CPT - MAD

R5 640 Find Cheap Flights from Cape Town to Madrid

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Cheapest return fare
R9 363
Overall average: R11 560
Ethiopian Air
Mon 11/5Sat 30/5
CPT - MAD • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way flight
R5 624
Typical prices: R6 313-R9 231
Multiple Airlines
Sun 25/1
CPT - MAD • 2 stops
Top airlines
Qatar Airways
Cheapest • from R10 035 (return)
Emirates
Best reviews • 8,1 score
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When to book
4 weeks
in advance
Our data shows that travellers who book at least 4 weeks in advance save around 9% compared to booking last minute.
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When to travel
November
Cheapest • 23% price drop
June
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, May 11 - Sat, May 30
Ethiopian Air Logo
13:50 - 5:55
CPT
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MAD
16h 05m
1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
23:10 - 14:35
MAD
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CPT
15h 25m
1 stop
R9 363Ethiopian Air
Tue, Mar 3 - Tue, Mar 10
Qatar Airways Logo
19:00 - 13:50
CPT
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MAD
19h 50m
1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
22:25 - 17:25
MAD
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CPT
18h 00m
1 stop
R10 035Qatar Airways
Mon, May 11 - Sat, May 30
Ethiopian Air Logo
13:50 - 5:55
CPT
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MAD
16h 05m
1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
23:10 - 14:35
MAD
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CPT
15h 25m
1 stop
R10 100Ethiopian Air
Thu, Mar 5 - Thu, Mar 12
Qatar Airways Logo
12:35 - 7:10
CPT
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MAD
19h 35m
1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
15:20 - 17:25
MAD
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CPT
25h 05m
1 stop
R10 428Qatar Airways
Sun, Feb 1 - Tue, Feb 3
Ethiopian Air Logo
13:50 - 5:25
CPT
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MAD
16h 35m
1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
21:25 - 13:45
MAD
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CPT
15h 20m
1 stop
R10 789Ethiopian Air
Tue, Feb 3 - Tue, Feb 10
Multiple Airlines Logo
8:00 - 13:40
CPT
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MAD
30h 40m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
18:45 - 17:20
MAD
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CPT
21h 35m
2 stops
R10 969Multiple Airlines
Thu, Mar 5 - Thu, Mar 12
Qatar Airways Logo
19:00 - 13:50
CPT
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MAD
19h 50m
1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
15:20 - 17:25
MAD
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CPT
25h 05m
1 stop
R11 035Qatar Airways
Tue, Feb 3 - Tue, Feb 10
Multiple Airlines Logo
8:00 - 13:40
CPT
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MAD
30h 40m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
12:35 - 5:50
MAD
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CPT
16h 15m
1 stop
R11 265Multiple Airlines
Mon, May 11 - Sat, May 30
Ethiopian Air Logo
9:00 - 5:55
CPT
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MAD
20h 55m
2 stops
Ethiopian Air Logo
23:10 - 14:35
MAD
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CPT
15h 25m
1 stop
R11 314Ethiopian Air
Tue, Mar 3 - Tue, Mar 10
Multiple Airlines Logo
13:50 - 15:45
CPT
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MAD
26h 55m
2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
15:10 - 13:45
MAD
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CPT
21h 35m
2 stops
R11 511Multiple Airlines
Booking Insights

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 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 035 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and August, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is R17 446 and R14 806 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 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 9% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 14 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flightR5 624
Best time to beat the crowds (10% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (7% more expensive on average)
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When to book flights from Cape Town to Madrid

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Cape Town to Madrid based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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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 R5 624 for a one-way ticket and R9 363 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, Star Alliance, and oneworld 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 Ethiopian Air?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Cape Town to Madrid are Qatar Airways and Ethiopian Air. With an average price for the route of R13 706 and an overall rating of 7,4, Qatar Airways is the most popular choice. Ethiopian Air is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of R11 106 and an overall rating of 7,2.

  • 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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EmiratesOverall score based on 3479 reviews
7,9Food
8,1Boarding
8,3Crew
8,0Comfort
8,2Entertainment
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Milan airport was bad experience. They should be more polite.

10,0 ExcellentKh, Jan 2026
DXB - MXP
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Milan airport was bad experience. They should be more polite.

They changed the flight time without telling us and were unwilling to help with rebooking because we booked through orbits/kayak

Both flights to and back from Lyon with buses taking extra time and delaying flight at DXB. Food serving needed work.

There is an issue with A380 when it arrives in Munich, because a business class passengers like me have to wait for the first class passengers to disembark, which takes some time while you are also offloading economy passengers this causes an issue at customs where your business class passengers end up behind a large bulk of economy passengers This is a frustration and the early dislocation should be and is supposed to be a benefit of business class

in today's time, an airline like emirates didnt serve drinks as requested, Excuse was full flight.

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.

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.

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’m grateful for the KLM Air France shuttle bus service to Ottawa. However due to construction and other issues related to the chaotic Uber pickup system at YUL, it’s a challenge to find the Kelios bus service to Ottawa. The signs are not clear or even available. No staff to guide passengers. It’s a stressful experience.

Flight was on time, staff are friendly and helpful onboard.

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

It would help id flight crew were not rude and showed some courtesy. They were shouting at passengers and yelling instructions as if we were school children at lunch cafeteria!!

It was very good. It was a long flight and being a tight with little leg room.

Qatar maybe considered one of the best ailines in the world but nowadays it is much of a muchness with the rest

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

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.

Entertainment was good. Flight was delayed, nearly missed my connecting flight. The gate was changed on several occasions. My luggage did not arrive on time and had to leave without it.

I am elderly and needed wheelchair assist. The ground crew assisting me with that part of my journey was rude, disrespectful and very hungry for money; the begging was distasteful and disrespect for females and the elderly was atrocious. Maybe they need to get a raise...I was out of small bills by time I reached home. As an american I am not use to the impoliteness. The ground crew make your wonderful airline appears poor in performance...a lot to be desired.

We were charged for checking in our bags! One bag per person was supposed to have been included in the ticket price, and yet Turkish Airlines charged us nearly $200 per bag!

nice and clean plane but the seats and the comfort was not what i expected. i expected more based on all the ads and reviews that i've read. I guess you get what you pay for in economy.

Overall it was good. Food was bad. I ordered gluten free vegetarian meal. But I got gluten free chicken for my long flight from Seattle to Istanbul. I don’t eat any kind of meat. Second meal I got eggplant with meat which I couldn’t eat. I don’t understand why we can’t get gluten free vegetarian meal for a 12 hour flight. I eat the bread and that was it.

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

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

The crew were amazing. They should improve the inflight entertainment

The crew was unfriendly and very rude to name a few (Helina). I felt unsafe due to most of the cabinets were open while on flight. All in all the flight was ok, but the crew needed more training on customer service most of all for international flights.

Check in took over an hour because printer was not working. Attendant did not know how to give free layover Addis Ababa hotel vouchers or update frequent flyer number. After repeated attempts, got voucher emailed. However hotel wanted printed voucher hence more delay. Bus time from hotel back to airport was printed 4:50 hours, but hotel reception called at 3 pm saying bus will leave at 4 pm. Then hotel reception called again saying 4:15 pm. We rushed at 4:15 pm and bus was not ready until 4:40 pm. Many audio outlets were not working in planes.

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..

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.

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

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