Barcelona to Madrid: buy now or wait?
Your call FareScore 59/100
usually €26 €25 Today's best fare
Cheaper than 59% of what we have seen
30 Dec Iberia Direct
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30 Dec
06:00
Iberia · 1h 25m
Direct
€25
29 Dec
05:40
Iberia · 1h 25m
Direct
€26
31 Dec
05:40
Iberia · 1h 25m
Direct ↓4%
€27 €26
10 Nov
20:15
Iberia · 1h 25m
Direct
€27
28 Dec
04:55
Iberia · 1h 25m
Direct
€27
4 Jan
12:35
Iberia · 1h 25m
Direct
€27
5 Jan
06:00
Iberia · 1h 25m
Direct
€27
1 Jan
06:00
Iberia · 1h 25m
Direct
€28
25 Nov
06:50
Ryanair · 9h 45m
With a stop
€32
20 Dec
06:35
Wizz Air Malta · 25h 35m
With a stop
€32
19 Nov
21:40
Ryanair · 21h 05m
With a stop
€33
12 Nov
21:40
Ryanair · 21h 05m
With a stop
€34
What the history says
Prices recorded 1,591
Typical price €26
Lowest we saw €24
You save today €1
Based on 1,591 prices we recorded on this exact route, compared against the same departure month.
Best booking window
56–83 days — is when this route has been cheapest to book: €27 typical, on 59 observations. That is about €16 less than booking in the last two weeks.
Cheapest months to fly to Madrid
January €26 11 observations
December €27 55 observations
November €38 873 observations
Booking tips from our fare data
- How far in advance should you book a flight?
- Book 1–1.5 months before departure. Tracking the same flights at every lead time (94,914 flights on 19,442 routes, 2026-06-14 to 2026-11-04), that window had the smallest average premium over each flight's lowest fare: +16.8%, against +49.3% in the last 3 days.
- What is the cheapest day of the week to fly?
- Wednesday. Comparing each fare with the median of its own route, Wednesday departures were +3.4% and Tuesday +4.2%, while Friday was the dearest at +10.6%. Weekend departures cost more than midweek ones.
- What is the cheapest month to fly?
- November 2026. Comparing each route's fares month by month (booked 8–60 days ahead), November 2026 departures were -1.1% against the route's own median, while January 2027 was the dearest at +17.5%. Covers September 2026, October 2026, November 2026, December 2026, January 2027; fares observed 2026-06-14 to 2026-11-04.
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