ExceptionalNonstop · 3h
AMS to AGPSpain
Málaga
$81
usually $185
−56%
Most monthly lows $118–$237. Cheaper than every other month on record (9).
Flights · AMS → BCN
Amsterdam to Barcelona
Best fare, round trip
$124
−11%
below its usual $140
you keep $16
Found
- Depart
- Sat 2 Jan
- Return
- Sat 16 Jan
- Stay
- 14 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 2.5h
- Airline
Transavia
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $127 and $148. The drop beats 25% of measured fares on the board, over 8 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
SpainBarcelonaGaudí’s fever dream with a beach attached. One of the cheapest big-city landings in Europe.Best windowMay–Jun · Sep–OctAirportsEl Prat (BCN)Every route into BarcelonaFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in January around $124 and peak in July near $197, 59% dearer, across the 8 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Transavia nonstop and takes about 2.5 hours outbound, on a 14-night trip. At $124 for 1,239 km each way, that works out to about $50 per 1,000 km flown. That is above the $41 per 1,000 km typical of short-haul fares here. Across the 9 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Barcelona, this fare ranks 9th — 3.8× the $33 we hold from London. It is also the cheapest of the 11 routes of similar length we watch out of Amsterdam. The best time to be in Barcelona: May–Jun · Sep–Oct.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 2 Jan '27, $124
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 6% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $166 then versus $176 now, across 21 recorded snapshots. This is a calendar-level trend, so an individual deal above can be lower. The lowest single day we have seen here is $108, on 10 Oct.
October 2026
Saturday 17 October: $412, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 18 October: $327, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 19 October: $314, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 20 October: $261, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 21 October: $243, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 22 October: $274, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 23 October: $144, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 24 October: $141, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 25 October: $143, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 26 October: $270, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 27 October: $260, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.28Thursday 29 October: $328, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 30 October: $321, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 31 October: $174, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
November 2026
12Tuesday 3 November: $239, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 4 November: $156, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 5 November: $192, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 6 November: $174, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 7 November: $161, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 8 November: $164, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.910Wednesday 11 November: $177, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 12 November: $206, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 13 November: $198, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 14 November: $205, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.151617Wednesday 18 November: $175, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 19 November: $206, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 20 November: $195, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 21 November: $156, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 22 November: $207, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 23 November: $152, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.242526Friday 27 November: $166, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.282930
December 2026
1Wednesday 2 December: $168, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 3 December: $144, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 4 December: $145, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 5 December: $138, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.6789Thursday 10 December: $153, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 11 December: $146, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 12 December: $126, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1314151617181920Monday 21 December: $341, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 22 December: $329, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.23Thursday 24 December: $193, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 25 December: $225, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2627Monday 28 December: $151, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.293031
January 2027
Friday 1 January: $159, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 2 January: $124, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 3 January: $296, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.456789101112Wednesday 13 January: $135, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.14151617Monday 18 January: $136, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.19202122232425262728293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 17 Oct 2026 · bands from 152 tracked fares
Cheapest in Jan, around $124
11% below the $140 typical fare
$141Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$152Nov, above the usual price. Compare November fares.$126Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$124Jan ’27, the cheapest month. Compare January fares.$148Feb, above the usual price. Compare February fares.$142Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$127Apr, below the usual price. Compare April fares.$197Jul, above the usual price. Compare July fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Amsterdam to Barcelona, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Schiphol (AMS) ↔ El Prat (BCN)
- Flight time
- ≈2.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈1,239 km each way
- Typical price
- $140 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Transavia
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- May–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
AMS → BCN, answered.
Is $124 a good price for Amsterdam to Barcelona?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $140 round-trip and this fare is 11% under it. We do not call a drop notable until 20%, so this is an ordinary price for the route rather than a reason to hurry.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Amsterdam to Barcelona?
Across 8 months of cached-fare history, Jan comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Barcelona are May–Jun · Sep–Oct — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book AMS → Barcelona?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet. Answering it honestly means watching the same departure date on this route over many weeks as it approaches, and that archive is still filling up — so any "book N days ahead" figure here would be borrowed from somewhere else rather than measured. What we can measure is which month is cheap: across 8 months of cached fares, Jan comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Amsterdam to Barcelona?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Transavia). The outbound leg runs around 2.5 hours.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on 17 October). Airlines reprice constantly, so the booking search re-checks the live price before you pay. Fresher finds are far more likely to still be available.
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