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 → PEK
Madrid to Beijing
Best fare, round trip
$521
−16%
below its usual $620
you keep $99
Found
- Depart
- Tue 12 Jan
- Return
- Tue 19 Jan
- Stay
- 7 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 12.5h
- Airline
Iberia
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $525 and $646. The drop beats 44% of measured fares on the board, over 5 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
ChinaBeijingImperial scale — the Forbidden City, the Wall an hour north, and a visa-free transit window worth checking.Best windowSep–Oct · Apr–MayAirportsCapital (PEK) · Daxing (PKX)Every route into BeijingFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in January around $521 and peak in October near $829, 59% dearer, across the 5 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 12.5 hours outbound, on a 7-night trip — ticketed under Iberia, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $521 for 9,218 km each way, that works out to about $28 per 1,000 km flown. That is well under the $44 per 1,000 km that long-haul fares on this board typically run. Across the 27 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Beijing, this fare ranks 2nd — 1% above the $516 from Vienna. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 35 routes of similar length we watch out of Madrid, where the middle fare is $650. The best time to be in Beijing: Sep–Oct · Apr–May.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 16% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $684 then versus $795 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 $521, on 12 Jan '27.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 15 of 109 days priced, from 89 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
1516171819202122Friday 23 October: $829. Compare fares from this day.24Sunday 25 October: $978. Compare fares from this day.262728293031
November 2026
1234567891011Thursday 12 November: $657. Compare fares from this day.13Saturday 14 November: $795. Compare fares from this day.151617181920Saturday 21 November: $694. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 22 November: $661. Compare fares from this day.Monday 23 November: $646. Compare fares from this day.24252627282930
December 2026
1Wednesday 2 December: $560. Compare fares from this day.3456789101112131415Wednesday 16 December: $905. Compare fares from this day.171819Sunday 20 December: $1.1k. Compare fares from this day.Monday 21 December: $1k. Compare fares from this day.22Wednesday 23 December: $992. Compare fares from this day.242526Sunday 27 December: $917. Compare fares from this day.28293031
January 2027
Friday 1 January: $780. Compare fares from this day.234567891011Tuesday 12 January: $521. Compare fares from this day.13141516171819202122232425262728293031
Cached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Jan, around $521
16% below the $620 typical fare
$829Oct, above the usual price. Compare October fares.$646Nov, around the usual price. Compare November fares.$525Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$521Jan ’27, the cheapest month. Compare January fares.$618Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Madrid to Beijing, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Barajas (MAD) ↔ Capital (PEK) · Daxing (PKX)
- Flight time
- ≈12.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈9,218 km each way
- Typical price
- $620 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Iberia
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Sep–Oct · Apr–May
Good to know
MAD → PEK, answered.
Is $521 a good price for Madrid to Beijing?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $620 round-trip and this fare is 16% 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 Beijing?
Across 5 months of cached-fare history, Jan comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Beijing are Sep–Oct · Apr–May — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book MAD → Beijing?
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 5 months of cached fares, Jan 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 Beijing?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Iberia. 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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