Lloret de Mar is a resort town on the Costa Brava, in the Selva comarca of Girona province, and most buyers arrive with an opinion already formed. The holiday trade is large: the municipality registered 124 hotels with 29,756 places in 2025. The resident data says something else. Three fifths of dwellings are principal homes, well above Tossa de Mar, Roses or Salou, and twelve school centres teach every stage through Batxillerat.
The census counted 41,944 residents at 1 January 2025, close to two in five of them foreign nationals. No single group dominates: Russians and Ukrainians are the two largest communities, each about a seventh of the foreign population, followed by Indian, Romanian and Moroccan residents. Counted by place of birth rather than nationality, the foreign-born total is higher still, around nineteen thousand.
On Idealista's July 2026 index, Lloret is cheaper per square metre than Tossa de Mar, Roses, Empuriabrava, Sitges or Salou, and remains below its October 2008 peak, while Roses, Sitges and Empuriabrava all set new highs in July 2026. Twelve of thirteen listed districts carry a price; only Can Sabata does not. Two practical cautions: there is no railway station, the official combined ticket puts the rail leg at Blanes, a different municipality, with a bus onward; and no weather station in the municipality publishes climate normals, so this page carries no climate table.
The verdict
The upside is real. So is the downside. Both matter more than any brochure will admit.
A year-round town, not only a resort
Three fifths of Lloret's 25,496 dwellings are principal homes, well above Tossa de Mar, Roses or Salou, and twelve school centres teach every stage through Batxillerat. The permanent town keeps functioning when the season ends.
A lower entry price than comparable coastal towns
In July 2026 Lloret was cheaper per square metre than Tossa de Mar, Roses, Empuriabrava, Sitges and Salou on Idealista's index. Sitges stood at close to twice Lloret's level.
You are not buying at a record high
Lloret's July 2026 price remained below the peak it set in October 2008. By contrast, Roses, Sitges and Empuriabrava each set a new historic high in July 2026.
A broad mix of foreign residents
No single nationality dominates. Russians and Ukrainians, the two largest groups, are each about a seventh of the foreign population, followed by Indian, Romanian and Moroccan residents. A buyer joins an international town, not a single-nationality colony.
District price data is nearly complete
Idealista lists thirteen districts for Lloret de Mar and prices twelve of them; only Can Sabata lacks a published figure. A buyer can compare areas within the town instead of relying on a single municipal average.
No railway station in the municipality
Adif's station finder returns no station in Lloret de Mar. Rodalies' combined ticket for the corridor puts the rail leg at Blanes, a different municipality, with a bus onward. The operator publishes no journey time or frequency for the connection.
The holiday trade operates at industrial scale
In 2025 the municipality registered 124 hotels with 29,756 places plus four campsites with a further 3,786 places. That is hotel capacity equal to about seven places for every ten residents, in a town of just under forty two thousand people.
No single published hospital assignment
CatSalut names the same provider for ABS Lloret de Mar and for the Hospital Comarcal de Blanes, which is in another municipality. No CatSalut page states outright which hospital serves Lloret, and we do not paper over that gap.
No climate normals for the municipality
No weather station in Lloret de Mar publishes climate normals with AEMET. This page therefore ships an empty climate block rather than borrowing a series from a station elsewhere and presenting it as local weather.
Two fifths of dwellings are not principal homes
At the 2021 census, 10,208 of the municipality's 25,496 dwellings were not principal residences. That is a large seasonal stock, and a buyer who wants year-round neighbours should weigh individual districts rather than the municipal average.
Editor's note
Lloret de Mar suits a buyer who wants a large, fully serviced, year-round town at a lower price per square metre than the towns it is usually compared with, and who can live without a railway station. If a daily train matters, look instead at Sitges, whose station carries Rodalies services to Barcelona Estacio de Franca on its own departure board, or at Salou, where a new station opened in June 2025. Both cost more per square metre than Lloret, Sitges by close to double. If Lloret's scale is the problem rather than the draw, Tossa de Mar is a town of about six thousand in the same comarca; it shares Lloret's primary care area, ABS 142, has no station either, and costs more per square metre. Roses is a mid-sized alternative on the northern Costa Brava with a working port and all six of its Idealista districts priced. For a berth outside the door, Empuriabrava, a settlement of Castelló d'Empúries with 23 kilometres of navigable canals, is the marina option. All five cost more per square metre than Lloret.
Updated 2026-08-31
Where to live and what to expect at each price point.
Dearest of the twelve priced districts, close to two fifths above the municipal figure per square metre. It rose over the year to July 2026 at getting on for twice the town's pace.
Second dearest of the twelve priced districts, about a quarter above the municipal figure per square metre, and one of the faster risers over the year to July 2026, at more than twice the town's pace.
Third of the twelve priced districts, about a fifth above the municipal figure per square metre. Its rise over the year to July 2026 ran somewhat ahead of the town's own pace.
Fourth of the twelve priced districts, a little under a fifth above the municipal figure per square metre, but among the slower risers over the year to July 2026, at well under half the town's pace.
The old town, fifth of the twelve priced districts and a little above the municipal figure per square metre. It rose over the year to July 2026 at around half as much again as the town's own pace.
Sixth of the twelve priced districts and a shade below the municipal figure per square metre, yet much the fastest riser of them over the year to July 2026, at more than three times the town's pace.
Seventh of the twelve priced districts, at about nine tenths of the municipal figure per square metre. It barely moved over the year to July 2026, while the town as a whole rose.
Eighth of the twelve priced districts and a little over nine tenths of the municipal figure per square metre. It rose over the year to July 2026 at well under half the town's pace.
Ninth of the twelve priced districts, at close to nine tenths of the municipal figure per square metre, and one of two districts here that fell over the year to July 2026 while the town rose.
Tenth of the twelve priced districts, at about four fifths of the municipal figure per square metre, but among the fastest risers over the year to July 2026, at around two and a half times the town's pace.
Eleventh of the twelve priced districts, at a little over three quarters of the municipal figure per square metre, and the steepest faller here over the year to July 2026, against a rising town.
Cheapest of the twelve priced districts, at around seven tenths of the municipal figure per square metre. It rose over the year to July 2026 at only a fraction of the town's pace.
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