Cheapest€139.97
- Iberia Airlines IA383718:122h 48m21:00Madrid MADCatania CTA
Door to door 5h 58mCO2 418.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Traveling from Madrid to Catania costs €139.97 at the cheapest and takes 5h 43m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 2 operators. The route covers 1,702 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.
At a glance
- Distance
- 1,702 km
- Fastest
- 5h 43m
- Average
- 5h 53m
- Services per day
- 12
- Cheapest
- €139.97
- CO2 per passenger
- 418.7 kg
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 28, 2026.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 5h 43m | 2h 33m | 3h 10m | €172.42 | 418.7 kg | 11 |
- 5h 43mFastest, by Flight
- €172.42Cheapest, by Flight
- 418.7 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
- 1,702 kmDistance traveled
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€204.28
- Ryanair R784210:122h 33m12:45Madrid MADCatania CTA
Door to door 5h 43mCO2 418.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Lowest CO2€156.54
- Intermodalidad de Levante IL980807:303h 53m11:23Madrid Puerta de AtochaBarcelona Sants
- Vueling Airlines VA225512:402h14:40Barcelona REUCatania CTA
Changes at Barcelona, with 77 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 9h 7mCO2 318.0 kgChanges 1Fixed, 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 fare by mode and day for Madrid to Catania | FriSep 11 | SatSep 12 | SunSep 13 | MonSep 14 | TueSep 15 | WedSep 16 | ThuSep 17 | FriSep 18 | SatSep 19 | SunSep 20 | MonSep 21 | TueSep 22 | WedSep 23 | ThuSep 24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | €363.58 | €317.56 | €304.58 | €207.23 | €201.33 | €218.44 | €283.34 | €200.74 | €220.80 | €197.79 | €172.42 | €175.96 | €179.50 | €228.47 |
| Train | €432.64 | €403.49 | €408.44 | €255.54 | €256.09 | €241.24 | €351.79 | €239.04 | €259.39 | €229.69 | €226.94 | €185.14 | €236.29 | €241.79 |
Cheapest day: 2026-09-28 · €139.97
Catania sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.
Where to stay in Catania
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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When to book Madrid to Catania
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €141.7490 days
- €109.2960 days
- €129.3545 days
- €154.7230 days
- €176.5521 days
- €228.4714 days
- €283.347 days
- €304.583 days
- €363.581 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €109.29.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 233 percent. The most expensive point is €363.58, 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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Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €197.79Sun
- €172.42Mon
- €175.96Tue
- €179.50Wed
- €228.47Thu
- €200.74Fri
- €220.80Sat
How the fare moves month by month
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
- €201.33Sep
- €151.18Oct
- €135.84Nov
- €136.43Dec
- €129.94Jan
- €113.42Feb
The route
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
- 67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,702 km against 1,652 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 Palermo, Cagliari, Barcelona, Alghero. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 14 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Madrid at 06:52 and the last at 18:38, across 11 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Madrid
Rail
- Madrid Puerta de Atocha
- Madrid Atocha
- Estación del Norte, Madrid
Bus
- Madrid Estacion Sur
- Madrid South
Air
- MAD
Catania
Rail
- Catania Centrale
- Catania Borgo railway station
- Catania Ognina railway station
Bus
- Catania Autostazione
- Catania
Air
- CTA
Ferry
- Catania Porto
The fare from CTA into Catania is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
Getting from CTA into Catania
Settled in advance, so the ride into Catania costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 Iberia Airlines | €139.97 |
 Ryanair | €150.59 |
What the fare is made of
Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.
| Part | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operator fare | €111.00 | 79% |
| Taxes | €19.98 | 14% |
| Supplier fees | €7.00 | 5% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 1% |
| Total you pay | €139.97 | 100% |
We cannot promise Catania Centrale still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.
Baggage storage near Catania Centrale
Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.
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Questions about Madrid to Catania
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 Catania?
The fastest journey from Madrid to Catania takes 5h 43m door to door, of which 2h 33m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 5h 53m, 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 Catania?
The cheapest fare from Madrid to Catania is €139.97, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €226.41. 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 Catania?
The cheapest way from Madrid to Catania is by Flight, at €172.42 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 5h 43m 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 Catania?
Fares from Madrid to Catania bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €109.29. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 233 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Madrid to Catania?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Madrid to Catania, at €172.42. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 28, 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 Catania?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Madrid to Catania, at €113.42 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 Catania?
2 operators sell services from Madrid to Catania across 1 modes: Iberia Airlines, Ryanair. 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 Catania?
67 percent of the services we sell from Madrid to Catania are direct. The rest connect at Palermo, Cagliari, Barcelona, Alghero, 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 Madrid to Catania use?
Services from Madrid to Catania by Flight leave from Madrid MAD and arrive at Catania CTA. 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 Madrid to Catania?
0 of the 2 operators we sell from Madrid to Catania 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 Madrid to Catania on September 10, 2026: 1702 km of route against 1652 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €139.97, and 5h 43m 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 Catania is somebody else's catalog.
Things to do in Catania
Day trips that leave Catania in the morning and cover a good part of Italy by evening.
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Other ways to make this journey
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