ExceptionalNonstop · 2h
ROM to OTPRomania
Bucharest
$59
usually $165
−64%
Most monthly lows $79–$165. Cheaper than every other month on record (3).
Flights · ROM → MAD
Rome to Madrid
Best fare, round trip
$51
−36%
below its usual $80
you keep $29
GreatFound
- Depart
- Sat 16 Jan
- Return
- Sat 16 Jan
- Stay
- 1 night
- Flight
- Nonstop · 2.5h
- Airline
Wizz Air Malta
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $60 and $82. The drop beats 85% of measured fares on the board, over 6 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
SpainMadridDinner at 10pm, museums at world-class density, and Iberia fare sales that border on typos.Best windowApr–Jun · Sep–OctAirportsBarajas (MAD)Every route into MadridFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in January around $51 and peak in April near $134, 163% dearer, across the 6 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Wizz Air Malta nonstop and takes about 2.5 hours outbound, on a 1-night trip. At $51 for 1,364 km each way, that works out to about $19 per 1,000 km flown. That is well under the $41 per 1,000 km that short-haul fares on this board typically run. Across the 10 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Madrid, this fare ranks 3rd — 46% above the $35 from Milan. It is also the 3rd cheapest of the 13 routes of similar length we watch out of Rome. The best time to be in Madrid: Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 16 Jan '27, $51
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 41% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $163 then versus $96 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 $51, on 16 Jan '27.
October 2026
1516Saturday 17 October: $183, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 18 October: $200, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1920Wednesday 21 October: $140, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 22 October: $93, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 23 October: $85, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 24 October: $82, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2526Tuesday 27 October: $118, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.28Thursday 29 October: $121, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 30 October: $187, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 31 October: $92, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
November 2026
123Wednesday 4 November: $86, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.5Friday 6 November: $93, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 7 November: $107, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.89101112Friday 13 November: $101, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.14151617181920212223Tuesday 24 November: $64, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 25 November: $65, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.26Friday 27 November: $96, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.282930
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $96, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.234Saturday 5 December: $128, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.67891011Saturday 12 December: $60, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1314151617181920212223242526Sunday 27 December: $105, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 28 December: $131, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 29 December: $225, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3031
January 2027
12Sunday 3 January: $213, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.456789101112131415Saturday 16 January: $51, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.171819Wednesday 20 January: $56, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.21222324Monday 25 January: $58, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 26 January: $74, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2728Friday 29 January: $60, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026 · bands from 121 tracked fares
Cheapest in Jan, around $51
36% below the $80 typical fare
$82Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$64Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$60Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$51Jan ’27, the cheapest month. Compare January fares.$134Apr, above the usual price. Compare April fares.$80Sep, around the usual price. Compare September fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Rome to Madrid, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Fiumicino (FCO) · Ciampino (CIA) ↔ Barajas (MAD)
- Flight time
- ≈2.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈1,364 km each way
- Typical price
- $80 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Wizz Air Malta
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
ROM → MAD, answered.
Is $51 a good price for Rome to Madrid?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $80 round-trip. At $51 you're 36% below that, which we rate great for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Rome to Madrid?
Across 6 months of cached-fare history, Jan comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Madrid are Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book ROM → Madrid?
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, Jan comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Rome to Madrid?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Wizz Air Malta). The outbound leg runs around 2.5 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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