RareNonstop · 1.5h
ZRH to ROMItaly
Rome
$60
usually $100
−40%
Most monthly lows $69–$102. Cheaper than every other month on record (3).
Flights · ZRH → BCN
Zurich to Barcelona
Best fare, round trip
$100
−13%
below its usual $115
you keep $15
Found
- Depart
- Fri 8 Jan
- Return
- Fri 22 Jan
- Stay
- 14 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 2h
- Airline
Vueling
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $107 and $118. The drop beats 32% of measured fares on the board, over 5 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
SpainBarcelonaGaudí’s fever dream with a beach attached. One of the cheapest big-city landings in Europe.Best windowMay–Jun · Sep–OctAirportsEl Prat (BCN)Every route into BarcelonaFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in January around $100 and peak in December near $172, 72% dearer, across the 5 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Vueling nonstop and takes about 2 hours outbound, on a 14-night trip. At $100 for 836 km each way, that works out to about $60 per 1,000 km flown. That is above the $41 per 1,000 km typical of short-haul fares here. Across the 5 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Barcelona, this fare ranks 5th — 2.8× the $36 we hold from Milan. It is also the 2nd cheapest of the 7 routes of similar length we watch out of Zurich. The best time to be in Barcelona: May–Jun · Sep–Oct.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 8 Jan '27, $100
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 2% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $142 then versus $145 now, across 17 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 $95, on 8 Nov.
October 2026
1516Saturday 17 October: $208, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1819Tuesday 20 October: $180, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 21 October: $113, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.222324Sunday 25 October: $204, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2627282930Saturday 31 October: $114, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $135, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 2 November: $107, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.34Thursday 5 November: $128, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 6 November: $145, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 7 November: $125, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 8 November: $114, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.910Wednesday 11 November: $137, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 12 November: $164, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.131415161718Thursday 19 November: $145, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 20 November: $162, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 21 November: $168, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 22 November: $129, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2324Wednesday 25 November: $132, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 26 November: $155, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.27282930
December 2026
1234567891011121314151617181920Monday 21 December: $172, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 22 December: $172, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.232425262728293031
January 2027
1234567Friday 8 January: $100, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026 · bands from 114 tracked fares
Cheapest in Jan, around $100
13% below the $115 typical fare
$113Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$107Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$172Dec, above the usual price. Compare December fares.$100Jan ’27, the cheapest month. Compare January fares.$148Feb, above the usual price. Compare February fares.$118May, around the usual price. Compare May fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Zurich to Barcelona, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Zurich (ZRH) ↔ El Prat (BCN)
- Flight time
- ≈2 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈836 km each way
- Typical price
- $115 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Vueling
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- May–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
ZRH → BCN, answered.
Is $100 a good price for Zurich to Barcelona?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $115 round-trip and this fare is 13% 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 Zurich to Barcelona?
Across 5 months of cached-fare history, Jan comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Barcelona are May–Jun · Sep–Oct — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book ZRH → Barcelona?
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, Jan comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Zurich to Barcelona?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Vueling). 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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