Route brief · MAD → KEF
Madrid → Reykjavík
$179
−25% vs typical
seasonal median $240 · difference $61
Nov 21 – Nov 28 · 7 nights
Wizz Air Malta1 stop
- Usual monthly lows
- $200–$249
- Board rank
- Stronger than 69%
- Route sample
- 6 observed months
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
Destination briefKEFReykjavíkWaterfalls, black beaches and the aurora — a stopover economy built on absurdly low fares.Best windowJun–Aug · Feb–Mar (aurora)AirportsKeflavík (KEF)All routes into ReykjavíkWhen this route gets cheap.
Cached-fare history: across 6 months, Nov is the cheapest for MAD → KEF. Best time to be there: Jun–Aug · Feb–Mar (aurora).
Fares bottom out in November around $179 and peak in September near $296 — a $117 spread across the 6 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 7 hours outbound, on a 7-night trip — ticketed under Wizz Air Malta, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $179 for 2,896 km each way, that works out to about $31 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $39 typical of medium-haul fares here. Across the 11 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Reykjavík, this fare ranks 4th — 1.9× the $95 we hold from Milan. For context, the middle fare among the 11 routes of similar length we watch out of Madrid is $153.
Day-level prices for the next 3 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 3% lower than when tracking began on Aug 8 — $270 then versus $262 now, across 7 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 $179, on Nov 21.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 16 of 93 days priced, from 41 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
Cheapest in Nov · around $179
25% below the $240 typical fare
Cheapest round-trip fare found per month · Madrid → Reykjavík · cached-price history
Route facts
- Airports
- Barajas (MAD) ↔ Keflavík (KEF)
- Flight time
- ~7 hours outbound
- Distance
- ~2,896 km each way
- Typical price
- $240 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Wizz Air Malta
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Jun–Aug · Feb–Mar (aurora)
MAD → KEF, answered.
Is $179 a good price for Madrid to Reykjavík?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $240 round-trip. At $179 you're 25% below that, saving about $61, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Madrid to Reykjavík?
Across 6 months of cached-fare history, Nov comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Reykjavík are Jun–Aug · Feb–Mar (aurora) — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book MAD → Reykjavík?
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 6 months of cached fares, Nov comes out lowest on this route. See /guides/what-moves-a-flight-price/ for what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Madrid to Reykjavík?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Wizz Air Malta. Nonstop options exist on many dates at higher prices — check the live search for your exact dates.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on September 1). 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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