Rare1 stop · 12h
SYD to HANVietnam
Hanoi
$484
usually $885
−45%
Most monthly lows $487–$885. Cheaper than every other month on record (3).
Flights · SYD → MAD
Sydney to Madrid
Best fare, round trip
$827
Too little price history on this route to compare — the fare is shown as found.
Found
- Depart
- Tue 10 Nov
- Return
- Tue 24 Nov
- Stay
- 14 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 24h
- Airline
Air China
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.
The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 24 hours outbound, on a 14-night trip — ticketed under Air China, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $827 for 17,684 km each way, that works out to about $23 per 1,000 km flown. That is well under the $42 per 1,000 km that ultra-long-haul fares on this board typically run. It is also the cheapest of the 38 routes of similar length we watch out of Sydney. We have 2 months of cached prices for this route so far — not enough to call a fare cheap or expensive, so we publish the price without a percentage. Fare history here is still too short to name a cheap season. The best time to be in Madrid: Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct.
The 3 days we hold a cached fare for
Press a date to compare its fares
The median cached fare across this calendar is 53% higher than when tracking began on 22 Aug — $783 then versus $1,199 now, across 12 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 $783, on 22 Oct.
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 15 Oct 2026
We are still collecting this route's months — 2 months of cached prices so far, too few to chart.
Route facts
- Airports
- Kingsford Smith (SYD) ↔ Barajas (MAD)
- Flight time
- ≈24 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈17,684 km each way
- Airlines on the board
- Air China
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
SYD → MAD, answered.
How far in advance should I book SYD → 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We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet.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. Our guide Why flight prices change covers the levers we can measure.
Are there nonstop flights from Sydney to Madrid?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Air China. 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.
Next step
Sleeping in Madrid?
Lock the flight first — then compare stays for 10–24 Nov · 14 nights.
Browse hotelsMissed it?
Cached fares expire. This route has a feed of its own — follow it and the next SYD → MAD drop reaches you as soon as we find it.
Follow this route’s feedKeep browsing
Related routes on the board.
RareNonstop · 9h
SYD to SGNVietnam
Ho Chi Minh City
$364
usually $605
−40%
Most monthly lows $480–$735. Cheaper than every other month on record (7).
Great1 stop · 23h
SYD to PARFrance
Paris
$935
usually $1,540
−39%
Most monthly lows $979–$1,542. Cheaper than every other month on record (3).
Rare1 stop · 4.5h
BER to MADGermany
Berlin
$100
usually $210
−52%
Most monthly lows $120–$220. Cheaper than every other month on record (7).
RareNonstop · 2.5h
MIL to MADItaly
Milan
$35
usually $60
−42%
Most monthly lows $37–$77. Cheaper than every other month on record (8).
Great1 stop · 12h
MEX to MADMexico
Mexico City
$552
usually $885
−38%
Most monthly lows $729–$1,054. Cheaper than every other month on record (5).
