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Bucharest to Madrid

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Bucharest to Madrid. From €199.56, fastest 6h 46m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Travelling from Bucharest to Madrid costs €199.56 at the cheapest and takes 6h 46m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 8 operators. The route covers 2,547 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

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

At a glance

Distance
2,547 km
Fastest
6h 46m
Average
7h 2m
Services per day
64
Cheapest
€199.56
CO2 per passenger
626.6 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on 29 September 2026.

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
Flight6h 47m3h 37m3h 10m€237.32626.6 kg64
  • 6h 47mFastest, by Flight
  • €237.32Cheapest, by Flight
  • 626.6 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 2,547 kmDistance travelled
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€199.56
  1. Tarom T105914:363h 50m18:26Bucharest BBUMadrid MAD

Door to door 7hCO2 626.6 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€280.39
  1. Ryanair R220310:133h 37m13:50Bucharest BBUMadrid MAD

Door to door 6h 47mCO2 626.6 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.

No live timetable for this journey yet.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of travelling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Bucharest to Madrid
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Bucharest to MadridThu10 SeptFri11 SeptSat12 SeptSun13 SeptMon14 SeptTue15 SeptWed16 SeptThu17 SeptFri18 SeptSat19 SeptSun20 SeptMon21 SeptTue22 SeptWed23 Sept
Flight€572.44€448.54€467.42€352.96€306.94€295.14€317.56€325.82€295.73€302.81€281.57€243.22€237.32€255.02

Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €199.56

That is the travelling done. What happens after you walk out into Madrid is not something we sell.

A hotel room

Where to sleep in Madrid

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Booking window

When to book Bucharest to Madrid

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

  1. €191.3090 days
  2. €179.5060 days
  3. €202.5145 days
  4. €198.9730 days
  5. €215.4921 days
  6. €255.0214 days
  7. €317.567 days
  8. €467.423 days
  9. €572.441 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €179.50.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 219 percent. The dearest point is €572.44, 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.
€572.44€179.501371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

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. €281.57Sun
  2. €243.22Mon
  3. €237.32Tue
  4. €255.02Wed
  5. €325.82Thu
  6. €295.73Fri
  7. €302.81Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €295.14Sept
  2. €215.49Oct
  3. €188.94Nov
  4. €192.48Dec
  5. €187.76Jan
  6. €161.21Feb

The route

BucharestBucharestMadridMadrid
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 2,547 km against 2,473 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Bucharest at 06:18 and the last at 20:42, across 64 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Bucharest

Rail
  • Bucuresti Nord
  • Bucharest Obor
  • Bucharest Băneasa
Coach
  • Bucuresti Autogara Filaret
  • Memento Bus
Air
  • OTP
  • BBU

Madrid

Rail
  • Madrid Puerta de Atocha
  • Madrid Atocha
  • Estación del Norte, Madrid
Coach
  • Madrid Estacion Sur
  • Madrid South
Air
  • MAD

Madrid is large, and the road in from MAD can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

Getting from MAD into Madrid?

Settled in advance, so the ride into Madrid costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Carriers

Who runs this route

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.
OperatorFromFastest
Air Europa€199.566h 46m
Blue Air€213.136h 46m
Iberia Airlines€200.746h 46m
Ryanair€209.596h 46m
Tarom€199.566h 47m
Vueling Airlines€207.826h 46m
Wizz Air€201.336h 46m
Wizz Air Malta€208.416h 47m
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Flight fare we sell on 2026-09-29, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€161.5081%
Taxes€29.0715%
Supplier fees€7.004%
Our service fee€1.991%
Total you pay€199.56100%

Check-in is at three and you will be in Madrid well before then. Lockers are not something we run.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to leave the bags in Madrid?

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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Questions about Bucharest 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 it take to get from Bucharest to Madrid?

The fastest journey from Bucharest to Madrid takes 6h 46m door to door, of which 3h 37m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 7h 2m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Bucharest to Madrid?

The cheapest fare from Bucharest to Madrid is €199.56, checked on 29 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €344.70. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Madrid?

The cheapest way from Bucharest to Madrid is by Flight, at €237.32 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 6h 47m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Bucharest to Madrid?

Fares from Bucharest to Madrid bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €179.50. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 219 percent, measured on 29 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Bucharest to Madrid?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Bucharest to Madrid, at €237.32. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on 29 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Bucharest to Madrid?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Bucharest to Madrid, at €161.21 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Bucharest to Madrid?

8 operators sell services from Bucharest to Madrid across 1 modes: Air Europa, Blue Air, Iberia Airlines, Ryanair, Tarom, Vueling Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Bucharest to Madrid?

Every service we sell from Bucharest to Madrid is direct, with around 64 departures a day and a fastest journey of 6h 46m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from Bucharest to Madrid use?

Services from Bucharest to Madrid by Flight leave from Bucharest BBU and arrive at Madrid MAD. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Bucharest to Madrid?

0 of the 8 operators we sell from Bucharest to Madrid allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

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, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Bucharest to Madrid on 9 September 2026: 2547 km of route against 2473 km in a straight line, 64 services a day, 8 operators, a cheapest fare of €199.56, and 6h 46m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Madrid is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Things to do in Madrid

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Madrid, with free cancellation on most of it.

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