ExceptionalNonstop · 2.5h
FRA to ALCSpain
Alicante
$60
usually $235
−74%
Most monthly lows $146–$236. Cheaper than every other month on record (3).
Flights · FRA → BCN
Frankfurt to Barcelona
Best fare, round trip
$46
−65%
below its usual $130
you keep $84
ExceptionalFound
- Depart
- Sun 8 Nov
- Return
- Sun 15 Nov
- Stay
- 7 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 2h
- Airline
Ryanair
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $107 and $173. The drop beats 99% of measured fares on the board, over 7 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 November around $46 and peak in April near $177, 285% dearer, across the 7 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Ryanair nonstop and takes about 2 hours outbound, on a 7-night trip. At $46 for 1,083 km each way, that works out to about $21 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 10 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Barcelona, this fare ranks 3rd — 39% above the $33 from London. It is also the 2nd cheapest of the 9 routes of similar length we watch out of Frankfurt. The best time to be in Barcelona: May–Jun · Sep–Oct.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 8 Nov, $46
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 10% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $133 then versus $146 now, across 16 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 $38, on 8 Nov.
October 2026
1516Saturday 17 October: $181, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 18 October: $199, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 19 October: $126, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 20 October: $141, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2122Friday 23 October: $126, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.24Sunday 25 October: $179, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 26 October: $147, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 27 October: $100, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.28Thursday 29 October: $157, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 30 October: $194, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $118, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2345Friday 6 November: $106, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 7 November: $73, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 8 November: $46, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.Monday 9 November: $71, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.10Wednesday 11 November: $92, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1213Saturday 14 November: $62, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.15Monday 16 November: $146, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.17Wednesday 18 November: $92, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 19 November: $140, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 20 November: $112, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 21 November: $65, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.222324Wednesday 25 November: $76, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2627Saturday 28 November: $85, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2930
December 2026
123456Monday 7 December: $72, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.891011121314151617Friday 18 December: $142, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 19 December: $129, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.202122Wednesday 23 December: $188, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 24 December: $196, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.25Saturday 26 December: $252, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 27 December: $193, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 28 December: $257, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 29 December: $249, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3031
January 2027
1Saturday 2 January: $218, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 3 January: $185, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.4567Friday 8 January: $178, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.9Sunday 10 January: $131, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 11 January: $178, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.121314151617Monday 18 January: $169, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.19Wednesday 20 January: $178, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.21222324Monday 25 January: $172, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.262728293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026 · bands from 144 tracked fares
Cheapest in Nov, around $46
65% below the $130 typical fare
$100Oct, below the usual price. Compare October fares.$46Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$72Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$131Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$135Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$177Apr, above the usual price. Compare April fares.$173May, above the usual price. Compare May fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Frankfurt to Barcelona, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Frankfurt (FRA) · Hahn (HHN) ↔ El Prat (BCN)
- Flight time
- ≈2 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈1,083 km each way
- Typical price
- $130 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Ryanair
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- May–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
FRA → BCN, answered.
Is $46 a good price for Frankfurt to Barcelona?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $130 round-trip. At $46 you're 65% below that, which we rate exceptional for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Frankfurt to Barcelona?
Across 7 months of cached-fare history, Nov 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 FRA → 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 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 Frankfurt to Barcelona?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Ryanair). The outbound leg runs around 2 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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