Cheapest€165.34
- Iberia Airlines IA312518:123h 13m21:25Madrid MADTirana TIA
Door to door 6h 23mCO2 500.1 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Traveling from Madrid to Tirana costs €165.34 at the cheapest and takes 6h 8m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 3 operators. The route covers 2,033 km. Cheapest is by flight, fastest is by flight.
At a glance
- Distance
- 2,033 km
- Fastest
- 6h 8m
- Average
- 6h 21m
- Services per day
- 16
- Cheapest
- €165.34
- CO2 per passenger
- 500.1 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 | 6h 8m | 2h 58m | 3h 10m | €190.71 | 500.1 kg | 15 |
- 6h 8mFastest, by Flight
- €190.71Cheapest, by Flight
- 500.1 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
- 2,033 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€201.92
- Iberia Airlines IA167506:522h 58m09:50Madrid MADTirana TIA
Door to door 6h 8mCO2 500.1 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Lowest CO2€180.19
- Intermodalidad de Levante IL980807:303h 53m11:23Madrid Puerta de AtochaBarcelona Sants
- Vueling Airlines VA248212:362h 23m14:59Barcelona BCNTirana TIA
Changes at Barcelona, with 73 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 9h 26mCO2 389.6 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.
Checking the live timetables.
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 Tirana | MonSep 14 | TueSep 15 | WedSep 16 | ThuSep 17 | FriSep 18 | SatSep 19 | SunSep 20 | MonSep 21 | TueSep 22 | WedSep 23 | ThuSep 24 | FriSep 25 | SatSep 26 | SunSep 27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | €306.94 | €292.19 | €253.25 | €324.64 | €295.73 | €314.61 | €239.68 | €196.02 | €197.20 | €211.36 | €260.33 | €238.50 | €250.30 | €190.71 |
| Train | €363.34 | €358.39 | €277.54 | €402.94 | €342.44 | €364.99 | €259.39 | €262.69 | €212.09 | €273.69 | €274.79 | €297.34 | €329.24 | €247.29 |
Cheapest day: 2026-09-28 · €165.34
The trip ends at Tirana railway station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Tirana for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Tirana railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Madrid to Tirana
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €203.1090 days
- €170.6560 days
- €148.8245 days
- €132.8930 days
- €194.8421 days
- €190.7114 days
- €239.687 days
- €253.253 days
- €306.941 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €132.89.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 131 percent. The most expensive point is €306.94, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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.
- €194.84Sun
- €196.02Mon
- €197.20Tue
- €211.36Wed
- €260.33Thu
- €238.50Fri
- €250.30Sat
How the fare moves month by month
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
- €292.19Sep
- €180.09Oct
- €157.67Nov
- €154.72Dec
- €161.49Jan
- €129.94Feb
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
- 75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 2,033 km against 1,974 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 Rome, Barcelona, Bari, Naples. The gap between arriving and leaving is 69 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 06:28 and the last at 18:44, across 15 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
Tirana
Rail
- Tirana railway station
- Vorë Railway Station
- Budull railway station
Bus
- Tirana Terminali i Autobusave
- Tirana International Bus Terminal
Air
- TIA
The fare from TIA into Tirana is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Tirana
Settled in advance, so the ride into Tirana 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 | €165.34 |
 Wizz Air | €169.47 |
| Wizz Air Malta | €171.24 |
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 | €132.50 | 80% |
| Taxes | €23.85 | 14% |
| Supplier fees | €7.00 | 4% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 1% |
| Total you pay | €165.34 | 100% |
We cannot promise Tirana railway station still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.
Baggage storage near Tirana railway station
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 Tirana
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 Tirana?
The fastest journey from Madrid to Tirana takes 6h 8m door to door, of which 2h 58m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 21m, 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 Tirana?
The cheapest fare from Madrid to Tirana is €165.34, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €267.12. 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 Tirana?
The cheapest way from Madrid to Tirana is by flight, at €190.71 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 6h 8m 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 Tirana?
Fares from Madrid to Tirana bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €132.89. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 131 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Madrid to Tirana?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Madrid to Tirana, at €194.84. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 13, 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 Tirana?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Madrid to Tirana, at €129.94 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 Tirana?
3 operators sell services from Madrid to Tirana across 1 mode: Iberia Airlines, Wizz Air, Wizz Air Malta. 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 Tirana?
75 percent of the services we sell from Madrid to Tirana are direct. The rest connect at Rome, Barcelona, Bari, Naples, with about 69 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 Tirana use?
Services from Madrid to Tirana by flight leave from Madrid MAD and arrive at Tirana TIA. 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 Tirana?
0 of the 3 operators we sell from Madrid to Tirana 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 Tirana on September 13, 2026: 2033 km of route against 1974 km in a straight line, 16 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €165.34, and 6h 8m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Tirana are the half people leave until last.
Day trips out of Tirana and across Albania
Day trips that leave Tirana in the morning and cover a good part of Albania by evening.
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