Puerto de Melilla y Cargadero de Minerales

Málaga to Melilla

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Málaga to Melilla. From £11.13, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays between £11.13 and £26.91, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. Services cover 211 km and are run by 4 operators across 2 modes.

Checked 5 October 2026Priced for 20 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 4 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for 20 October 2026

£11.13 to £26.91

  • 148%Moves across the booking window

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about £21.50Tue6
  2. about £19.14Wed7
  3. about £25.26Thu8
  4. about £18.67Fri9
  5. about £18.67Sat10
  6. about £17.72Sun11
  7. about £15.84Mon12
  8. about £12.55Tue13
  9. about £13.48Wed14
  10. about £16.31Thu15
  11. about £16.31Fri16
  12. about £15.84Sat17
  13. about £15.37Sun18
  14. about £13.01Mon19
  15. about £11.13Tue20
  16. about £12.07Wed21
  17. about £13.96Thu22
  18. about £13.01Fri23
  19. about £13.48Sat24
  20. about £13.96Sun25
  21. about £12.07Mon26

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Melilla. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Melilla for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Antigua Estación Marítima and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Málaga to Melilla

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

  1. £10.1990 days
  2. £12.5560 days
  3. £11.6045 days
  4. £10.1830 days
  5. £12.0721 days
  6. £13.0114 days
  7. £15.847 days
  8. £25.263 days
  9. £21.501 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at £10.18.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 148 percent. The dearest point is £25.26, 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.
£25.26£10.18137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Málaga to Melilla 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

211 km

207 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.

Who lives at each end

592,346 → 85,985

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

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 211 km against 207 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.

The fare from MLN into Melilla is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Melilla

Settled in advance, so the ride into Melilla costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

Melilla is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Antigua Estación Marítima

Most of the points near Antigua Estación Marítima open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Málaga to Melilla

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 Málaga to Melilla?

Málaga to Melilla covers 211 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does it cost to travel from Málaga to Melilla?

The cheapest fare from Málaga to Melilla is £11.13, as of 5 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £26.91. 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 Málaga to Melilla?

The cheapest way from Málaga to Melilla is by ferry, at £11.13 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 Málaga to Melilla?

Fares from Málaga to Melilla bottom out around 30 days before departure, at £10.18. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 148 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 Málaga to Melilla?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Málaga to Melilla, at £12.55. 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 Málaga to Melilla?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Málaga to Melilla, at £10.18 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 Málaga to Melilla?

4 operators sell services from Málaga to Melilla across 2 modes: Air Europa, Air Nostrum, Baleària, Iberia Airlines. 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 Málaga to Melilla?

Every service we sell from Málaga to Melilla is direct. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

How much CO2 does the journey from Málaga to Melilla produce?

Travelling from Málaga to Melilla by ferry produces about 4.8 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 44.5 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.

Which station or terminal do services from Málaga to Melilla use?

Services from Málaga to Melilla by flight leave from Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport AGP and arrive at Melilla Airport MLN. 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 Málaga to Melilla?

1 of the 4 operators we sell from Málaga to Melilla 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 Melilla a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Melilla and across Spain

Day trips that leave Melilla in the morning and cover a good part of Spain by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Málaga reaches 88 places in 27 countries on services we hold, over distances from 27 to 11,537 km. Melilla reaches 4 places in 1 countries, from 170 to 574 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Málaga

  • 88Places you can leave for
  • 27Countries
  • 54Operators

Arriving in Melilla

Leaving Melilla

  • 4Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 6Operators

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