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Beijing to Madrid

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Beijing to Madrid. From $760.24, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays between $760.24 and $931.38, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. Services cover 9,498 km and are run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked October 6, 2026Priced for October 26, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for October 26, 2026

$760.24 to $931.38

  • 163%Moves across the booking window

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about $1,790.37Wed7
  2. about $1,858.06Thu8
  3. about $1,690.16Fri9
  4. about $1,589.95Sat10
  5. about $1,349.82Sun11
  6. about $1,139.62Mon12
  7. about $1,203.40Tue13
  8. about $960.01Wed14
  9. about $1,299.70Thu15
  10. about $1,108.38Fri16
  11. about $1,158.49Sat17
  12. about $1,049.16Sun18
  13. about $925.53Mon19
  14. about $930.73Tue20
  15. about $783.66Wed21
  16. about $1,068.04Thu22
  17. about $911.86Fri23
  18. about $948.30Sat24
  19. about $876.07Sun25
  20. about $760.24Mon26
  21. about $796.67Tue27

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Madrid. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Madrid for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Madrid Puerta de Atocha and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Beijing to Madrid

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

  1. $679.5490 days
  2. $924.2360 days
  3. $738.1045 days
  4. $797.3230 days
  5. $796.6721 days
  6. $930.7314 days
  7. $1,203.407 days
  8. $1,690.163 days
  9. $1,790.371 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $679.54.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 163 percent. The most expensive point is $1,790.37, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
$1,790.37$679.54137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Beijing to Madrid and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

6 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

9,498 km

9,222 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

18,960,744 → 3,255,944

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

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
73% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 27% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 9,498 km against 9,222 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 Paris, Munich, Milan. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.

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

A car waiting when you land in 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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Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Madrid Puerta de Atocha

Most of the points near Madrid Puerta de Atocha open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Beijing 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 Beijing to Madrid?

Beijing to Madrid covers 9,498 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

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

The cheapest fare from Beijing to Madrid is $760.24, as of October 6, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is $1,266.85. 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 Beijing to Madrid?

The cheapest way from Beijing to Madrid is by flight, at $760.24 for one passenger on October 26, 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Beijing to Madrid?

Fares from Beijing to Madrid bottom out around 90 days before departure, at $679.54. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 163 percent, measured on October 6, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

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

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Beijing to Madrid, at $925.53. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of October 6, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Beijing to Madrid?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Beijing to Madrid, at $643.75 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 Beijing to Madrid?

2 operators sell services from Beijing to Madrid across 1 mode: Aerolineas Argentinas, Air China. 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 Beijing to Madrid?

73 percent of the services we sell from Beijing to Madrid are direct. The rest connect at Paris, Munich, Milan, with about 48 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 Beijing to Madrid use?

Services from Beijing to Madrid by flight leave from Beijing Capital International Airport PEK and arrive at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport 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 Beijing to Madrid?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from Beijing to Madrid allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs $5.51. 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 labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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

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

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Madrid and across Spain

Day trips that leave Madrid in the morning and cover a good part of Spain by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Beijing reaches 134 places in 28 countries on services we hold, over distances from 51 to 12,185 km. Madrid reaches 190 places in 61 countries, from 68 to 14,616 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Beijing

  • 134Places you can leave for
  • 28Countries
  • 53Operators

Arriving in Madrid

Leaving Madrid

  • 190Places you can leave for
  • 61Countries
  • 86Operators

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