CPT - MAD

R6 426 Find Cheap Flights from Cape Town to Madrid

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Cheapest return fare
R10 464
Overall average: R12 303
Ethiopian Air
Mon 2/3Mon 16/3
CPT - MAD • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way flight
R6 426
Typical prices: R6 907-R11 890
Turkish Airlines
Mon 4/5
CPT - MAD • 1 stop
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Ethiopian Air
Cheapest • from R10 464 (return)
Emirates
Best reviews • 8,1 score
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When to book
7 weeks
in advance
Our data shows that travellers who book at least 7 weeks in advance save around 17% compared to booking last minute.
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November
Cheapest • 23% price drop
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Most popular
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Cheap Flights from Cape Town to Madrid (CPT-MAD)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Cape Town to Madrid that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent return flight deals from Cape Town to Madrid

Mon, Mar 2 - Mon, Mar 16
Ethiopian Air Logo
14:35 - 5:25CPT-MAD
15h 50m1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
21:25 - 13:00MAD-CPT
14h 35m1 stop
R10 464Ethiopian Air
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Mon, May 11 - Sat, May 30
KLM Logo
7:50 - 13:40CPT-MAD
29h 50m1 stop
KLM Logo
10:20 - 21:25MAD-CPT
35h 05m1 stop
R10 670KLM
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Mon, May 11 - Sat, May 30
KLM Logo
7:50 - 13:40CPT-MAD
29h 50m1 stop
KLM Logo
17:10 - 21:25MAD-CPT
28h 15m1 stop
R10 688KLM
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Sun, Mar 8 - Mon, Mar 16
Ethiopian Air Logo
13:50 - 5:25CPT-MAD
16h 35m1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
21:25 - 13:00MAD-CPT
14h 35m1 stop
R10 963Ethiopian Air
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Mon, May 11 - Sat, May 30
Ethiopian Air Logo
9:00 - 5:55CPT-MAD
20h 55m2 stops
Ethiopian Air Logo
23:10 - 14:35MAD-CPT
15h 25m1 stop
R11 822Ethiopian Air
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Mon, May 11 - Sat, May 30
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:50 - 13:40CPT-MAD
29h 50m1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
20:15 - 21:25MAD-CPT
25h 10m2 stops
R11 908Multiple Airlines
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Mon, May 11 - Sat, May 30
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:40 - 13:40CPT-MAD
30h 00m1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
20:15 - 21:25MAD-CPT
25h 10m2 stops
R11 994Multiple Airlines
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Thu, Mar 5 - Mon, Mar 16
British Airways Logo
20:45 - 11:55CPT-MAD
16h 10m1 stop
British Airways Logo
19:25 - 12:10MAD-CPT
15h 45m1 stop
R12 423British Airways
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Fri, Feb 13 - Tue, Feb 17
British Airways Logo
20:50 - 18:35CPT-MAD
22h 45m1 stop
British Airways Logo
12:50 - 12:10MAD-CPT
22h 20m1 stop
R12 595British Airways
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Wed, Feb 18 - Tue, Feb 24
British Airways Logo
18:55 - 11:55CPT-MAD
18h 00m1 stop
British Airways Logo
14:35 - 8:05MAD-CPT
16h 30m1 stop
R12 612British Airways
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Cape Town to Madrid flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Cape Town to Madrid to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Cape Town to Madrid?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Cape Town to Madrid clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If you are looking for a flight deal from Cape Town to Madrid, look for departures on Mondays and avoid leaving on a Sunday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Madrid, Sunday is the cheapest day to fly and Tuesday is the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Cape Town to Madrid?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Cape Town to Madrid, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Cape Town to Madrid is November, where tickets cost R10 464 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is R17 990 and R15 533 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Cape Town to Madrid?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Cape Town to Madrid, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Cape Town to Madrid, you should book around 7 weeks before departure, which saves you about 17% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 14 weeks before departure.

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Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flightR6 426
Best time to beat the crowds (9% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (8% more expensive on average)
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When to book flights from Cape Town to Madrid

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FAQs for booking flights from Cape Town to Madrid

  • What is the cheapest flight from Cape Town to Madrid?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Cape Town to Madrid was R6 426 for a one-way ticket and R10 670 for a return.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Cape Town to Madrid?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Cape Town to Madrid?

    SkyTeam, oneworld, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Cape Town and Madrid, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Cape Town to Madrid, Qatar Airways or Emirates?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Cape Town to Madrid are Qatar Airways and Emirates. With an average price for the route of R14 699 and an overall rating of 7,4, Qatar Airways is the most popular choice. Emirates is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of R15 548 and an overall rating of 8,1.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Cape Town to Madrid?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Cape Town to Madrid.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Cape Town to Madrid?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Madrid from Cape Town is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Cape Town to Madrid?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to Madrid with an airline and back to Cape Town with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Cape Town to Madrid?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Madrid from Cape Town up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from Cape Town to Madrid

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Cape Town to Madrid. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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8,1
EmiratesOverall score based on 3419 reviews
7,9Food
8,3Crew
8,1Boarding
8,2Entertainment
8,0Comfort
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Very poor boarding experience with these remote gates and buses. Also these 777s bardy need a remodeling. Entertainment is a bit laggy. Food and crew is still among the better, but they seriously have to do something with these remote gates.

6,0 GoodJános, Nov 2025DXB - SGN
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Very poor boarding experience with these remote gates and buses. Also these 777s bardy need a remodeling. Entertainment is a bit laggy. Food and crew is still among the better, but they seriously have to do something with these remote gates.

It was delayed for 2 hrs. Flight attendants were not attentive.

Had to do shuttle bus both times during the transfer. It was waaay longer than acceptable. These 777s need a refurbishment really badly. Emirates and Dubai Airport used to be top notch. Now overcrowded and outdated.

Crew were excellent and the bar service and chat fantastic. Cheese board delicious. Amenity kit good, very disappointing not getting pyjamas on this leg of the flight and needed to reuse from earlier flight.

Crew were very good. Food service was a little slow and disappointing not having on demand dining and only 3 options. Amenity kits and pyjamas were excellent.

No kids provided. Instead we were told to have contacted the airline that we have kids and require kids meals. We were not the only ones who inquired about kids meals. It’s odd. Emirates and other airlines give kids meals as standard and before the adult food comes out. The rice in our meals was gluggy and under cooked. The chicken was also raw. Sadly not the best experience with Finn Air. The hostesses tried to compensate with the snacks and drinks but missed the mark by a long way. Especially when paying Emirates/Qantas prices

This was my first time flying with Emirates. Overall, the experience was very good. I thought the seats in economy would have been a bit more comfortable, but, they seem to be on par with other airlines. The food was excellent and very satisfying. If you can afford it, I would definitely suggest upgrading to at lest premium economy seats for long haul flights.

I had a good experience flying with Emirates. All of the flights were on time staff was very professional and kind. So I had a positive experience..

We travelled in economy, were very satisfied with the comfort and keg space of the seats. Food was great compared to other airlines, the crew were very helpful and friendly. Since i was travelling with kids, i needed assistance multiple of times. Will be definitely taking long flights with Emirates from now on.

The staff on board were excellent. Kind, thoughtful, helpful - not just with me but with others around that I observed. Wonderful service.

At the airport, terrible, I do not want to even remember it. It was too humiliating for a business class passenger.

They forgot to serve food and the crew was very unfriendly. Never experienced such a bad KLM flight. Usually fly from Toronto. New York was different.

First of all we couldn’t check in online, then we learn at the airport we were on stand by for KLM’s mistake of overbooking. The seats were not comfy at all. Our luggage got lost.

Ad experience - been flying many years with them but they are losing out to other carriers with their service and bagage / seating policy. My 2 12-yo kids were not placed with the parent. Absurdity.

KLM remains a quality flag carrier airline which maintains its standards whilst all their competitors are lowering theirs.

My flight was delayed by 6 hours then I missed BOTH of my connecting flights, I then had to stay in the AIRPORT at JFK because soooooo many people also suffered from missing flights and there was no hotels available. I would like to be compensated for this experience! I had to stay in the airport for over 16 hours!

Klm start boarding while somw air issue in the plan

The service was great. However the lounge only gets passing grade

I appreciate that KLM was proactive in informing me of the 2 hour delay which enabled me to replan my travel. It was a bit stressful not knowing whether my connection from Montreal to Ottawa was happening. But the ground and air crew did a good job at comforting and assuring me.

Cabin crew professional, polite and friendly, boarding was seemless, but come on KLM surely you can do better than a pack of cheesy biscuits as an inflight snack

The service was good but the food was a NO

Initial booking was confusing and had to get new CC issued.

It never happened. Me flight from Doha to São Paulo was lated and the time of waiting for the luggage arrives when we arrived in São Paulo was about 1 hour and half. So it took a lot of time just waiting the luggage of flight that was already late, consequently we lost the flight to Recife with Latam Airlines and had to go to the Qatar office to arrange another flight to us to Recife, that one with Azul Airlines. It was more 4 hours waiting to this other flight to knows that this other flight was delayed too, total of 5 hours more at the airport to waiting to go home :/

My flight was delayed. I was rebooked twice and even the second flight that was additional connection in London was delayed too, so I ended up spending more than 24 hours flying between four different countries and to be honest I’m not sure whether I ever want to use this airline again. My luggage is still delete. It’s been more than 48 hours now so to be honest, I’m not even sure how to describe the level of frustration I have.

The flight overall was good. The attendants did a good job except that 1 female had too much fragrance on. The other things that made the flight unpleasant were out of the airlines control.

Nothing to complain. The staff and flight was good especially the seats which was better compared than the cloth ones on Qatar airways

The flight was operated by IndiGo and not Qatar, which is a budget airline from India. Nevertheless, the flight was uneventful.

First keep the airline as you promise. Reason for travelling from Orlando to Tampa is to go with Qatar Airline. We end up with American Airline. As expected the service was horrible.

I felt that when I was rerouted it should have been to business class.

I’ve flown with Qatar multiple times and the service has always been great. Very professional, organized, the food is delicious and plentiful, tons of entertainment.

Very bad this airline changes my schedule date of travel and get me stranded in Istanbul for three days, paid for only one day hotel accommodation with only one breakfast and i had to pay for lunches ,and dinners and hotel accommodations for the two and half days

They can my date of travel and let me standard in Istanbul for three days stop over and only pay for one day in a hotel with only one breakfast for three days.

Everything was so smooth. It could be just a better temperature in the plane; it was a little cold.

The staff at IST airport could have been more helpful. Too much wasted time and the plane from IST to KHI was just horrible. The plane was not clean and smelled bad!

Boarded via bus instead of the air bridge Had to wait 10mins in the bus at the tarmac before we were allow to go up

Paying extra for premium seats was wasted. Turkish Airlines takes 2 seats for bassinet. The lady next to me had a baby with bassinet Bassinet was in front of my seat

Not up to Business Class standards. Two of the three toilets were out of order. The hostesses were aware and didn’t show any responsible act to do something. Food quality was not what we expect from Turkish hospitality. Overall we were not impressed and disappointed.

The crew were very hospitable and pleasant. The food was pretty good. Unfortunately, there was a flight delay of more than 2 hours. We're not sure why but it appeared to be outside the control of Turkish Airlines.

It was an old airline with the old configuration of business class seats. Not really what we signed up for for the longest leg of the trip. Disappointing.

Very bad overall. The comfort level was undeniably uncomfortable. The in-flight entertainment was no good because my screen froze and “wasn’t able to reset”. The staff were rude and non-helpful. Instead of offering me an upgrade for all inconveniences for the ticket, and seat I paid extra for, I was offered a downgraded seat all the way at the back of the aircraft. The flight was delayed for so long, making the experience at the layover airport that much more unpleasant.

I had a memorable experience. I dont have any comments at this time regarding waht could be better.

The crew was not helping us in the airports ..Very bad experience..the washrooms are not meeting the expectations..need more good service... The hotel service was good but there is a very long wait time which wasted time to go through..

My recent experience with ASKY Airlines was disappointing. The check-in process was disorganized, and I was provided with inaccurate information regarding baggage requirements, resulting in unforeseen expenses. Additionally, the ground staff demonstrated a lack of professionalism and appeared insufficiently trained to handle passenger needs effectively. Regrettably, this initial encounter has left me reluctant to consider future travel with the airline.

The Boeing 737 MAX on this route, flown in the middle of the night, is an UTTER FAILURE for business travellers. The whole point of business travel is to arrive alert and recover from travel quickly, and this little aeroplane with its quarter recline uncomfortable business seats does nothing for that. It’s a small step up from economy in that you have decent legroom, but that’s it. Absolute margin at the cost of the traveller.

Good. Crew do seem to be less friendly- management are clearly limiting them or not empowering them as they used to.

POSITIVES The hostesses were mostly pleasant, NEGATIVES The full flight wifi was horrible, hardly able to use it. My charger port was not working which made me use my neighbour's port which resulted in an accident which ruined her flight. During dinner, meat ran out when the cart got to us forcing us to eat vegetarian which was not great. We watched everyone around us eating meat. My wifi did not transfer to the second leg of my trip as they promised as they changed the plane. I was thrown off the window seat I booked for the 2nd leg of my journey as they changed planes, all done at my expense. This was not a cheap flight ($2600) which i hurriedly had to book to attend my mother's funeral who passed away suddenly. I was honestly disappointed with the whole saga as I heard Ethiopian Airlines was one of Africa's best.

Delays delays making us miss or next connection to IAD hence having to stay additional 24 hrs in Addis Ababa

Food hardly ever changes Videos not often updated for often travel.

Traveling with Ethiopian is always a good experience. I also enjoy the stay at skylight hotel in Addis

The flight is packed and it feels like the space per individual has gotten smaller. Excruciating for a 14hr flight.

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