Munich to Madrid bus

Buses from Munich to Madrid start at €74.43 and take 20h 15m at their fastest.

MunichMunichMadridMadrid
Plaza de Moncloa, Madrid, Spain

The Buses from Munich to Madrid starts at €74.43 and takes 20h 15m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,484 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 9 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 20h 15mDoor to door
  • 19h 31mMoving
  • €74.43From
  • 40.1 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€62.88
  1. BlaBlaCar BB328717:0020h 43m13:43Munchen ZOB HackerbruckeMadrid Estacion Sur

Door to door 21h 27mCO2 40.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
BlaBlaCar€62.8819h 55m72 km/hChangeablePower sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi
  • BlaBlaCar

The journey ends at Madrid Puerta de Atocha. Everything past the barriers belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

A room in Madrid for the night the coach gets in

Hotels and flats near the centre, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Booking window

When to book Munich to Madrid

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €59.5890 days
  2. €58.4860 days
  3. €62.3345 days
  4. €61.7830 days
  5. €65.6321 days
  6. €83.2314 days
  7. €103.587 days
  8. €144.833 days
  9. €175.631 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €58.48.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 200 percent. The dearest point is €175.63, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €89.28Sun
  2. €74.43Mon
  3. €82.13Tue
  4. €83.23Wed
  5. €96.98Thu
  6. €89.83Fri
  7. €98.63Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Munich

Coach
  • Munchen ZOB Hackerbrucke
  • Central bus station Munich

Madrid

Coach
  • Madrid Estacion Sur
  • Madrid South
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 1,484 km against 1,484 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Munich at 06:14 and the last at 20:44, across 12 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight5h 30m2h 20m3h 10m€147.05376.1 kg40
Coach20h 15m19h 31m44m€74.4340.1 kg12

Questions about Munich to Madrid

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Coach from Munich to Madrid take?

The Coach from Munich to Madrid takes 20h 15m door to door, of which 19h 31m is spent moving. The route runs 1,484 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Coach from Munich to Madrid cost?

The Coach from Munich to Madrid starts at €74.43 for one passenger, checked on 29 September 2026. A typical fare is €74.71. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Munich to Madrid?

1 operators run the Coach from Munich to Madrid: BlaBlaCar. Between them they file around 12 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Coach from Munich to Madrid use?

The Coach from Munich to Madrid leaves from Munchen ZOB Hackerbrucke and arrives at Madrid Estacion Sur. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Coach the best way from Munich to Madrid?

Travelling from Munich to Madrid by Flight costs €147.05 and takes 5h 30m door to door, against 20h 15m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Coach from Munich to Madrid?

Fares for the Coach from Munich to Madrid bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €58.48. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 200 percent, measured on 29 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Munich to Madrid produce?

The Coach from Munich to Madrid produces about 40.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1484 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Munich to Madrid?

Operators on the Coach from Munich to Madrid publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 20h 15m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Munich to Madrid on 9 September 2026: 1484 km of route against 1484 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €74.43, and 20h 15m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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