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 → MAD
Frankfurt to Madrid
Best fare, round trip
$107
−33%
below its usual $160
you keep $53
GreatFound
- Depart
- Thu 5 Nov
- Return
- Tue 10 Nov
- Stay
- 5 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 5.5h
- Airline
Ryanair
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $119 and $186. The drop beats 82% 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 October around $91 and peak in June near $223, 145% dearer, across the 6 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 5.5 hours outbound, on a 5-night trip — ticketed under Ryanair, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $107 for 1,435 km each way, that works out to about $37 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $41 per 1,000 km typical of short-haul fares here. Across the 9 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Madrid, this fare ranks 6th — 3.1× the $35 we hold from Milan. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 9 routes of similar length we watch out of Frankfurt, where the middle fare is $107. The best time to be in Madrid: Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 28 Oct, $91
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 12% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $210 then versus $185 now, across 19 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 $82, on 20 Oct.
October 2026
1516Saturday 17 October: $274, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 18 October: $489, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 19 October: $238, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 20 October: $225, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.21Thursday 22 October: $257, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.23Saturday 24 October: $234, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 25 October: $174, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 26 October: $230, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 27 October: $216, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 28 October: $91, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 29 October: $162, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.30Saturday 31 October: $146, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
November 2026
1234Thursday 5 November: $107, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.6789Tuesday 10 November: $159, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.11Thursday 12 November: $185, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 13 November: $154, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 14 November: $166, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1516Tuesday 17 November: $121, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.18Thursday 19 November: $118, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 20 November: $242, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 21 November: $122, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2223242526Friday 27 November: $197, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 28 November: $175, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2930
December 2026
123Friday 4 December: $200, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.5678910Friday 11 December: $180, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.12131415161718Saturday 19 December: $183, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2021Tuesday 22 December: $191, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 23 December: $241, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.24Friday 25 December: $282, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.26272829Wednesday 30 December: $322, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31
January 2027
123456789101112131415Saturday 16 January: $136, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1718192021Friday 22 January: $137, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.232425262728293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026 · bands from 124 tracked fares
Cheapest in Oct, around $91
43% below the $160 typical fare
$91Oct, the cheapest month. Compare October fares.$107Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$159Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$136Jan ’27, below the usual price. Compare January fares.$223Jun, above the usual price. Compare June fares.$186Aug, above the usual price. Compare August fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Frankfurt to Madrid, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Frankfurt (FRA) · Hahn (HHN) ↔ Barajas (MAD)
- Flight time
- ≈5.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈1,435 km each way
- Typical price
- $160 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
FRA → MAD, answered.
Is $107 a good price for Frankfurt to Madrid?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $160 round-trip. At $107 you're 33% below that, which we rate great for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Frankfurt to Madrid?
Across 6 months of cached-fare history, Oct 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 FRA → 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, Oct 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 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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