Madrid to Coimbra runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €52.65, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 22m over 556 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €52.65, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 13, 2026
€52.65
- 192%Moves across the booking window
192%When it runs, leaving Madrid
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
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0%Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €143.51Wed23
- about €150.59Thu24
- about €153.54Fri25
- about €115.78Sat26
- about €92.18Sun27
- about €92.18Mon28
- about €89.23Tue29
- about €75.07Wed30
- about €100.44Thu1
- about €89.23Fri2
- about €92.18Sat3
- about €81.56Sun4
- about €80.97Mon5
- about €72.12Tue6
- about €75.66Wed7
- about €78.61Thu8
- about €78.02Fri9
- about €70.94Sat10
- about €73.89Sun11
- about €55.01Mon12
- about €52.65Tue13
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Coimbra. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Coimbra for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Madrid to Coimbra
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €67.4090 days
- €71.5360 days
- €63.8645 days
- €79.2030 days
- €52.6521 days
- €72.1214 days
- €89.237 days
- €153.543 days
- €143.511 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €52.65.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 192 percent. The most expensive point is €153.54, 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.
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 Coimbra 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
556 km
401 km as the crow flies, 39% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
3,255,944 → 140,796
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
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 556 km against 401 km in a straight line, a detour of 39 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Porto. The gap between arriving and leaving is 92 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 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.
Baggage storage near Coimbra B train station
Most of the points near Coimbra B train station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Madrid to Coimbra
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 Coimbra?
The fastest journey from Madrid to Coimbra takes 5h 22m door to door, of which 2h is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 28m, 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 Coimbra?
The cheapest fare from Madrid to Coimbra is €52.65, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €81.56. 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 Coimbra?
The cheapest way from Madrid to Coimbra is by flight, at €52.65 for one passenger on October 13, 2026. That journey takes 5h 29m 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 Coimbra?
Fares from Madrid to Coimbra bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €52.65. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 192 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 Coimbra?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Madrid to Coimbra, at €72.12. 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 Coimbra?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Madrid to Coimbra, at €46.16 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 Coimbra?
2 operators sell services from Madrid to Coimbra across 1 mode: Comboios de Portugal, easyJet Europe. 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 Coimbra?
0 percent of the services we sell from Madrid to Coimbra are direct. The rest connect at Porto, with about 92 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 Coimbra use?
Services from Madrid to Coimbra by flight leave from Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport MAD and arrive at Coimbra B 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 Coimbra?
1 of the 2 operators we sell from Madrid to Coimbra 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 Coimbra on September 22, 2026: 556 km of route against 401 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €52.65, and 5h 22m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Coimbra a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of Coimbra and across Portugal
Day trips that leave Coimbra 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. Coimbra reaches 29 places in 2 countries, from 38 to 403 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Madrid
- 328Places you can leave for
- 88Countries
- 107Operators
88
107Arriving in Coimbra
Leaving Coimbra
- 29Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 5Operators