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Provinces of Spain by hotel guests

Madrid province had the highest hotel guests of 50 provinces in January 2026, at 960,234. Palencia province had the lowest, at 8,150. The median was 47,986 and the figure for Spain was 5.95 million. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest960,234Madrid province
Lowest8,150Palencia province
Median47,98650 provinces
Spain5,948,424History

All provinces, January 2026

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Madrid provinceMadrid province: 960,234 count960,234Barcelona provinceBarcelona province: 882,804 count882,804Las Palmas provinceLas Palmas province: 523,273 count523,273Santa Cruz de Tenerife provinceSanta Cruz de Tenerife province: 390,546 count390,546Málaga provinceMálaga province: 282,498 count282,498Seville provinceSeville province: 273,438 count273,438Alicante provinceAlicante province: 235,103 count235,103Valencia provinceValencia province: 222,124 count222,124Granada provinceGranada province: 200,269 count200,269Girona provinceGirona province: 133,593 count133,593Cádiz provinceCádiz province: 105,594 count105,594Biscay provinceBiscay province: 93,547 count93,547Zaragoza provinceZaragoza province: 92,560 count92,560Gipuzkoa provinceGipuzkoa province: 87,464 count87,464Lleida provinceLleida province: 87,325 count87,325Balearic Islands provinceBalearic Islands province: 83,753 count83,753Murcia provinceMurcia province: 80,291 count80,291A Coruña provinceA Coruña province: 78,763 count78,763Asturias provinceAsturias province: 74,141 count74,141Córdoba provinceCórdoba province: 71,000 count71,000Huesca provinceHuesca province: 69,960 count69,960Tarragona provinceTarragona province: 58,923 count58,923Navarre provinceNavarre province: 51,993 count51,993Pontevedra provincePontevedra province: 49,057 count49,057Toledo provinceToledo province: 48,842 count48,842Salamanca provinceSalamanca province: 47,129 count47,129Burgos provinceBurgos province: 45,475 count45,475Valladolid provinceValladolid province: 44,651 count44,651Cantabria provinceCantabria province: 43,223 count43,223León provinceLeón province: 39,749 count39,749Badajoz provinceBadajoz province: 39,602 count39,602Almería provinceAlmería province: 36,018 count36,018Cáceres provinceCáceres province: 34,423 count34,423Castellón provinceCastellón province: 32,529 count32,529Jaén provinceJaén province: 31,073 count31,073La Rioja provinceLa Rioja province: 30,354 count30,354Segovia provinceSegovia province: 28,970 count28,970Álava provinceÁlava province: 28,855 count28,855Huelva provinceHuelva province: 25,577 count25,577Ciudad Real provinceCiudad Real province: 24,239 count24,239Teruel provinceTeruel province: 23,803 count23,803Albacete provinceAlbacete province: 22,840 count22,840Ávila provinceÁvila province: 22,203 count22,203Lugo provinceLugo province: 22,193 count22,193Ourense provinceOurense province: 20,300 count20,300Guadalajara provinceGuadalajara province: 17,533 count17,533Cuenca provinceCuenca province: 13,912 count13,912Soria provinceSoria province: 10,296 count10,296Zamora provinceZamora province: 9,786 count9,786Palencia provincePalencia province: 8,150 count8,150
count. Source: INE. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

RankProvincesJanuary 2026
count		Change on January 2025
1Madrid province Provisional960,234+3.4%
2Barcelona province Provisional882,804+11%
3Las Palmas province Provisional523,273-1%
4Santa Cruz de Tenerife province Provisional390,546+3.2%
5Málaga province Provisional282,498+4.6%
6Seville province Provisional273,438+7.7%
7Alicante province Provisional235,103-2.3%
8Valencia province Provisional222,124+2.1%
9Granada province Provisional200,269+3.3%
10Girona province Provisional133,593-0.3%
11Cádiz province Provisional105,594-1.2%
12Biscay province Provisional93,547+6.3%
13Zaragoza province Provisional92,560+1.7%
14Gipuzkoa province Provisional87,464-3.9%
15Lleida province Provisional87,325-2.1%
16Balearic Islands province Provisional83,753+15.8%
17Murcia province Provisional80,291-3%
18A Coruña province Provisional78,763-5.6%
19Asturias province Provisional74,141-4.9%
20Córdoba province Provisional71,000-9.1%
21Huesca province Provisional69,960+3.1%
22Tarragona province Provisional58,923+22.1%
23Navarre province Provisional51,993+6.4%
24Pontevedra province Provisional49,057-15.3%
25Toledo province Provisional48,842+2.8%
26Salamanca province Provisional47,129-10.5%
27Burgos province Provisional45,475-6.1%
28Valladolid province Provisional44,651+8%
29Cantabria province Provisional43,223-2%
30León province Provisional39,749+7.9%
31Badajoz province Provisional39,602+14.4%
32Almería province Provisional36,018-2.1%
33Cáceres province Provisional34,423+0.7%
34Castellón province Provisional32,529-2.2%
35Jaén province Provisional31,073-5%
36La Rioja province Provisional30,354+3.1%
37Segovia province Provisional28,970-2.1%
38Álava province Provisional28,855+1.2%
39Huelva province Provisional25,577+10.3%
40Ciudad Real province Provisional24,239+1.5%
41Teruel province Provisional23,803+6.2%
42Albacete province Provisional22,840+4.7%
43Ávila province Provisional22,203+20.8%
44Lugo province Provisional22,193-2.6%
45Ourense province Provisional20,300+17.7%
46Guadalajara province Provisional17,533+11.4%
47Cuenca province Provisional13,912-7%
48Soria province Provisional10,296-7.2%
49Zamora province Provisional9,786+5.9%
50Palencia province Provisional8,150-22.2%

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About this ranking

Guests checked into hotel establishments during the month.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the provinces are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Encuesta de ocupación hotelera: viajeros (tabla 2074). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=2074. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

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Questions

Which province has the highest hotel guests?

Madrid province, with 960,234 in January 2026, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which province has the lowest hotel guests?

Palencia province, with 8,150 in January 2026.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Encuesta de ocupación hotelera: viajeros (tabla 2074). Retrieved 2026-10-07.

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