Cheapest€56.28
- BlaBlaCar BB562520:4419h 25m16:09Roma TiburtinaMadrid Estacion Sur
Door to door 20h 9mCO2 36.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Rome to Madrid bus
Buses from Rome to Madrid start at €67.83 and take 19h 2m at their fastest.
The Buses from Rome to Madrid starts at €67.83 and takes 19h 2m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,365 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 19h 2mDoor to door
- 18h 18mMoving
- €67.83From
- 36.9 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 BlaBlaCar | €56.28 | 18h 24m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The trip ends at Madrid Puerta de Atocha. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Madrid for the night the bus gets in
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Rome to Madrid
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €55.1890 days
- €52.4360 days
- €60.1345 days
- €56.2830 days
- €61.7821 days
- €79.9314 days
- €90.387 days
- €131.083 days
- €159.131 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €52.43.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 204 percent. The most expensive point is €159.13, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €83.23Sun
- €76.08Mon
- €67.83Tue
- €79.93Wed
- €89.83Thu
- €90.93Fri
- €88.18Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Rome
Bus
- Roma Tiburtina
- Lenin
Madrid
Bus
- Madrid Estacion Sur
- Madrid South
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 1,365 km against 1,365 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 Rome 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.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 5h 21m | 2h 11m | 3h 10m | €135.25 | 345.9 kg | 64 |
| Coach | 19h 2m | 18h 18m | 44m | €67.83 | 36.9 kg | 12 |
Questions about Rome to Madrid
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Rome to Madrid take?
The Coach from Rome to Madrid takes 19h 2m door to door, of which 18h 18m is spent moving. The route runs 1,365 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 Rome to Madrid cost?
The Coach from Rome to Madrid starts at €67.83 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €70.03. 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 Rome to Madrid?
1 operators run the Coach from Rome 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 Rome to Madrid use?
The Coach from Rome to Madrid leaves from Roma Tiburtina 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 Rome to Madrid?
Traveling from Rome to Madrid by Flight costs €135.25 and takes 5h 21m door to door, against 19h 2m 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 Rome to Madrid?
Fares for the Coach from Rome to Madrid bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €52.43. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 204 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Rome to Madrid produce?
The Coach from Rome to Madrid produces about 36.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1365 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Rome to Madrid?
Operators on the Coach from Rome to Madrid publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 19h 2m 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 modeled 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 Rome to Madrid on September 9, 2026: 1365 km of route against 1365 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €67.83, and 19h 2m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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