One passenger pays between £16.18 and £37.05, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 33m over 422 km, on services run by 7 operators across 3 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 7 operators and 3 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 20 October 2026
£16.18 to £37.05
- 140%Moves across the booking window
140%Departures on 12 October 2026
Real departures, filed by the operators themselves. Times only, no fares.
10:2013:493h 29m
C4aRenfe Cercanias1 change
Sol → Málaga María Zambrano
Step-free
Renfe Cercanias timetable11:2014:243h 4m
C4aRenfe Cercanias1 change
Sol → Málaga María Zambrano
Step-free
Renfe Cercanias timetable
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Buying this journey
Pick a departure for Madrid to Málaga and pay on tickets.orlero.com, our booking site.
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The price is the one 12Go sets, with every fee shown before you pay.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about £30.78Tue6
- about £29.84Wed7
- about £35.49Thu8
- about £27.01Fri9
- about £27.95Sat10
- about £26.55Sun11
- about £22.77Mon12
- about £18.53Tue13
- about £19.47Wed14
- about £25.13Thu15
- about £26.07Fri16
- about £22.77Sat17
- about £21.83Sun18
- about £19.01Mon19
- about £16.18Tue20
- about £17.11Wed21
- about £21.36Thu22
- about £19.94Fri23
- about £19.47Sat24
- about £19.01Sun25
- about £16.18Mon26
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Málaga. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Málaga for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Madrid to Málaga
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- £16.1890 days
- £20.8960 days
- £17.1145 days
- £14.7630 days
- £16.1821 days
- £19.0114 days
- £22.777 days
- £35.493 days
- £30.781 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at £14.76.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 140 percent. The dearest point is £35.49, 3 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Madrid to Málaga and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
10:20 → 13:53
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
422 km
416 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
3,255,944 → 592,346
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.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 422 km against 416 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
The fare from AGP into Málaga is set by whoever drives it.
A car waiting when you land in Málaga
Settled in advance, so the ride into Málaga costs what it said it would rather than what the rank 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.
Left luggage near Malaga Maria Zambrano
Most of the points near Malaga Maria Zambrano open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Madrid to Málaga
The questions people actually ask about this journey, 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 Málaga?
The Train from Madrid to Málaga takes 3h 33m door to door, of which 2h 49m is spent moving. The route runs 416 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does it cost to travel from Madrid to Málaga?
The cheapest fare from Madrid to Málaga is £16.18, as of 5 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £52.19. 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 Málaga?
The cheapest way from Madrid to Málaga is by coach, at £16.18 for one passenger on 20 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.
When should I book Madrid to Málaga?
Fares from Madrid to Málaga bottom out around 30 days before departure, at £14.76. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 140 percent, measured on 5 October 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Madrid to Málaga?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Madrid to Málaga, at £18.53. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 5 October 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 Málaga?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Madrid to Málaga, at £13.82 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 services from Madrid to Málaga?
7 operators sell services from Madrid to Málaga across 3 modes: Air Europa, Air Nostrum, Alsa, Iberia Airlines, Iberia Express, Ouigo. 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 Málaga?
Every service we sell from Madrid to Málaga is direct, with a fastest journey of 3h 33m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
How much CO2 does the journey from Madrid to Málaga produce?
Travelling from Madrid to Málaga by train produces about 13.7 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 89.5 kg, roughly 7 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Madrid to Málaga use?
Services from Madrid to Málaga by train leave from Sol and arrive at Málaga María Zambrano. Allow about 44m 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 Málaga?
3 of the 7 operators we sell from Madrid to Málaga allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs £4.28. 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 labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
Being on the water gives Málaga a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of Málaga and across Spain
Day trips that leave Málaga in the morning and cover a good part of Spain by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Madrid reaches 190 places in 61 countries on services we hold, over distances from 68 to 14,616 km. Málaga reaches 88 places in 27 countries, from 27 to 11,537 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Madrid
- 190Places you can leave for
- 61Countries
- 86Operators
61
86Arriving in Málaga
Leaving Málaga
- 88Places you can leave for
- 27Countries
- 54Operators