Plaza de Moncloa, Madrid, Spain

Nice to Madrid

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Nice to Madrid. From €84.51, fastest 4h 50m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Nice to Madrid costs €84.51 at the cheapest and takes 4h 50m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 4 operators. The route covers 1,005 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 9, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
1,005 km
Fastest
4h 50m
Average
4h 57m
Services per day
24
Cheapest
€84.51
CO2 per passenger
247.2 kg
Door to door

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 29, 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 51m1h 41m3h 10m€97.49247.2 kg24
  • 4h 51mFastest, by Flight
  • €97.49Cheapest, by Flight
  • 247.2 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 1,005 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€84.51
  1. Iberia Airlines IA271217:151h 51m19:06Nice NCEMadrid MAD

Door to door 5h 1mCO2 247.2 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€86.87
  1. Iberia Express IE340419:211h 41m21:02Nice NCEMadrid MAD

Door to door 4h 51mCO2 247.2 kgChanges 0Fixed, 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 Nice to Madrid
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Nice to MadridThuSep 10FriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23
Flight€200.15€184.22€159.44€144.10€126.99€121.68€106.93€134.07€124.04€125.81€121.68€101.03€101.03€97.49

Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €84.51

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Madrid is not something we sell.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Madrid

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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Booking window

When to book Nice to Madrid

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

  1. €80.9790 days
  2. €76.8460 days
  3. €85.6945 days
  4. €85.6930 days
  5. €89.8221 days
  6. €97.4914 days
  7. €106.937 days
  8. €159.443 days
  9. €200.151 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €76.84.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 160 percent. The most expensive point is €200.15, 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.
€200.15€76.841371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €121.68Sun
  2. €101.03Mon
  3. €101.03Tue
  4. €97.49Wed
  5. €134.07Thu
  6. €124.04Fri
  7. €125.81Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €121.68Sep
  2. €91.00Oct
  3. €83.33Nov
  4. €83.33Dec
  5. €79.79Jan
  6. €68.58Feb

The route

NiceNiceMadridMadrid
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 1,005 km against 976 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Nice at 06:27 and the last at 20:08, across 24 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Nice

Rail
  • Nice Ville
  • Nice-Riquier
  • Nice CP Station
Bus
  • Nice Saint Augustin
  • Nice - Gare Routière Vauban
Air
  • NCE
Ferry
  • Nice Ferry Terminal
  • Gare Maritime

Madrid

Rail
  • Madrid Puerta de Atocha
  • Madrid Atocha
  • Estación del Norte, Madrid
Bus
  • Madrid Estacion Sur
  • Madrid South
Air
  • MAD

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

Getting from MAD into 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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Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
Air Nostrum€84.514h 50m
easyJet Europe€85.694h 50m
Iberia Airlines€84.514h 50m
Iberia Express€86.874h 51m
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Flight fare we sell on 2026-09-29, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€64.0076%
Taxes€11.5214%
Supplier fees€7.008%
Our service fee€1.992%
Total you pay€84.51100%

Check-in is at three and you will be in Madrid well before then. Lockers are not something we run.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Madrid?

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Nice 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 Nice to Madrid?

The fastest journey from Nice to Madrid takes 4h 50m door to door, of which 1h 41m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 4h 57m, 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 Nice to Madrid?

The cheapest fare from Nice to Madrid is €84.51, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €136.14. 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 Nice to Madrid?

The cheapest way from Nice to Madrid is by Flight, at €97.49 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 4h 51m 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 Nice to Madrid?

Fares from Nice to Madrid bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €76.84. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 160 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

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

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Nice to Madrid, at €97.49. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 29, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Nice to Madrid?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Nice to Madrid, at €68.58 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 Nice to Madrid?

4 operators sell services from Nice to Madrid across 1 modes: Air Nostrum, easyJet Europe, Iberia Airlines, Iberia Express. 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 Nice to Madrid?

Every service we sell from Nice to Madrid is direct, with around 24 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 50m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

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

Services from Nice to Madrid by Flight leave from Nice NCE and arrive at Madrid 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 Nice to Madrid?

0 of the 4 operators we sell from Nice to Madrid 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 Nice to Madrid on September 9, 2026: 1005 km of route against 976 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 4 operators, a cheapest fare of €84.51, and 4h 50m 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 Madrid is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Things to do in Madrid

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Madrid, with free cancellation on most of it.

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