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 → CPT
Madrid to Cape Town
Best fare, round trip
$709
−6%
below its usual $755
you keep $46
Found
- Depart
- Mon 25 Jan
- Return
- Mon 1 Feb
- Stay
- 7 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 13.5h
- Airline
Ethiopian
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $716 and $818. The drop beats 8% of measured fares on the board, over 5 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
South AfricaCape TownTable Mountain, two oceans and winelands 40 minutes out — the long-haul that overdelivers.Best windowNov–MarAirportsCape Town (CPT)Every route into Cape TownFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in January around $709 and peak in July near $867, 22% dearer, across the 5 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 13.5 hours outbound, on a 7-night trip — ticketed under Ethiopian, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $709 for 8,572 km each way, that works out to about $41 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 27 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Cape Town, this fare ranks 13th — 16% above the $612 from Brussels. For context, the middle fare among the 34 routes of similar length we watch out of Madrid is $654. The best time to be in Cape Town: Nov–Mar.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 25 Jan '27, $709
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 4% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $855 then versus $887 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 $709, on 25 Jan '27.
October 2026
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November 2026
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $758, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 2 December: $756, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3Friday 4 December: $716, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 5 December: $720, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.6Monday 7 December: $832, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.891011Saturday 12 December: $848, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.13141516Thursday 17 December: $1.4k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 18 December: $1.6k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.19Sunday 20 December: $1.3k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 21 December: $1.5k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 22 December: $1.4k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 23 December: $1.2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 24 December: $1.6k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.25Saturday 26 December: $1.4k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 27 December: $1.5k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 28 December: $1.4k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 29 December: $1.4k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 30 December: $937, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 31 December: $1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
January 2027
Friday 1 January: $822, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 2 January: $1.1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.345Wednesday 6 January: $814, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.78Saturday 9 January: $911, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.10Monday 11 January: $825, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1213Thursday 14 January: $768, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.15161718192021Friday 22 January: $770, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 23 January: $782, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.24Monday 25 January: $709, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.262728293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026 · bands from 65 tracked fares
Cheapest in Jan, around $709
6% below the $755 typical fare
$814Nov, above the usual price. Compare November fares.$716Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$709Jan ’27, the cheapest month. Compare January fares.$756Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$867Jul, above the usual price. Compare July fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Madrid to Cape Town, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Barajas (MAD) ↔ Cape Town (CPT)
- Flight time
- ≈13.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈8,572 km each way
- Typical price
- $755 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Ethiopian
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Nov–Mar
Good to know
MAD → CPT, answered.
Is $709 a good price for Madrid to Cape Town?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $755 round-trip and this fare is 6% 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 Cape Town?
Across 5 months of cached-fare history, Jan comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Cape Town are Nov–Mar — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book MAD → Cape Town?
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 Cape Town?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Ethiopian. 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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