Provinces of Spain by nights spent in tourist accommodation, 2025

Barcelona province had the highest nights spent in tourist accommodation of 49 provinces in 2025, at 41.29 million. Melilla province had the lowest, at 138,504. The median was 2.54 million and the figure for Spain was 512.89 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest41,291,786Barcelona province
Lowest138,504Melilla province
Median2,537,32349 provinces
Spain512,892,979History

All provinces, 2025

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Barcelona provinceBarcelona province: 41,291,786 count41,291,786Alicante provinceAlicante province: 33,952,641 count33,952,641Madrid provinceMadrid province: 33,026,740 count33,026,740Málaga provinceMálaga province: 30,600,019 count30,600,019Girona provinceGirona province: 25,337,130 count25,337,130Tarragona provinceTarragona province: 19,737,579 count19,737,579Valencia provinceValencia province: 12,957,297 count12,957,297Cádiz provinceCádiz province: 11,373,165 count11,373,165Seville provinceSeville province: 10,321,869 count10,321,869Granada provinceGranada province: 7,951,152 count7,951,152Castellón provinceCastellón province: 7,830,083 count7,830,083Almería provinceAlmería province: 7,529,971 count7,529,971Asturias provinceAsturias province: 6,525,317 count6,525,317Cantabria provinceCantabria province: 6,169,818 count6,169,818Huelva provinceHuelva province: 6,072,475 count6,072,475Murcia provinceMurcia province: 5,846,360 count5,846,360A Coruña provinceA Coruña province: 5,559,574 count5,559,574Pontevedra provincePontevedra province: 5,115,326 count5,115,326Gipuzkoa provinceGipuzkoa province: 4,723,940 count4,723,940Biscay provinceBiscay province: 4,338,667 count4,338,667Navarre provinceNavarre province: 4,177,989 count4,177,989Huesca provinceHuesca province: 4,163,088 count4,163,088Lleida provinceLleida province: 3,395,118 count3,395,118Zaragoza provinceZaragoza province: 3,348,164 count3,348,164Córdoba provinceCórdoba province: 2,537,323 count2,537,323Salamanca provinceSalamanca province: 2,509,971 count2,509,971Cáceres provinceCáceres province: 2,340,791 count2,340,791Burgos provinceBurgos province: 2,278,001 count2,278,001León provinceLeón province: 2,071,337 count2,071,337Lugo provinceLugo province: 2,008,633 count2,008,633Toledo provinceToledo province: 2,000,228 count2,000,228La Rioja provinceLa Rioja province: 1,853,458 count1,853,458Badajoz provinceBadajoz province: 1,668,881 count1,668,881Valladolid provinceValladolid province: 1,549,006 count1,549,006Álava provinceÁlava province: 1,536,548 count1,536,548Jaén provinceJaén province: 1,522,823 count1,522,823Ávila provinceÁvila province: 1,504,655 count1,504,655Teruel provinceTeruel province: 1,478,563 count1,478,563Albacete provinceAlbacete province: 1,448,785 count1,448,785Segovia provinceSegovia province: 1,441,834 count1,441,834Ciudad Real provinceCiudad Real province: 988,986 count988,986Cuenca provinceCuenca province: 966,800 count966,800Soria provinceSoria province: 878,206 count878,206Ourense provinceOurense province: 865,785 count865,785Guadalajara provinceGuadalajara province: 860,429 count860,429Palencia provincePalencia province: 691,935 count691,935Zamora provinceZamora province: 525,045 count525,045Ceuta provinceCeuta province: 144,453 count144,453Melilla provinceMelilla province: 138,504 count138,504
count. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankProvinces2025
count
Change on 2024
1Barcelona province41,291,786+0.2%
2Alicante province33,952,641+4.2%
3Madrid province33,026,740+2.2%
4Málaga province30,600,019+0.5%
5Girona province25,337,130+3.5%
6Tarragona province19,737,579+0.2%
7Valencia province12,957,297-1.6%
8Cádiz province11,373,165+2.1%
9Seville province10,321,869+0.7%
10Granada province7,951,152+1.4%
11Castellón province7,830,083-1%
12Almería province7,529,971+5%
13Asturias province6,525,317-2.5%
14Cantabria province6,169,818+0.9%
15Huelva province6,072,475-3.2%
16Murcia province5,846,360+2.4%
17A Coruña province5,559,574-0%
18Pontevedra province5,115,326+3.2%
19Gipuzkoa province4,723,940+4.4%
20Biscay province4,338,667+1.4%
21Navarre province4,177,989+2.3%
22Huesca province4,163,088+8.5%
23Lleida province3,395,118+3.6%
24Zaragoza province3,348,164-1.6%
25Córdoba province2,537,323+6.8%
26Salamanca province2,509,971+4.5%
27Cáceres province2,340,791-3.6%
28Burgos province2,278,001+8.8%
29León province2,071,337+3.4%
30Lugo province2,008,633+6.4%
31Toledo province2,000,228+1.5%
32La Rioja province1,853,458+10.6%
33Badajoz province1,668,881+0.9%
34Valladolid province1,549,006-0.8%
35Álava province1,536,548+6.2%
36Jaén province1,522,823-15.9%
37Ávila province1,504,655+11.7%
38Teruel province1,478,563+3.6%
39Albacete province1,448,785+10.1%
40Segovia province1,441,834+2.4%
41Ciudad Real province988,986+5.7%
42Cuenca province966,800+0.2%
43Soria province878,206-0.5%
44Ourense province865,785-3.8%
45Guadalajara province860,429+11.8%
46Palencia province691,935-8.8%
47Zamora province525,045-13.9%
48Ceuta province144,453+7.3%
49Melilla province138,504+3.5%

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About this ranking

Nights spent at hotels, holiday accommodation, campsites and similar establishments (Eurostat). Comparable across EU countries and regions.

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

Eurostat. Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 2 and 3 region (tour_occ_nin2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_occ_nin2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Which province has the highest nights spent in tourist accommodation?

Barcelona province, with 41.29 million in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which province has the lowest nights spent in tourist accommodation?

Melilla province, with 138,504 in 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 2 and 3 region (tour_occ_nin2). Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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