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 → MAD
Zurich to Madrid
Best fare, round trip
$126
−21%
below its usual $160
you keep $34
GoodFound
- Depart
- Sun 22 Nov
- Return
- Tue 24 Nov
- Stay
- 2 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 2.5h
- Airline
Iberia
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $137 and $162. The drop beats 58% of measured fares on the board, over 4 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 November around $126 and peak in October near $198, 57% dearer, across the 4 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Iberia nonstop and takes about 2.5 hours outbound, on a 2-night trip. At $126 for 1,247 km each way, that works out to about $51 per 1,000 km flown. That is above the $41 per 1,000 km typical of short-haul fares here. Across the 10 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Madrid, this fare ranks 8th — 3.6× the $35 we hold from Milan. It is also the 3rd cheapest of the 11 routes of similar length we watch out of Zurich. The best time to be in Madrid: Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 18% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $236 then versus $194 now, across 19 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 $99, on 15 Sep.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 19 of 109 days priced, from 97 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $155. Compare fares from this day.234Thursday 5 November: $182. Compare fares from this day.678910111213Saturday 14 November: $179. Compare fares from this day.15161718192021Sunday 22 November: $126. Compare fares from this day.23242526Friday 27 November: $132. Compare fares from this day.282930
December 2026
123456789Thursday 10 December: $137. Compare fares from this day.1112131415Wednesday 16 December: $189. Compare fares from this day.17Friday 18 December: $189. Compare fares from this day.192021Tuesday 22 December: $194. Compare fares from this day.2324252627Monday 28 December: $238. Compare fares from this day.2930Thursday 31 December: $234. Compare fares from this day.
January 2027
123Monday 4 January: $206. Compare fares from this day.567Friday 8 January: $162. Compare fares from this day.910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031
Cached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Nov, around $126
21% below the $160 typical fare
$198Oct, above the usual price. Compare October fares.$126Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$137Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$162Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Zurich to Madrid, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Zurich (ZRH) ↔ Barajas (MAD)
- Flight time
- ≈2.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈1,247 km each way
- Typical price
- $160 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Iberia
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
ZRH → MAD, answered.
Is $126 a good price for Zurich to Madrid?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $160 round-trip. At $126 you're 21% below that, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Zurich to Madrid?
Across 4 months of cached-fare history, Nov 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 ZRH → 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 4 months of cached fares, Nov 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 Madrid?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Iberia). 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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