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 → CMB
Madrid to Colombo
Best fare, round trip
$740
−1%
below its usual $745
you keep $5
Found
- Depart
- Sat 6 Feb
- Return
- Sat 20 Feb
- Stay
- 14 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 11.5h
- Airline
Etihad
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $741 and $858. The drop beats 0% of measured fares on the board, over 5 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
Sri LankaColomboA working port city that most people leave immediately — for tea country, ruins and the south coast.Best windowDec–MarAirportsBandaranaike (CMB)Every route into ColomboFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in February around $740 and peak in March near $875, 18% dearer, across the 5 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 11.5 hours outbound, on a 14-night trip — ticketed under Etihad, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $740 for 8,964 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 20 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Colombo, this fare ranks 19th — 43% above the $518 from Milan. For context, the middle fare among the 35 routes of similar length we watch out of Madrid is $654. The best time to be in Colombo: Dec–Mar.
The 7 days we hold a cached fare for
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 10% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $731 then versus $803 now, across 20 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 $652, on 15 Nov.
- Mon 30 Nov$744
- Wed 9 Dec$815
- Sat 19 Dec$1,101
- Wed 23 Dec$913
- Thu 24 Dec$803
- Wed 30 Dec$758
- Thu 31 Dec$741lowest
These are the only days we have a cached price for on this route so far — not the only days it flies. The search above covers any date.
Cached fares · checked 17 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Feb, around $740
1% below the $745 typical fare
$744Nov, around the usual price. Compare November fares.$741Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$740Feb ’27, the cheapest month. Compare February fares.$875Mar, above the usual price. Compare March fares.$858Apr, above the usual price. Compare April fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Madrid to Colombo, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Barajas (MAD) ↔ Bandaranaike (CMB)
- Flight time
- ≈11.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈8,964 km each way
- Typical price
- $745 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Etihad
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Dec–Mar
Good to know
MAD → CMB, answered.
Is $740 a good price for Madrid to Colombo?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $745 round-trip and this fare is 1% 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 Colombo?
Across 5 months of cached-fare history, Feb comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Colombo are Dec–Mar — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book MAD → Colombo?
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, Feb 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 Colombo?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Etihad. 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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