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 → MAD
Amsterdam to Madrid
Best fare, round trip
$152
−11%
below its usual $170
you keep $18
Found
- Depart
- Wed 13 Jan
- Return
- Thu 14 Jan
- Stay
- 1 night
- Flight
- 1 stop · 4.5h
- Airline
Ryanair
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $156 and $234. The drop beats 25% of measured fares on the board, over 6 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
SpainMadridDinner at 10pm, museums at world-class density, and Iberia fare sales that border on typos.Best windowApr–Jun · Sep–OctAirportsBarajas (MAD)Every route into MadridFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in January around $152 and peak in March near $253, 66% dearer, across the 6 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 4.5 hours outbound, on a 1-night trip — ticketed under Ryanair, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $152 for 1,481 km each way, that works out to about $51 per 1,000 km flown. That is above the $41 per 1,000 km typical of short-haul fares here. Across the 10 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Madrid, this fare ranks 9th — 4.3× the $35 we hold from Milan. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 11 routes of similar length we watch out of Amsterdam, where the middle fare is $152. The best time to be in Madrid: Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 13 Jan '27, $152
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 13% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $208 then versus $234 now, across 17 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 $124, on 7 Nov.
October 2026
13141516Saturday 17 October: $264, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.18Monday 19 October: $332, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 20 October: $281, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 21 October: $238, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 22 October: $234, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 23 October: $262, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.242526272829Friday 30 October: $262, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 31 October: $250, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $197, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2Tuesday 3 November: $191, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.4Thursday 5 November: $187, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 6 November: $203, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 7 November: $267, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 8 November: $204, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.91011Thursday 12 November: $211, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.13Saturday 14 November: $194, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.151617Wednesday 18 November: $177, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 19 November: $196, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 20 November: $241, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 21 November: $229, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.22Monday 23 November: $175, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.24252627282930
December 2026
12345678910Friday 11 December: $229, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.12131415161718192021222324Friday 25 December: $307, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 26 December: $300, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 27 December: $217, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.28Tuesday 29 December: $354, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3031
January 2027
123456789101112Wednesday 13 January: $152, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.14Friday 15 January: $162, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.16171819202122232425262728293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026 · bands from 128 tracked fares
Cheapest in Jan, around $152
11% below the $170 typical fare
$234Oct, above the usual price. Compare October fares.$158Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$156Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$152Jan ’27, the cheapest month. Compare January fares.$253Mar, above the usual price. Compare March fares.$170Sep, around the usual price. Compare September fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Amsterdam to Madrid, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Schiphol (AMS) ↔ Barajas (MAD)
- Flight time
- ≈4.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈1,481 km each way
- Typical price
- $170 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Ryanair
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
AMS → MAD, answered.
Is $152 a good price for Amsterdam to Madrid?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $170 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 Madrid?
Across 6 months of cached-fare history, Jan comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Madrid are Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book AMS → Madrid?
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 6 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 Madrid?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Ryanair. We hold no nonstop fare on this route right now, which does not mean none flies — search your exact dates to see what does.
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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