Madrid to Bern runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €115.19, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 6h 4m over 1,278 km, on services run by 4 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €115.19, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026
€115.19
- 180%Moves across the booking window
180%When it runs, leaving Madrid
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
3
0%Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €269.77Fri25
- about €293.96Sat26
- about €203.10Sun27
- about €177.73Mon28
- about €185.40Tue29
- about €178.91Wed30
- about €201.33Thu1
- about €190.12Fri2
- about €189.53Sat3
- about €157.08Sun4
- about €132.89Mon5
- about €115.19Tue6
- about €145.87Wed7
- about €160.62Thu8
- about €159.44Fri9
- about €150.59Sat10
- about €125.81Sun11
- about €128.76Mon12
- about €118.73Tue13
- about €133.48Wed14
- about €137.61Thu15
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Bern. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Bern for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Madrid to Bern
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €123.4590 days
- €96.3160 days
- €115.7845 days
- €109.2930 days
- €137.6121 days
- €160.6214 days
- €201.337 days
- €203.103 days
- €269.771 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €96.31.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 180 percent. The dearest point is €269.77, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Madrid to Bern and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
1,278 km
1,152 km as the crow flies, 11% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
3,255,944 → 121,631
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,278 km against 1,152 km in a straight line, a detour of 11 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Basel, Geneva, Turin. The gap between arriving and leaving is 89 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
The fare from BRN into Bern is set by whoever drives it.
A car waiting when you land in Bern
Settled in advance, so the ride into Bern costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Bern Hauptbahnhof
Most of the points near Bern Hauptbahnhof open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Madrid to Bern
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 Madrid to Bern?
The fastest journey from Madrid to Bern takes 6h 4m door to door, of which 2h 49m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 37m, 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 Madrid to Bern?
The cheapest fare from Madrid to Bern is €115.19, as of 24 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €174.78. 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 Madrid to Bern?
The cheapest way from Madrid to Bern is by flight, at €115.19 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 6h 15m 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 Madrid to Bern?
Fares from Madrid to Bern bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €96.31. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 180 percent, measured on 24 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Madrid to Bern?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Madrid to Bern, at €118.73. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 24 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Madrid to Bern?
January is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Madrid to Bern, at €101.03 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 Madrid to Bern?
4 operators sell services from Madrid to Bern across 1 mode: EasyJet (DS), Ryanair, SBB, SNCF Voyageurs. 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 Madrid to Bern?
0 percent of the services we sell from Madrid to Bern are direct. The rest connect at Basel, Geneva, Turin, with about 89 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Madrid to Bern use?
Services from Madrid to Bern by flight leave from Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport MAD and arrive at Bern Hauptbahnhof. Allow about 1h 57m 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 Madrid to Bern?
2 of the 4 operators we sell from Madrid to Bern 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
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Madrid to Bern on 24 September 2026: 1278 km of route against 1152 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €115.19, and 6h 4m 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 Bern is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Bern and across Switzerland
Day trips that leave Bern in the morning and cover a good part of Switzerland by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Madrid reaches 328 places in 88 countries on services we hold, over distances from 68 to 14,616 km. Bern reaches 65 places in 13 countries, from 66 to 2,555 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Madrid
- 328Places you can leave for
- 88Countries
- 107Operators
88
107Arriving in Bern
Leaving Bern
- 65Places you can leave for
- 13Countries
- 8Operators