Cheap flights from Barcelona to Madrid

The month of January is, on average, the cheapest month to fly to Madrid from Barcelona, with most prices found around $154. If you aren’t able to travel during the month of January, then book flights to Madrid from Barcelona during August instead. Flights to Madrid in August, while not as cheap as those in January, still average around $181.

The cheapest day to depart on your flight to Madrid is on a Wednesday when prices can be found for as low as $478. This is often the case because there is less demand to fly during this day of the week. If your travel schedule is flexible, try to avoid departing on a Thursday because tickets tend to average around $1,880. These prices are subject to change though, so be sure to set up a Price Alert for flights to Madrid.

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You are more likely to see cheaper flights to Madrid from Barcelona when booking weeks ahead of your departure date. In general, you can expect to find flights to Madrid for around $211 when searching weeks before you fly. However, flight prices might be lower outside of this timeframe. For example, people recently found flights to Madrid from Barcelona for as low as $167 on momondo.

Historically, on average around 10% of flights between Barcelona and Madrid have experienced a delay on any given week. The average delay length over the past 12 months has been 105 minutes.

Generally, flights departing in the morning tend to experience fewer delays. Flights departing at night have, in the past, seen delays more frequently in comparison.

Saturday is statistically the day of the week that experiences the fewest delays on this flight route. Friday has historically seen more delays on average compared to the rest of the week.

According to our data, Air Europa have had the fewest delays on this route over the last 12 months, with about 5% of their flights experiencing any sort of delay.