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Madrid to Braga

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Madrid to Braga. From €50.28, fastest 4h 37m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Madrid to Braga runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €50.28 and €58.09, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 37m over 521 km, on services run by 4 operators across 2 modes.

Checked September 22, 2026Priced for October 13, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 0 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for October 13, 2026

€50.28 to €58.09

  • 161%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Madrid

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 2Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €126.29Wed23
  2. about €128.17Thu24
  3. about €131.12Fri25
  4. about €96.90Sat26
  5. about €78.02Sun27
  6. about €79.79Mon28
  7. about €75.66Tue29
  8. about €68.57Wed30
  9. about €86.87Thu1
  10. about €79.19Fri2
  11. about €79.79Sat3
  12. about €71.52Sun4
  13. about €72.94Mon5
  14. about €64.44Tue6
  15. about €59.18Wed7
  16. about €65.63Thu8
  17. about €72.70Fri9
  18. about €60.31Sat10
  19. about €67.39Sun11
  20. about €51.46Mon12
  21. about €50.28Tue13

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Braga for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Braga train station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Madrid to Braga

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

  1. €59.1390 days
  2. €64.4460 days
  3. €60.3145 days
  4. €70.3430 days
  5. €50.2821 days
  6. €64.4414 days
  7. €75.667 days
  8. €131.123 days
  9. €126.291 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €50.28.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 161 percent. The most expensive point is €131.12, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€131.12€50.28137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

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

Clocks

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

The shape of it

521 km

416 km as the crow flies, 25% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

3,255,944193,324

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

The route

SpainPortugalValenciaValenciaZaragozaZaragozaValladolidValladolidVigoVigoPortoPortoAlcalá de HenaresAlcalá de HenaresBurgosBurgosLogroñoLogroñoCoimbraCoimbraLeiriaLeiriaLeónLeónOurenseOurenseViseuViseuCáceresCáceresTalavera de la ReinaTalavera de la ReinaPontevedraPontevedraMadridMadridBragaBragaMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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
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 521 km against 416 km in a straight line, a detour of 25 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Porto, Valladolid, Vigo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 72 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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.

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 Braga train station

Most of the points near Braga train station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Madrid to Braga

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 Madrid to Braga?

The fastest journey from Madrid to Braga takes 4h 37m door to door, of which 1h 29m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 35m, 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 Braga?

The cheapest fare from Madrid to Braga is €50.28, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €86.69. 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 Braga?

The cheapest way from Madrid to Braga is by flight, at €50.28 for one passenger on October 13, 2026. That journey takes 4h 38m 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.

What is the fastest way to get from Madrid to Braga?

The fastest way from Madrid to Braga is by flight, at 4h 38m door to door. Only 1h 29m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 9m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €50.28.

When should I book Madrid to Braga?

Fares from Madrid to Braga bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €50.28. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 161 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

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

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Madrid to Braga, at €64.44. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 22, 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 Braga?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Madrid to Braga, at €46.15 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 Madrid to Braga?

4 operators sell services from Madrid to Braga across 2 modes: Comboios de Portugal, easyJet Europe, Ouigo, Renfe. 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 Braga?

0 percent of the services we sell from Madrid to Braga are direct. The rest connect at Porto, Valladolid, Vigo, with about 72 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

How much CO2 does the journey from Madrid to Braga produce?

Traveling from Madrid to Braga by train produces about 17.7 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 92.5 kg, roughly 5 times as much for one passenger.

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

Services from Madrid to Braga by flight leave from Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport MAD and arrive at Braga train station. 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 Braga?

3 of the 4 operators we sell from Madrid to Braga 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 labeled 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 Braga on September 22, 2026: 521 km of route against 416 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €50.28, and 4h 37m 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 Braga is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Braga and across Portugal

Day trips that leave Braga in the morning and cover a good part of Portugal 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. Braga reaches 50 places in 2 countries, from 27 to 884 km.

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Leaving Madrid

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  • 88Countries
  • 107Operators

Arriving in Braga

Leaving Braga

  • 50Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 5Operators

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