratègic de Soroll 2022 (Open Data BCN) · CC BY 4.0 · 2022
- Dirección General del Catastro (INSPIRE: edificios y parcelas) · Reutilización con cita de la fuente · 2026
- Ajuntament de Barcelona, Open Data BCN: Habitatges d'ús turístic · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-01
- Ajuntament de Barcelona, Open Data BCN: Habitatges del Cadastre per superfície · CC BY 4.0 · 2026
- Punto de Acceso Nacional de la DGT, zonas de bajas emisiones (ZBE Rondes de Barcelona) · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-07-30
- © colaboradores de OpenStreetMap · ODbL · 2026-10-04
- Ajuntament de Barcelona, Open Data BCN: Mercats municipals · CC BY 4.0 · 2023-10-31
- Generalitat de Catalunya, Secretaria d'Habitatge (lloguers de Barcelona per barris, fiances de l'Incasòl) · Llicència oberta – Catalunya · 2T 2025–1T 2026
- Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya, LiDAR de 25 cm (Sol por barrios de Asoleo) · CC BY 4.0 · 2022
Public data from these bodies; Asoleo has no connection with them.