Route brief · MAD → WAW
Madrid → Warsaw
$72
−20% vs typical
seasonal median $90 · difference $18
Oct 31 – Nov 5 · 5 nights
RyanairNonstop
- Usual monthly lows
- $76–$137
- Board rank
- Stronger than 55%
- Route sample
- 5 observed months
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
Destination briefWAWWarsawRebuilt from nothing and unsentimental about it — cheap, green, and far more interesting than its reputation.Best windowMay–SepAirportsChopin (WAW) · Modlin (WMI)All routes into WarsawWhen this route gets cheap.
Cached-fare history: across 5 months, Oct is the cheapest for MAD → WAW. Best time to be there: May–Sep.
Fares bottom out in October around $72 and peak in December near $157 — a $85 spread across the 5 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Ryanair nonstop and takes about 3.5 hours outbound, on a 5-night trip. At $72 for 2,290 km each way, that works out to about $16 per 1,000 km flown. That is well under the $41 that short-haul fares on this board typically run. Of the 4 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Warsaw, this is the cheapest right now — 6% under the next one, Barcelona. It is also the cheapest of the 12 routes of similar length we watch out of Madrid.
Cheapest day in the next 3 months: Oct 31 · $72 (47% below median)
Tap any day → live search
The median cached fare across this calendar is 13% lower than when tracking began on Aug 8 — $141 then versus $122 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 $72, on Oct 15.
Cheapest in Oct · around $72
20% below the $90 typical fare
Cheapest round-trip fare found per month · Madrid → Warsaw · cached-price history
Route facts
- Airports
- Barajas (MAD) ↔ Chopin (WAW) · Modlin (WMI)
- Flight time
- ~3.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ~2,290 km each way
- Typical price
- $90 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Ryanair
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- May–Sep
MAD → WAW, answered.
Is $72 a good price for Madrid to Warsaw?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $90 round-trip. At $72 you're 20% below that, saving about $18, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Madrid to Warsaw?
Across 5 months of cached-fare history, Oct comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Warsaw are May–Sep — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book MAD → Warsaw?
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, Oct 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 Warsaw?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Ryanair). The outbound leg runs around 3.5 hours.
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.
Next step
Sleeping in Warsaw?
Lock the flight first — then compare stays for Oct 31 – Nov 5 · 5 nights.
Browse hotels ↗
Missed it?
Cached fares expire. This route has a feed of its own — follow it and the next MAD → WAW drop reaches you as soon as we find it.
Follow MAD → WAW