Neighbourhoods · compared
Benahavis vs Marbella
Benahavis and Marbella, side by side: what a home asks, what it buys per square metre, and what is nearby to eat and drink. Every figure below is read off our own published census, sourced and dated.
As of 5 September 2026, the median asking price of a €3,000,000-plus home is €5,947,500 in Benahavis against €4,900,000 in Marbella, across 538 homes in Benahavis and 1,673 in Marbella (Marbella Wire).
Marbella and Benahavís
Two areas, one scale
Each value uses the area’s own measured sample.
Median asking price
Area counts can overlap. Do not add these samples together.
Asking prices from €3,000,000 · Marbella and Benahavís · 5 September 2026. Combines retained agency observations and market tracking. The date is the latest observation, not a live availability check.
Marbella Wire market tracking · Methodology and source data
The €3M+ property market
Asking prices, our own censusMarbella has the bigger sample: 1,673 homes asking €3,000,000 or more against Benahavis's 538. Benahavis is dearer at the median: €5,947,500 against Marbella's €4,900,000, though Marbella asks more per built square metre (€9,282 / m² against €8,186 / m²).
Bands are not published at municipality level; only the two urbanización sides carry a ladder.
Where to eat, by our own census
eat.json, exact neighbourhood match onlyBenahavis: 7 rated venues in our eat index. Marbella: 251.
Counted only where our census stamps this exact neighbourhood on a venue; a venue zoned to neither area is not counted for either. See the full eat index →
Chiringuito prices nearby
espeto de sardinas, our chiringuito censusBenahavis
No chiringuito in our census carries this exact neighbourhood.
Marbella
No chiringuito in our census carries this exact neighbourhood.
Paella prices nearby
our paella price indexBenahavis
No venue in our paella index carries this exact neighbourhood.
Sunbed prices nearby
our sunbed price censusBenahavis
No venue in our sunbed price census carries this exact neighbourhood.
Marbella
No venue in our sunbed price census carries this exact neighbourhood.
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What people ask
Which is more expensive, Benahavis or Marbella?
Benahavis, at the median: €5,947,500 against Marbella's €4,900,000, from our own census of 538 + 1,673 homes asking €3,000,000 or more as of 5 September 2026. Asking prices, not valuations.
How many €3,000,000+ homes are for sale in Benahavis compared with Marbella?
Benahavis has 538 distinct homes asking €3,000,000 or more in our census; Marbella has 1,673, both as of 5 September 2026. Sub-areas counted on a parent page too are not summed twice within one area's own total.
Where can I eat near Benahavis or Marbella?
Our eat index stamps 7 rated venues to Benahavis and 251 to Marbella; the full, filterable list with ratings and links is at /eat/.
Property figures are read off the same census that already publishes each area's own page (Benahavis's and Marbella's), never re-measured for this comparison. Venue counts and prices come from our eat, chiringuito, paella and sunbed price censuses, matched only where a venue's own record names this exact neighbourhood.
Last checked: 5 September 2026