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 → MAD
Athens to Madrid
Best fare, round trip
$152
−26%
below its usual $205
you keep $53
GoodFound
- Depart
- Sat 23 Jan
- Return
- Sat 30 Jan
- Stay
- 7 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 4h
- Airline
Iberia
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $158 and $216. The drop beats 69% of measured fares on the board, over 7 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 November around $150 and peak in October near $264, 76% dearer, across the 7 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Iberia nonstop and takes about 4 hours outbound, on a 7-night trip. At $152 for 2,369 km each way, that works out to about $32 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $41 per 1,000 km typical of short-haul fares here. Across the 7 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Madrid, this fare ranks 6th — 1.6× the $94 we hold from Vienna. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 17 routes of similar length we watch out of Athens, where the middle fare is $160. The best time to be in Madrid: Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 11% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $215 then versus $192 now, across 18 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 $109, on 7 Nov.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 13 of 109 days priced, from 79 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
November 2026
12Tuesday 3 November: $259. Compare fares from this day.456Saturday 7 November: $150. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 8 November: $193. Compare fares from this day.9101112Friday 13 November: $192. Compare fares from this day.1415161718Thursday 19 November: $158. Compare fares from this day.2021Sunday 22 November: $189. Compare fares from this day.2324252627282930
December 2026
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January 2027
12345678910111213Thursday 14 January: $165. Compare fares from this day.1516171819202122Saturday 23 January: $152. Compare fares from this day.24Monday 25 January: $153. Compare fares from this day.262728293031
Cached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Nov, around $150
27% below the $205 typical fare
$264Oct, above the usual price. Compare October fares.$150Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$154Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$152Jan ’27, below the usual price. Compare January fares.$205Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$216Apr, above the usual price. Compare April fares.$206May, around the usual price. Compare May fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Athens to Madrid, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Eleftherios Venizelos (ATH) ↔ Barajas (MAD)
- Flight time
- ≈4 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈2,369 km each way
- Typical price
- $205 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Iberia
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
ATH → MAD, answered.
Is $152 a good price for Athens to Madrid?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $205 round-trip. At $152 you're 26% below that, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Athens to Madrid?
Across 7 months of cached-fare history, Nov 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 ATH → 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 7 months of cached fares, Nov 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 Madrid?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Iberia). The outbound leg runs around 4 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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