{"id":107470,"date":"2026-08-25T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T07:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/?p=107470"},"modified":"2026-08-25T09:00:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T07:00:49","slug":"erasmus-accommodation-spain-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/rent\/erasmus-accommodation-spain-guide\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Erasmus accommodation in Spain 2026: the ultimate renting guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"table table-striped table-color-200\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>The average rental price in Spain stands at<strong> \u20ac14.76\/m\u00b2<\/strong> in May 2026, which is equivalent to<strong> \u20ac1,180.80 per month<\/strong> for an 80 m\u00b2 flat, according to the Fotocasa Real Estate Index.<\/li>\n<li>Temporary rental contracts for students are regulated by the Urban Leases Act (LAU) as a use other than as a primary residence, and the law establishes a <strong>mandatory 2-month deposit.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Madrid (\u20ac21.96\/m\u00b2) and Catalonia (\u20ac19.30\/m\u00b2)<\/strong> are the autonomous communities with the <strong>highest rental prices<\/strong>, while Extremadura (\u20ac7.57\/m\u00b2) is the most affordable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Arriving in Spain for your Erasmus is an incredible experience, but facing the rental market for the first time in a new country can raise many doubts about contracts, costs, and areas.<\/p>\n<p>At Fotocasa, <strong>we help you understand the whole process of renting a student flat in Spain in a simple way<\/strong> so that you can find your rental flat with complete peace of mind. In this ultimate guide, we analyze the<strong> types of student contracts<\/strong>, the <strong>mandatory financial requirements<\/strong>, and the <strong>cheapest and most expensive areas<\/strong> to rent a property in Spain.<\/p>\n<p>How much does it really cost to rent a flat in Spain, and what documents might be required before you move in?<\/p>\n<h2>How to find rental flats in Spain as an Erasmus student?<\/h2>\n<p>The easiest and fastest way to find accommodation as an international student is to <strong>use real estate search portals like Fotocasa.<\/strong> On these types of platforms, you can filter your searches either to rent a whole flat with flatmates or to rent just a room in a shared flat, as well as discover and compare <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/rent\/the-price-of-rental-housing-in-spain\/?lang=en\"> rental prices. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fotocasa is the expert real estate portal if you are looking for your home in Spain and want to resolve your doubts about housing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":282,"featured_media":107476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"yes","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13593],"tags":[16690,13595,16673,14391,16674,16685,16686,16675,14821,15861,13552,13639,13550,16676,13547,13691,16688,13638,13640,16687,16689],"class_list":["post-107470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rent","tag-16690","tag-alquiler","tag-alquiler-de-vivienda","tag-contratos-de-alquiler","tag-erasmus","tag-erasmus-accommodation-spain","tag-erasmus-spain","tag-estudiantes","tag-foreign","tag-fotocasa-life","tag-housing-doubts","tag-housing-rental-market-in-spain","tag-live-in-spain","tag-precios-alquiler","tag-real-estate-market","tag-rent","tag-rent-a-flat","tag-rent-in-spain","tag-rental-experts-in-spain","tag-student-accommodation","tag-student-housing"],"modified_by":"Patricia Andr\u00e9s","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/282"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}