New York → Madrid flights

JFK–Madrid fares hover near $251 — spread is wide, middle half tight

Key takeaways

• $251 median fare across all 30 days sampled in the last 30 days
• Middle half of fares fell between $244 and $263 — a tight band to target
• Low end hit $221, but that was an outlier rather than the norm
• High end reached $310, nearly 40% above the lowest fare seen
• Full 30-day window had pricing data every single day — a reliable sample

30-day price trend

See full numbers and stats on the JFK → MAD price history page.

The full picture

Over the last 30 days, JFK–Madrid fares ranged from $221 to $310, a 40% spread that looks wide at first glance but tells a more reassuring story up close: the middle half of all fares fell in a tight $244–$263 band around the $251 median. That means most days you check, you'll see something close to the median rather than either extreme — the $221 low and $310 high are edge cases, not typical outcomes.

With a full 30 days of sampled fares and no gaps, this is a solid dataset to act on. The data doesn't let us pinpoint a specific booking lead time that reliably softens prices — we only have a snapshot of cached fares across the window, not a view of how far in advance each one was booked. What it does tell you is what a fair price looks like right now: if you see something at or below $244, that's already in the cheaper quartile and worth grabbing rather than waiting for a better deal.

We don't have carrier-level or day-of-week detail in this sample, so no claims there about a dominant airline or a better day to fly. The honest takeaway is that the market, at the moment, is fairly stable — paying close to $251 is normal, and anything materially above $280–300 should prompt a second look at alternate dates. The caveat: this is a point-in-time read of cached fares, not a forecast, so treat it as a benchmark rather than a guarantee of where prices go next.

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