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Barcelona vs Madrid for working from cafes
The two score almost the same overall (3.21 and 3.13), so it comes down to laptops: 60% of the cafes we judged in Barcelona welcome one, against 57% in Madrid. Madrid is not behind on everything: 67% of the cafes with a Wi-Fi verdict in Madrid are fast, against 63% in Barcelona. Read the percentages with their denominators: Madrid has 39 cafes with a Wi-Fi verdict and 44 with a laptop verdict, against 281 and 248 in Barcelona, so the Madrid shares move on a handful of places.
| Measure | Barcelona | Madrid |
|---|---|---|
| Cafes read | 434 | 195 |
| Average score | 3.21 | 3.13 |
| Fast Wi-Fi | 177 of 281 with a Wi-Fi verdict (63%) | 26 of 39 with a Wi-Fi verdict (67%) |
| Laptop friendly | 150 of 248 judged (60%) | 25 of 44 judged (57%) |
| Open at 9pm | 249 of 434 read (57%) | 114 of 195 read (58%) |
| Open 24 hours | 1 | 1 |
Wi-Fi and laptop shares are counted against the cafes that carry that verdict, not against every cafe in the city. The denominators are in the cells for that reason.
What each city is good for
Barcelona
Barcelona is the bigger catalogue of the two, 434 cafes read against 195. Where it pulls ahead: its cafes average 3.21 against 3.13, and 60% of the cafes we judged in Barcelona are laptop friendly, against 57% in Madrid.
Madrid
Madrid is the smaller catalogue of the two, 195 cafes read against 434, so expect a shorter list rather than a worse one. Where it pulls ahead: 67% of the cafes with a Wi-Fi verdict in Madrid are fast, against 63% in Barcelona, and 58% of Madrid cafes are still open at 9pm, against 57% in Barcelona.
Barcelona and Madrid, answered
- Is Barcelona or Madrid better for working from cafes?
- The two score almost the same overall (3.21 and 3.13), so it comes down to laptops: 60% of the cafes we judged in Barcelona welcome one, against 57% in Madrid. Madrid is not behind on everything: 67% of the cafes with a Wi-Fi verdict in Madrid are fast, against 63% in Barcelona. Read the percentages with their denominators: Madrid has 39 cafes with a Wi-Fi verdict and 44 with a laptop verdict, against 281 and 248 in Barcelona, so the Madrid shares move on a handful of places.
- Which has more cafes open late, Barcelona or Madrid?
- Barcelona has 249 cafes still open at 9pm out of 434 read (57%), and Madrid has 114 out of 195 (58%). Round the clock is rarer: 1 in Barcelona, 1 in Madrid. Closing times come from each venue's own hours rather than from an estimate.
- How reliable are these Wi-Fi and laptop numbers?
- They are shares of a subset, never of the whole catalogue. A Wi-Fi verdict exists for 281 of the 434 cafes in Barcelona and 39 of the 195 in Madrid; a laptop verdict for 248 and 44. A percentage taken from a few dozen places moves a lot on one new review, so compare the counts before the percentages.
Other comparisons are listed at the bottom of every city we have read.