Provinces of Spain by hotel overnight stays

Name: Provinces of Spain by hotel overnight stays, January 2026
Creator: Instituto Nacional de Estadística
License: INE reuse terms (attribution required)

Las Palmas province had the highest hotel overnight stays of 50 provinces in January 2026, at 3.79 million. Zamora province had the lowest, at 16,370. The median was 85,126 and the figure for Spain was 17.4 million. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest3,792,831Las Palmas province

Lowest16,370Zamora province

Median85,12650 provinces

Spain17,395,903History

All provinces, January 2026

CSV Chart (SVG)

count. Source: INE. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

Rank	Provinces	January 2026 count	Change on January 2025
1	Las Palmas province Provisional	3,792,831	-0.9%
2	Santa Cruz de Tenerife province Provisional	2,370,626	-2.1%
3	Madrid province Provisional	2,085,517	+8.4%
4	Barcelona province Provisional	2,015,263	+9.8%
5	Málaga province Provisional	942,788	+11.4%
6	Alicante province Provisional	885,110	+0.8%
7	Seville province Provisional	573,020	+15.8%
8	Valencia province Provisional	457,702	+1.7%
9	Granada province Provisional	394,809	+4.8%
10	Balearic Islands province Provisional	261,879	+9.6%
11	Cádiz province Provisional	253,597	+3.2%
12	Girona province Provisional	242,712	-0.2%
13	Lleida province Provisional	214,814	-2%
14	Huesca province Provisional	184,811	+10.8%
15	Biscay province Provisional	180,639	+10.5%
16	Zaragoza province Provisional	169,650	+11.7%
17	Gipuzkoa province Provisional	157,060	-3.2%
18	A Coruña province Provisional	148,204	-2.3%
19	Murcia province Provisional	143,417	-7.7%
20	Asturias province Provisional	141,447	-0.7%
21	Córdoba province Provisional	121,658	-7.9%
22	Navarre province Provisional	97,918	+12.6%
23	Tarragona province Provisional	96,285	+22.3%
24	Pontevedra province Provisional	90,244	-5.2%
25	Almería province Provisional	86,509	-4.6%
26	Toledo province Provisional	83,742	+8.9%
27	Salamanca province Provisional	80,878	-9.9%
28	Valladolid province Provisional	76,421	+3.3%
29	Cantabria province Provisional	75,637	-4.2%
30	Burgos province Provisional	71,331	-1.8%
31	León province Provisional	71,241	+15.4%
32	Álava province Provisional	65,335	+2%
33	Badajoz province Provisional	62,423	+3.8%
34	Castellón province Provisional	60,844	+4.8%
35	Cáceres province Provisional	57,358	-0.5%
36	Jaén province Provisional	56,665	-1.2%
37	Huelva province Provisional	56,112	+3%
38	Segovia province Provisional	54,433	+1.5%
39	La Rioja province Provisional	51,746	+5%
40	Teruel province Provisional	47,311	+3.7%
41	Ciudad Real province Provisional	41,244	+11.4%
42	Lugo province Provisional	40,178	-1%
43	Albacete province Provisional	37,994	+13.6%
44	Ourense province Provisional	35,924	+27.4%
45	Ávila province Provisional	34,613	+20.1%
46	Guadalajara province Provisional	30,694	+1.5%
47	Cuenca province Provisional	25,815	-1.4%
48	Soria province Provisional	19,377	-8.7%
49	Palencia province Provisional	16,986	-12.4%
50	Zamora province Provisional	16,370	+8.3%

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About this ranking

Nights spent by guests in hotel establishments during the month (INE hotel occupancy survey).

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: pernoctaciones (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 overnight stays?

Las Palmas province, with 3.79 million in January 2026, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which province has the lowest hotel overnight stays?

Zamora province, with 16,370 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: pernoctaciones (tabla 2074). Retrieved 2026-10-07.