Valencia metro ticket guide 2026

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Reviewed 6 September 2026 by Michael Bastin

Valencia public transport is one of the best-value systems in Europe, but newcomers waste money on single tickets for weeks before someone tells them about the SUMA 10. Here's the actual 2026 fare structure, the overlap-zone rule that charges certain commutes as a single zone, and the airport-line option that beats every taxi.

Metro, bus and Cercanías in Valencia: three networks, three fares

SUMA 10 card - how it works and what it costs

SUMA 10 is ATMV's commercial name for the 10-trip ticket loaded onto a Mobilis card. Here is the 2026 price snapshot.

Mobilis card and the TuiN wallet card

• The Mobilis is a rechargeable card you load with a specific product at any metro vending machine. The cardboard version costs €1 and the plastic one €2.
• The SUMA 10 is the one most newcomers mean: 10 trips at €5.40 for a single zone, so €0.54 a journey against €1.50 for a single. That is a 64 percent saving on the full pack, paid off from your fourth trip onwards.
• Do not confuse the SUMA 10 with the TuiN card: they are two different products with two different prices. The SUMA 10, above, is a prepaid 10-trip pack at a steep discount. TuiN is a stored-value card you top up and tap as you go, at a higher per-ride price - €0.80 a journey in one zone, €1.20 across two. Its edge is the cap: once your TuiN spend reaches €21.00 in a calendar month for one zone, or €31.80 for two, the rest of that month is free. Those are exactly the SUMA Mensual prices, so a TuiN card never costs you more in a month than the monthly pass would have.
• If you commute daily, the monthly pass is the SUMA Mensual: €21.00 for one zone, €31.80 for two. With a Carnet Jove (ages 15 to 30), the SUMA Mensual Jove currently costs €14.90 for one zone and €22.50 for two, thanks to a temporary regional discount extended through 31 December 2026. Do not ask for a T1: despite the name, T1, T2 and T3 are the 24, 48 and 72-hour tourist passes at €4.00, €6.70 and €9.70, and the + versions that add the airport supplement.
• Valencia is running heavy fare discounts in 2026. Under-14s travel free, under-30s get 50 percent off eligible titles, and residents affected by the 2024 DANA travel free until 31 December 2026. Ask at the counter rather than assuming the posted price is what you pay.

Zones: when you actually need to leave Zone A

• Since 31 January 2022, the Metrovalencia network has run two fare zones - A and B - plus overlap areas where they meet, and the airport priced separately. Zone B is where most of the metropolitan belt sits, including Bétera at the top of line 1 and Llíria at the top of line 2, so a trip from either into the city is charged as two zones.
• A station in zone A or in the A-B overlap is charged as a single zone for a trip into the city, which is why Mislata, Burjassot, Godella, Rocafort, Paterna, La Canada and the Alboraia-Peris Arago stop all commute on the one-zone fare. Bétera and Horta Vella sit just outside that overlap, which begins at Masies on line 1, and pay for two.
• If you live in one zone but commute weekly into the next, do the maths before committing - and put pay-as-you-go TuiN in the comparison. Ten two-zone trips cost €7.50 as a SUMA 10 pack, against €12.00 if you tap them one by one on a TuiN card at €1.20 each. TuiN still earns its keep for irregular use: it stops charging once you reach €31.80 in the month, which is what the two-zone monthly costs anyway.

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Where you live decides which ticket actually pays off. Zone A covers most of the central barrios profiled in our guide to the best neighborhoods in Valencia, while a beach-and-huerta address in Alboraya on the Valencia city edge sits on the A-B boundary, where the station you use decides whether the trip is charged as one zone or two.

Still choosing a base? Let the network vote. Extramurs sits on the Angel Guimera interchange where lines 1, 2, 3, 5 and 9 cross, Benimaclet pairs two metro lines with the university trams, Patraix rides lines 1, 2 and 7, Aiora puts lines 5 and 7 between the centre and the marina, and the tram drops Cabanyal residents at the beach with no car involved.

Airport: the Metro 3/5 vs taxi/Cabify call

The table is the short answer. Our full guide to getting from Valencia airport into the city covers what it leaves out: when the last metro runs, how the taxi rank works, and which option survives two large suitcases.

Valencia metro ticket mistakes every newcomer makes

• Buying single rides for the first month: at €1.50 each you spend €30 in a fortnight that the TuiN would have done for €17.
• Forgetting to validate at the metro gate - the gate doesn't always beep, but a fare inspector will fine you €50+ on the spot.
• Buying up zones for the airport. The supplement is charged only on 10-trip tickets, and every SUMA Mensual already includes the airport at no extra cost, so a €21.00 one-zone monthly reaches the terminal for nothing. Add zones only if your daily commute really crosses them.
• Believing the Mobilis never works on EMT buses: that's false for the SUMA Mensual and SUMA 10, valid across the whole network (EMT, MetroBus, Cercanías) on the same card. Only the pay-as-you-go TuiN wallet stays Metrovalencia-only (metro and tram).
• Missing the last metro: line 3 stops around 23:30 weeknights, slightly later on Fridays/Saturdays. Plan a Cabify home before 11pm or you'll pay surge.

Which Valencia metro ticket to buy: quick pick by use case

Most newcomers buy their first Mobilis on the same week they fight for a foreigner-ID slot. If you are still booking that appointment, our NIE cita previa hacks for Valencia in 2026 shorten the queue from weeks to days. And if you would rather hand the whole first-week paperwork to someone who does it every month, our Valencia relocation services cover the NIE, the padrón and the bank account in one go.