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 → BCN
Madrid to Barcelona
Best fare, round trip
$73
−14%
below its usual $85
you keep $12
Found
- Depart
- Tue 3 Nov
- Return
- Wed 4 Nov
- Stay
- 1 night
- Flight
- Nonstop · 1.5h
- Airline
Vueling
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $85 and $101. The drop beats 36% 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 $73 and peak in September near $120, 64% dearer, across the 7 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Vueling nonstop and takes about 1.5 hours outbound, on a 1-night trip. For context, the middle fare among the 7 routes of similar length we watch out of Madrid is $59. The best time to be in Barcelona: May–Jun · Sep–Oct.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 27% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $130 then versus $95 now, across 23 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 $72, on 31 Oct.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 21 of 107 days priced, from 110 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
Saturday 17 October: $143. Compare fares from this day.1819Tuesday 20 October: $85. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 21 October: $85. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 22 October: $132. Compare fares from this day.Friday 23 October: $132. Compare fares from this day.24Sunday 25 October: $104. Compare fares from this day.26Tuesday 27 October: $89. Compare fares from this day.28Thursday 29 October: $112. Compare fares from this day.30Saturday 31 October: $89. Compare fares from this day.
November 2026
1Monday 2 November: $95. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 3 November: $73. Compare fares from this day.456Saturday 7 November: $78. Compare fares from this day.891011Thursday 12 November: $85. Compare fares from this day.Friday 13 November: $106. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 14 November: $109. Compare fares from this day.1516171819Friday 20 November: $117. Compare fares from this day.21222324252627282930
December 2026
123Friday 4 December: $103. Compare fares from this day.5678910111213141516171819202122232425Saturday 26 December: $89. Compare fares from this day.272829Wednesday 30 December: $109. Compare fares from this day.31
January 2027
12345678Saturday 9 January: $89. Compare fares from this day.10Monday 11 January: $85. Compare fares from this day.1213141516171819202122232425262728293031
Cached fares · checked 17 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Nov, around $73
14% below the $85 typical fare
$85Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$73Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$89Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$85Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$87Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$101Jul, above the usual price. Compare July fares.$120Sep, above the usual price. Compare September fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Madrid to Barcelona, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Barajas (MAD) ↔ El Prat (BCN)
- Flight time
- ≈1.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈505 km each way
- Typical price
- $85 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Vueling
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- May–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
MAD → BCN, answered.
Is $73 a good price for Madrid to Barcelona?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $85 round-trip and this fare is 14% 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 Madrid 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 MAD → 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 Madrid to Barcelona?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Vueling). The outbound leg runs around 1.5 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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