Provinces of Spain by hotel overnight stays

Name: Provinces of Spain by hotel overnight stays, March 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 March 2026, at 3.92 million. Palencia province had the lowest, at 25,451. The median was 152,171 and the figure for Spain was 23.61 million. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest3,921,739Las Palmas province

Lowest25,451Palencia province

Median152,17150 provinces

Spain23,606,982History

All provinces, March 2026

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Provinces	March 2026 count	Change on March 2025
1	Las Palmas province Provisional	3,921,739	+2.3%
2	Barcelona province Provisional	2,484,884	+5.2%
3	Santa Cruz de Tenerife province Provisional	2,369,327	+2.5%
4	Madrid province Provisional	2,296,624	+3.7%
5	Málaga province Provisional	1,615,038	+8.1%
6	Balearic Islands province Provisional	1,598,828	+14.5%
7	Alicante province Provisional	1,331,515	-3%
8	Valencia province Provisional	745,901	+12.4%
9	Seville province Provisional	745,339	+13.4%
10	Girona province Provisional	542,200	+14%
11	Granada province Provisional	509,199	+2.8%
12	Cádiz province Provisional	438,778	+13.1%
13	Almería province Provisional	315,299	+27.8%
14	Tarragona province Provisional	288,811	+70.3%
15	Castellón province Provisional	261,597	+3.2%
16	Biscay province Provisional	246,674	+6.8%
17	Murcia province Provisional	237,385	-11.8%
18	Zaragoza province Provisional	226,471	+0.6%
19	A Coruña province Provisional	221,043	-6%
20	Gipuzkoa province Provisional	220,954	-3.7%
21	Asturias province Provisional	207,802	+0.1%
22	Huesca province Provisional	198,892	+20.4%
23	Lleida province Provisional	192,470	-7.9%
24	Córdoba province Provisional	176,831	+2.2%
25	Pontevedra province Provisional	158,947	+9.3%
26	Huelva province Provisional	145,395	-7%
27	Navarre province Provisional	141,314	-7.3%
28	Cantabria province Provisional	131,963	-8.3%
29	Salamanca province Provisional	130,800	+2.8%
30	Toledo province Provisional	123,993	+18.6%
31	León province Provisional	104,269	+6.3%
32	Badajoz province Provisional	101,437	-2.4%
33	Cáceres province Provisional	101,203	+9.9%
34	Burgos province Provisional	98,580	+2.7%
35	Valladolid province Provisional	97,298	+1.8%
36	Jaén province Provisional	90,137	+13.6%
37	Álava province Provisional	81,278	+0.1%
38	Segovia province Provisional	77,060	+6.4%
39	La Rioja province Provisional	76,574	+6.3%
40	Lugo province Provisional	72,847	+15.5%
41	Teruel province Provisional	72,348	+9.3%
42	Ciudad Real province Provisional	62,348	+9.5%
43	Albacete province Provisional	54,850	+3.6%
44	Ourense province Provisional	52,355	+17.5%
45	Guadalajara province Provisional	47,237	+38.8%
46	Ávila province Provisional	46,545	+17.8%
47	Cuenca province Provisional	38,810	+11.3%
48	Soria province Provisional	34,641	+9.1%
49	Zamora province Provisional	27,361	+15.8%
50	Palencia province Provisional	25,451	-8.4%

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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 3.92 million in March 2026, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which province has the lowest hotel overnight stays?

Palencia province, with 25,451 in March 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.