Madrid to Barcelona: buy now or wait?
Buy now FareScore 95/100
usually €28 €24 Today's best fare
Cheaper than 95% of what we have seen
9 Dec Iberia Direct
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9 Dec
13:55
Iberia · 1h 20m
Direct
€24
21 Dec
20:40
Iberia · 1h 15m
Direct ↓7%
€27 €25
18 Dec
05:40
Iberia · 1h 20m
Direct
€26
29 Dec
17:00
Iberia · 1h 15m
Direct ↓4%
€27 €26
20 Dec
20:40
Iberia · 1h 15m
Direct
€27
28 Dec
20:40
Iberia · 1h 15m
Direct
€27
30 Dec
17:00
Iberia · 1h 15m
Direct
€27
23 Dec
05:40
Iberia · 1h 20m
Direct
€28
6 Jan
05:40
Iberia · 1h 20m
Direct
€29
7 Jan
20:40
Iberia · 1h 15m
Direct
€29
24 Dec
17:00
Iberia · 1h 15m
Direct
€30
30 Nov
18:30
Vueling · 1h 20m
Direct
€31
What the history says
Prices recorded 343
Typical price €28
Lowest we saw €24
You save today €4
Based on 343 prices we recorded on this exact route, compared against the same departure month.
Best booking window
42–55 days — is when this route has been cheapest to book: €27 typical, on 50 observations. That is about €13 less than booking in the last two weeks.
Cheapest months to fly to Barcelona
January €28 29 observations
December €31 154 observations
November €36 87 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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