Santiago de Compostela to Madrid runs about 40 times a day, with the first departure around 06:00 and the last around 20:38. One passenger pays between €43.80 and €47.93, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 13m over 501 km, on services run by 5 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 5 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€43.80 to €47.93
- 160%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Santiago de Compostela
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:00First departure
- 20:38Last departure
- 40Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €98.67Sat19
- about €92.77Sun20
- about €66.22Mon21
- about €65.63Tue22
- about €69.76Wed23
- about €87.46Thu24
- about €65.63Fri25
- about €66.81Sat26
- about €65.04Sun27
- about €55.60Mon28
- about €53.83Tue29
- about €57.37Wed30
- about €65.63Thu1
- about €52.65Fri2
- about €53.83Sat3
- about €50.29Sun4
- about €44.39Mon5
- about €43.80Tue6
- about €46.16Wed7
- about €57.37Thu8
- about €52.06Fri9
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Madrid. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Madrid for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Santiago de Compostela to Madrid
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €57.9690 days
- €37.9060 days
- €38.4945 days
- €44.3930 days
- €52.0621 days
- €52.6514 days
- €65.637 days
- €66.223 days
- €98.671 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €37.90.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 160 percent. The most expensive point is €98.67, 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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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Santiago de Compostela to Madrid and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
501 km
487 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
99,536 → 3,255,944
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey 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 501 km against 487 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
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 car waiting when you land in 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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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 Madrid Puerta de Atocha
Most of the points near Madrid Puerta de Atocha open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Santiago de Compostela 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 Santiago de Compostela to Madrid?
The fastest journey from Santiago de Compostela to Madrid takes 4h 13m door to door, of which 1h 3m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 16m, 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 Santiago de Compostela to Madrid?
The cheapest fare from Santiago de Compostela to Madrid is €43.80, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €70.94. 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 Santiago de Compostela to Madrid?
The cheapest way from Santiago de Compostela to Madrid is by flight, at €43.80 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 4h 13m 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 Santiago de Compostela to Madrid?
Fares from Santiago de Compostela to Madrid bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €37.90. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 160 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Santiago de Compostela to Madrid?
Friday is the cheapest day to depart from Santiago de Compostela to Madrid, at €52.65. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 18, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Santiago de Compostela to Madrid?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Santiago de Compostela to Madrid, at €39.08 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 Santiago de Compostela to Madrid?
No operator record names Santiago de Compostela to Madrid directly. Air Europa, Air Nostrum, Iberia Airlines, Iberia Express, Ryanair publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Santiago de Compostela to Madrid?
Every service we sell from Santiago de Compostela to Madrid is direct, with around 40 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 13m 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 Santiago de Compostela to Madrid use?
Services from Santiago de Compostela to Madrid by flight leave from Santiago de Compostela SCQ 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 Santiago de Compostela to Madrid?
0 of the 5 operators we sell from Santiago de Compostela 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
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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Santiago de Compostela to Madrid on September 18, 2026: 501 km of route against 487 km in a straight line, 40 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €43.80, and 4h 13m 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.
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The two ends, compared
Santiago de Compostela reaches 48 places in 10 countries on services we hold, over distances from 51 to 2,745 km. Madrid reaches 254 places in 81 countries, from 162 to 10,762 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Santiago de Compostela
- 48Places you can leave for
- 10Countries
- 15Operators
Arriving in Madrid
Leaving Madrid
- 254Places you can leave for
- 81Countries
- 105Operators