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 → NCE
Madrid to Nice
Best fare, round trip
$89
−19%
below its usual $110
you keep $21
Found
- Depart
- Fri 23 Oct
- Return
- Mon 26 Oct
- Stay
- 3 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 2h
- Airline
Iberia
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $91 and $111. The drop beats 52% of measured fares on the board, over 4 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
FranceNiceThe Riviera’s front door — Monaco, Antibes and Cannes all on a local train that costs a few euros.Best windowMay–Jun · Sep–OctAirportsCôte d’Azur (NCE)Every route into NiceFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in October around $89 and peak in March near $169, 90% dearer, across the 4 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Iberia nonstop and takes about 2 hours outbound, on a 3-night trip. At $89 for 975 km each way, that works out to about $46 per 1,000 km flown. That is about the $41 per 1,000 km typical of short-haul fares here. Across the 6 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Nice, this fare ranks 3rd — 16% above the $77 from London. The best time to be in Nice: May–Jun · Sep–Oct.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 25% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $155 then versus $117 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 $71, on 2 Oct.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 10 of 109 days priced, from 79 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
15161718192021Thursday 22 October: $96. Compare fares from this day.Friday 23 October: $89. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 24 October: $105. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 25 October: $102. Compare fares from this day.Monday 26 October: $129. Compare fares from this day.27282930Saturday 31 October: $169. Compare fares from this day.
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $233. Compare fares from this day.23456789101112Friday 13 November: $104. Compare fares from this day.14151617181920212223242526272829Monday 30 November: $135. Compare fares from this day.
December 2026
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Cached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Oct, around $89
19% below the $110 typical fare
$89Oct, the cheapest month. Compare October fares.$91Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$111Feb ’27, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$169Mar, above the usual price. Compare March fares.
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualPress a month to compare its fares
Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Madrid to Nice, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Barajas (MAD) ↔ Côte d’Azur (NCE)
- Flight time
- ≈2 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈975 km each way
- Typical price
- $110 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Iberia
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- May–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
MAD → NCE, answered.
Is $89 a good price for Madrid to Nice?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $110 round-trip and this fare is 19% 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 Nice?
Across 4 months of cached-fare history, Oct comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Nice are May–Jun · Sep–Oct — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book MAD → Nice?
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 4 months of cached fares, Oct 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 Nice?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Iberia). The outbound leg runs around 2 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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