ExceptionalNonstop · 2.5h
ATH to WAWPoland
Warsaw
$48
usually $125
−62%
Most monthly lows $85–$133. Cheaper than every other month on record (6).
Flights · ATH → BCN
Athens to Barcelona
Best fare, round trip
$101
−16%
below its usual $120
you keep $19
Found
- Depart
- Fri 12 Feb
- Return
- Wed 17 Feb
- Stay
- 5 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 3h
- Airline
Vueling
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $106 and $140. The drop beats 44% 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 February around $101 and peak in October near $181, 79% dearer, across the 8 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Vueling nonstop and takes about 3 hours outbound, on a 5-night trip. At $101 for 1,878 km each way, that works out to about $27 per 1,000 km flown. That is well under the $41 per 1,000 km that short-haul fares on this board typically run. Across the 7 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Barcelona, this fare ranks 4th — 1.9× the $54 we hold from Stockholm. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 14 routes of similar length we watch out of Athens, where the middle fare is $148. The best time to be in Barcelona: May–Jun · Sep–Oct.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 15 Jan '27, $103
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 33% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $214 then versus $143 now, across 20 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 $95, on 5 Nov.
October 2026
15161718Monday 19 October: $181, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.20212223Saturday 24 October: $223, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 25 October: $226, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 26 October: $235, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 27 October: $255, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 28 October: $233, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.29Friday 30 October: $224, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31
November 2026
1Monday 2 November: $167, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3Wednesday 4 November: $242, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.567Sunday 8 November: $123, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.91011Thursday 12 November: $137, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1314Sunday 15 November: $141, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 16 November: $157, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1718Thursday 19 November: $120, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2021Sunday 22 November: $126, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 23 November: $118, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.24Wednesday 25 November: $130, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2627282930
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $117, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 2 December: $104, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3456789101112131415161718192021Tuesday 22 December: $200, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.23Thursday 24 December: $143, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2526272829Wednesday 30 December: $209, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31
January 2027
1234567Friday 8 January: $124, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.91011121314Friday 15 January: $103, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.16171819202122Saturday 23 January: $122, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.24Monday 25 January: $137, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.262728293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026 · bands from 122 tracked fares
Cheapest in Feb, around $101
16% below the $120 typical fare
$181Oct, above the usual price. Compare October fares.$118Nov, around the usual price. Compare November fares.$104Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$103Jan ’27, below the usual price. Compare January fares.$101Feb, the cheapest month. Compare February fares.$106Mar, below the usual price. Compare March fares.$140May, above the usual price. Compare May fares.$145Jun, above the usual price. Compare June fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Athens to Barcelona, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Eleftherios Venizelos (ATH) ↔ El Prat (BCN)
- Flight time
- ≈3 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈1,878 km each way
- Typical price
- $120 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Vueling
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- May–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
ATH → BCN, answered.
Is $101 a good price for Athens to Barcelona?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $120 round-trip and this fare is 16% 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 Athens to Barcelona?
Across 8 months of cached-fare history, Feb 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 ATH → 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, Feb comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Athens to Barcelona?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Vueling). The outbound leg runs around 3 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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