Cheap flights from Edinburgh to Madrid

Book as soon as your dates are close to fixed, because the low-cost fares that anchor this route rarely soften as departure approaches. October is the cheapest month in the calendar here, and the price calendar runs from October through September, so flexing your dates by a few weeks can pay. Fares tend to firm up around Christmas and in the school holidays, while midweek departures usually cost less than Friday or Sunday ones.

Four of the carriers listed are low-cost — Ryanair UK, Ryanair, Easyjet and Vueling Airlines — and they set the pricing tone: bags are extras, so the headline fare is a starting point rather than a total. The other six are full-service: British Airways, Iberia Express, Lufthansa, Aer Lingus, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and KLM Cityhopper. Their fares generally include cabin baggage, and these are the names to check for one-stop options when the nonstop timing or the bag rules don't suit.

Getting into Madrid from Barajas is a proper journey: the airport sits well out from the centre, and the usual ways in are the metro, suburban trains and the express airport bus, with taxis waiting outside arrivals. The transfer is well signposted, but it eats a real chunk of time, so leave slack before anything you have booked for arrival day. Barajas is a large, multi-terminal airport, so find out which terminal your carrier uses and how the metro or train connects from there.

Currency

EUR (€)

Power sockets

Type C, F · 230 V

Language

Spanish

Emergency number

112, 061, 091

Driving side

right

Calling code

+34

Internet domain

.es

EU / Schengen

EU member, Schengen area

Population of Madrid

3.5 M (2025)

Time zone

UTC+02 (Europe/Madrid)

Country facts: Wikidata

• Price the baggage in before you compare, because the low-cost tickets on this route treat checked and cabin bags as paid extras.
• Check whether your booking is the direct Edinburgh departure or a connecting itinerary, since the airline list includes both.
• Check that the layover works if two separate tickets make up the journey, because a missed connection stays your problem.
• Check the passport and entry rules Spain applies to United Kingdom travellers.
• Check the price calendar from October through September, and note that October is the cheapest month.