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Ankara to Madrid

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Ankara to Madrid. From €233.93, fastest 7h 34m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Ankara to Madrid costs €233.93 at the cheapest and takes 7h 34m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 3,177 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
3,177 km
Fastest
7h 34m
Average
7h 57m
Services per day
5
Cheapest
€233.93
CO2 per passenger
470.2 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 September 29, 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
Flight8h 9m4h 59m3h 10m€327.59470.2 kg3
  • 8h 9mFastest, by Flight
  • €327.59Cheapest, by Flight
  • 470.2 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 3,177 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

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

Cheapest€233.93
  1. FlixBus FB946207:3012h 54m20:24Ankara ASTISofia Central Bus Station
  2. Bulgaria Air BA908021:233h 34m00:57Sofia SOFMadrid MAD

Changes at Sofia, with 59 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 19h 24mCO2 597.5 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Fastest€254.43
  1. AJet AJ530906:334h 59m11:32Ankara ESBMadrid MAD

Door to door 8h 9mCO2 470.2 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 modeled until our booking connectors are live.

No live timetable for this trip yet.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled 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 traveling are marked.

Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €233.93

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

A hotel room

Where to stay in Madrid

Filter by neighborhood and by nightly price, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a cab.

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Booking window

When to book Ankara to Madrid

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

  1. €273.3190 days
  2. €183.8860 days
  3. €239.4345 days
  4. €234.4830 days
  5. €309.8921 days
  6. €415.4314 days
  7. €538.247 days
  8. €594.733 days
  9. €670.791 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €183.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 265 percent. The most expensive point is €670.79, 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.
€670.79€183.881371421304560

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. €301.03Sun
  2. €283.43Mon
  3. €360.59Tue
  4. €287.83Wed
  5. €415.43Thu
  6. €389.54Fri
  7. €341.18Sat
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. €361.53Sep
  2. €270.95Oct
  3. €245.58Nov
  4. €239.04Dec
  5. €239.09Jan
  6. €222.38Feb

The route

AnkaraAnkaraMadridMadrid
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.

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 3,177 km against 3,084 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Istanbul, Sofia, Tirana, Barcelona. The gap between arriving and leaving is 61 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Ankara at 06:33 and the last at 07:30, across 3 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.

Ankara

Rail
  • Ankara Gar
  • Ankara railway station
  • Ankara high-speed railway station
Bus
  • Ankara ASTI
  • Ankara Intercity Bus Station
Air
  • ESB

Madrid

Rail
  • Madrid Puerta de Atocha
  • Madrid Atocha
  • Estación del Norte, Madrid
Bus
  • 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 stand 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 cab stand 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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
AJet€254.437h 34m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • AJet
The price

What the fare is made of

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

The cheapest Coach fare we sell on 2026-09-29, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€209.5090%
Taxes€20.959%
Supplier fees€1.491%
Our service fee€1.991%
Total you pay€233.93100%

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 drop 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 Ankara 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 it take to get from Ankara to Madrid?

The fastest journey from Ankara to Madrid takes 7h 34m door to door, of which 4h 59m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 7h 57m, 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 Ankara to Madrid?

The cheapest fare from Ankara to Madrid is €233.93, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €410.19. 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 Ankara to Madrid?

The cheapest way from Ankara to Madrid is by Flight, at €327.59 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 8h 9m 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 Ankara to Madrid?

Fares from Ankara to Madrid bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €183.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 265 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

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

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Ankara to Madrid, at €283.43. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 29, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Ankara to Madrid?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Ankara to Madrid, at €222.38 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 service from Ankara to Madrid?

1 operators sell services from Ankara to Madrid across 1 modes: AJet. 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 Ankara to Madrid?

20 percent of the services we sell from Ankara to Madrid are direct. The rest connect at Istanbul, Sofia, Tirana, Barcelona, with about 61 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 Ankara to Madrid use?

Services from Ankara to Madrid by Flight leave from Ankara ESB 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 Ankara to Madrid?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Ankara 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 modeled 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 Ankara to Madrid on September 10, 2026: 3177 km of route against 3084 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €233.93, and 7h 34m 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 catalog.

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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