Cheap flights from Madrid to Barcelona from £43

If you aren’t able to travel during the month of April, then book flights to Barcelona from Madrid during January instead. Flights to Barcelona in January, while not as cheap as those in April, still average around £26.

Our data shows that Thursday is the least expensive day to fly to Barcelona. Tickets to fly out on this day can be as low as £94. When flying out on a Monday, the most expensive travel day of the week, you can expect to see flight prices from Madrid to Barcelona for around £690.

Flying to Barcelona from Madrid in the morning is the least expensive time of day to depart. momondo users have found prices as low as £175 when looking at flights departing in the morning. Flights in the evening are often more expensive, with an average ticket price of £690.

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You are more likely to see cheaper flights to Barcelona from Madrid when booking weeks ahead of your departure date. In general, you can expect to find flights to Barcelona for around £101 when searching weeks before you fly. However, flight prices might be lower outside of this timeframe. For example, people recently found flights to Barcelona from Madrid for as low as £55 on momondo.

Historically, on average around 15% of flights between Madrid and Barcelona have experienced a delay on any given week. The average delay length over the past 12 months has been 97 minutes.

Generally, flights departing in the morning tend to experience fewer delays. Flights departing in the early afternoon have, in the past, seen delays more frequently in comparison.

Saturday is statistically the day of the week that experiences the fewest delays on this flight route. Friday has historically seen more delays on average compared to the rest of the week.

According to our data, Iberia have had the fewest delays on this route over the last 12 months, with about 13% of their flights experiencing any sort of delay.

The number of flights available between Madrid and Barcelona is 72 per day as of May 2026. The most frequent departure time is 15:00, with 44% of daily flights leaving in the afternoon.

510 flights are operational weekly from Madrid to Barcelona as of May 2026. The most popular departure day for this route is Thu, with 21% of flights per week taking off on this day.