ExceptionalNonstop · 2h
MAD to RAKMorocco
Marrakech
$36
usually $95
−62%
Most monthly lows $58–$101. Cheaper than every other month on record (7).
Flights · MAD → ATH
Madrid to Athens
Best fare, round trip
$134
Too little price history on this route to compare — the fare is shown as found.
Found
- Depart
- Thu 26 Nov
- Return
- Sun 29 Nov
- Stay
- 3 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 4.5h
- Airline
Air Europa
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
GreeceAthensThe Acropolis at golden hour, then souvlaki for pocket change. Gateway fare to the whole Aegean.Best windowApr–Jun · Sep–OctAirportsEleftherios Venizelos (ATH)Every route into AthensFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 4.5 hours outbound, on a 3-night trip — ticketed under Air Europa, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $134 for 2,369 km each way, that works out to about $28 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 13 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Athens, this fare ranks 5th — 51% above the $89 from Paris. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 11 routes of similar length we watch out of Madrid, where the middle fare is $138. We have 3 months of cached prices for this route so far — not enough to call a fare cheap or expensive, so we publish the price without a percentage. Fare history here is still too short to name a cheap season. The best time to be in Athens: Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 9% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $245 then versus $224 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 $113, on 16 Nov.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 15 of 111 days priced, from 71 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
November 2026
December 2026
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Cached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026
We are still collecting this route's months — 3 months of cached prices so far, too few to chart.
Route facts
- Airports
- Barajas (MAD) ↔ Eleftherios Venizelos (ATH)
- Flight time
- ≈4.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈2,369 km each way
- Airlines on the board
- Air Europa
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
MAD → ATH, answered.
How far in advance should I book MAD → Athens?
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. Our guide Why flight prices change covers the levers we can measure.
Are there nonstop flights from Madrid to Athens?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Air Europa. 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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