$286 Find Cheap Flights from Madrid to California

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Best California Flight Deals from Madrid

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$309
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$411
San Diego
San Diego2 stops$655
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$458
Reno
Reno2 stops$796
Sacramento
Sacramento2 stops$787
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$309
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$411
San Diego
San Diego2 stops$655
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$458
Reno
Reno2 stops$796
Sacramento
Sacramento2 stops$787

Cheap Flights from Madrid to California

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Madrid to California 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 round-trip flight deals from Madrid to California

Wed, Jul 9 - Wed, Jul 23
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10:50 am - 8:36 pmMAD-LAX
18h 46m1 stop
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8:15 am - 8:05 amLAX-MAD
14h 50m1 stop
Wed, Jul 9 - Wed, Jul 23
Brussels Airlines Logo
6:20 am - 3:15 pmMAD-LAX
17h 55m2 stops
Brussels Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 9:00 amLAX-MAD
17h 00m1 stop
$392Brussels Airlines
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Thu, Aug 28 - Thu, Sep 18
British Airways Logo
1:00 pm - 4:05 pmMAD-LAX
12h 05mnonstop
British Airways Logo
5:05 pm - 4:20 pmLAX-MAD
14h 15m1 stop
$448British Airways
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Thu, Aug 28 - Tue, Sep 16
British Airways Logo
4:40 pm - 10:52 pmMAD-LAX
15h 12m1 stop
British Airways Logo
5:05 pm - 4:35 pmLAX-MAD
14h 30m1 stop
$456British Airways
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Thu, Aug 28 - Wed, Sep 24
Iberia Logo
1:00 pm - 4:05 pmMAD-LAX
12h 05mnonstop
Iberia Logo
5:50 pm - 1:50 pmLAX-MAD
11h 00mnonstop
$458Iberia
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Thu, Aug 28 - Tue, Sep 16
Finnair Logo
1:00 pm - 4:05 pmMAD-LAX
12h 05mnonstop
Finnair Logo
5:50 pm - 1:50 pmLAX-MAD
11h 00mnonstop
$463Finnair
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Wed, Oct 1 - Wed, Oct 15
American Airlines Logo
1:00 pm - 4:05 pmMAD-LAX
12h 05mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
5:50 pm - 1:50 pmLAX-MAD
11h 00mnonstop
$464American Airlines
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Thu, Sep 4 - Thu, Sep 11
Iberia Logo
12:35 pm - 4:10 pmMAD-SFO
12h 35mnonstop
Iberia Logo
8:10 pm - 8:20 pmSFO-MAD
15h 10m1 stop
$474Iberia
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Tue, Sep 2 - Sun, Sep 14
Finnair Logo
1:00 pm - 4:05 pmMAD-LAX
12h 05mnonstop
Finnair Logo
5:50 pm - 1:50 pmLAX-MAD
11h 00mnonstop
$481Finnair
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Mon, Oct 27 - Fri, Nov 14
American Airlines Logo
12:55 am - 9:56 amMAD-SFO
17h 01m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
5:30 pm - 4:50 pmSFO-MAD
14h 20m1 stop
$530American Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Madrid to California flights

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

What is the cheapest Madrid to California flight route?

The cheapest price for flight routes found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks for round-trip flights from Madrid to California.

The cheapest ticket to California from Madrid found in the last 72 hours was to San Francisco, at $583 round-trip. The most popular route is from Madrid (MAD) to Los Angeles (LAX), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $643.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Madrid to California?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of $996, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Madrid to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Madrid to California, 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 Madrid to California is February, when tickets cost $647 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and August, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $993 and $973 respectively.

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

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

When flying from Madrid to California, you should consider leaving on a Saturday and avoid Tuesdays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Madrid, you’ll find the best rates on Wednesdays and the most expensive ones on Saturdays.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Madrid to California, 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 Madrid to California, you should book around 4 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 18 weeks before departure.


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Low seasonJanuary
High seasonAugust
Cheapest flight$286
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 9% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 22% increase in price.
Flight from Madrid to Los Angeles

FAQs - booking California flights

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

    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 Madrid to California.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Madrid to California 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 Madrid to California?

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

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

    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 from Madrid to California up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to California?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $759 on average. Morning departures are around 18% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,965.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to California

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Madrid to the following destinations at these prices or less: Los Angeles $683 one-way - $705 round-trip

Top 5 airlines serving from Madrid to California

 
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DeltaOverall score based on 7950 reviews
7.3Food
8.2Boarding
7.9Entertainment
7.9Comfort
8.5Crew
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5 hours of delay that could've been much shorter if Delta had taken the 1 hour delay they imposed on the flight before boarding to run any of the plane checks required for flight to find the hydraulic issue that required nearly 3 hours to fix. $24 of meal credit buys a sandwich and a soft drink. Poor communication within the terminal about what gate we'd be re-boarding from and when we'd be re-boarding.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Jun 2025BOS - LAX
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5 hours of delay that could've been much shorter if Delta had taken the 1 hour delay they imposed on the flight before boarding to run any of the plane checks required for flight to find the hydraulic issue that required nearly 3 hours to fix. $24 of meal credit buys a sandwich and a soft drink. Poor communication within the terminal about what gate we'd be re-boarding from and when we'd be re-boarding.

The entertainment and wifi mostly didn't work on this flight.

Terrible entertainment system - kept freezing and audio kept cutting out. Snacks were mediocre at best for a 5 hour flight.

I am still upset that my bag was lost on a recent trip to Rome ; we were inconvenienced and out €150 Euros ; delta has refused to reimburse us

Delta changed our flight a few months prior to our trip and we couldn’t get as good of seats on the new flight. Because of that we couldn’t sit together which was very disappointing. On the flight after a few hrs the bathrooms were filthy. The seats were comfortable - we were in comfort plus. The food was not good. The dinner was average but the morning snack was uneatable with horrible coffee. We have always preferred Delta comfort plus for our overseas travel and usually the food is decent, but not this trip.

This had nothing to do with Delta… The flights were on time and flawless. The service was excellent. We purchased seats in (aisle/middle) comfort plus since this was a cross country flight. Unfortunately, the woman seated at the window was 300+ pounds and, as might be expected, covered up about a third of the middle seat also. there was absolutely nothing that Delta could have done about that… I just don’t know what the answer should be. If you purchase a seat, you should should be able to use the entire seat and not just the portion that someone else is not sitting/oozing in. Disappointing…there should be something that could be done….I'm just not sure what solution could be.

I love the free WiFi!! Crew was nice. Bathroom was decent. First time flying delta in a long time and I enjoyed it. Will definitely look into booking with Delta more but I think Delta is a little more expensive than the other airlines.

Seats are much much more comfortable than United, which is what I usually fly

If I pay extra for "comfort+" I expect leg room where I can stretch my legs. I was seated with an attendant's seat blocking my feet. Knee space was fine but my feet had less room than the non-"comfort+" seats. Also, don't go cheap on food when you have flights of 3+ hours. It's insulting.

Only one side of the heafphone jack work. Crew was friendly and helpful.

Do not use KAYAK or Finair for future travel. Unless you purchase the tickets directly from the airline, you were going to have a difficult time checking in. Kayak canceled my flights twice and ended up causing great difficulty in me getting back from Europe because they double sold my tickets between American Airlines and Finair. The event caused significant delays and led to me having to rebook my flights.

The staff were all particularly great. The plane was clean and fresh. The bassinet worked great. It was all very nice.

Boarding uncomfortable. Stewardess said I would have to check my carry on as there was no room in the overhead bins. Another passenger helped me find a spot.

Any flight that lands safely is a good flight. However our leg from Helsinki was delayed 1 hour with no explanation. The delay would not allow us to make our connection to Cincinnati. I was informed by American Airlines that our Cincinnati flight was rescheduled for the following day. I immediately made a non refundable hotel reservation in Dallas. Upon exiting the plane at Dallas I was given a hotel voucher. Nice, but I can't get a refund on the hotel I booked. A little communication would have been helpful. Food on Finnair is below quality of Korean Air.

The cabin crew really looked like they wanted to be somewhere else. They weren't really interested in providing an attentive service to full fare paying passengers at all. However the Captiain's in flight announcements were relaxed and very entertaining.

Crew were professional and responsive. Food was mediocre and breakfast could do with revampinmg

Food was very ordinary for premium economy, very small portions.

i dont know WHY they call it business class. the seats are NOT significantly wider than economy seats, they just do not let the middle seats be beepked to give the illusion of more space between passengers. the seats do NOT recline any more than economy seats either. the only real difference is the full meal served to business (vs none for economy). I would rather have a wider, lie flat ACTUAL business class seat with no food for a 3 hr flight. this was pretty disappointing to say the least.

There wore nice leather like sits, in my opinion seats lay out bit tight . Crew was great they did averything possible to make averywone comfortable as possible, food was, think worst I ever head on flight, head chicken and yellow rice. Ice cream was a nic treat.

Our previous flight was delayed but they waited for us to board.

Honestly, I haven’t flown American in years, probably due to the pandemic and my being unable to travel for certain periods in the last two years, but it was a good experience to dig out or obtain a new American Airlines account after many years of traveling for business with American in the past.

Long 5 hour and 45 min flight and only one drink service and cookie snack

Food. Business class didn't really offer much more than coach.

Bathroom ran out of TP and floor was wet. Crew seemed a bit unhappy, overnight flights may be harder.

Flight was delayed bc of mechanical issue. New plane had different configuration so some seats had to be switched. They called all passengers who needed new boarding cards. They did not call us so we thought our seats were the same and fine. When we boarded they informed us our receipts had changed and we are now all sitting separate and in the back row. Both my daughters had meltdowns and started to cry and once we got on the flight, we figured out how we could sit closer to each other, but this was very upsetting.

One bottle of water and a package of cookies for comfort plus. We had to literally beg a flight attendant for an extra bottle of water later in the flight due to feeling dehydrated.

Flight boarded from Gate 39 at OGG, the farthest gate in the terminal. There were no Hawaiian themed amenities for the flight. The first class service was mediocre at best; I received not special welcome or recognition as an executive platinum member of American Advantage program. The flight attendants were more concerned with their cell phones than saying "thank you" to the passengers as we disembarked. Fortunately, the flight arrived at LAX a few minutes early.

Bigger seats. Board back to front! Disembark front to back!

Extraordinary service in business class, and very good breakfast and snacks. A really lovely flight.

This flight didn’t happen because AA agents didn’t let us board the flight

Food was terrible, tasteless. I ordered ovo lacto special menu in business class and got vegan tasteless food instead. Really disappointing.

Awful. The flight wasn't actually operated by Iberia, but by American Airlines. I was unable to get my boarding pass and as a result missed my connecting flight.

Very good service from San Jose to Madrid . Ryanair service from Madrid to Brussels 😕

I wish they could put the pre-tsa check on the tickets or global entry.

Couldn’t keep my luggage and had no choice. Ground staff didn’t even bother to explain why.

We upgraded to Business class paying approx. $1,300. Despite the upgrade, we were still required to pay an additional €70 for a checked bag. Furthermore, we were informed that another €70 would have been charged for our carry-on bag, as it was 3kg over the limit. To avoid this, we had to move clothing from the carry-on into the checked bag, which was both inconvenient and frustrating. Given the significant amount paid for the Business Class upgrade, we found this treatment to be quite appalling and disappointing. We expected a higher level of service and consideration for our luggage, and this experience did not meet those expectations.

Great flight, short and good attention. Didn't took any food so can't say thing about it

Excellent with no delays and according to the time schedule.

Its a bus taking you on and off the plane so if you have big luggage … more muscles needed

Flight LIN MAD. Checkin was fine (but I must admit that being a Platinum member I skip the lines). Security was fine (they have the new machines where you need not take laptops or liquids out). Longe was OK (BA). Boarding was a mess, the boarding gate personnel were rude and some should simply not be in a customer facing position. Flight in itself was fine, usual Iberia European coach. We were on time and actually time to deliver luggage was better than normal for Barajas

Better synchronizing the boarding processes. The audio announcements, the personnel and the digital signage were not saying the same thing. All confusion.

The first class seats were unusable, mine at the end of the flight, my husband's in the middle of the flight, and the one next to me was unusable either, they had to move the person to another seat.

Last minute gate change. Didn’t put our TSA global on our trip even though we asked multiple times to confirm. Did not help with food when could not eat what was served.

Our luggage didn’t arrive with us, that puts a damper on the whole trip.

The cabin was bit colder than I like but the crew members looked after us very well. They did even offer hot water bottle and hot chocolate. I cannot rate the crew enough excellent is not good enough. They really were wonderful.

Boarding is always a challenge as folks in al groups crowd around for no reason, but crew handled it well. I once again applaud the LHR ground baggage staff as they got our bags from a flight at Terminal 5A to a flight in Terminal 5C within 40 minutes...amazing!

This flight from London to Chicago was actually on an AA airline. I did book through BA but the flight was AA. Great flight, hectic in Chicago, I wouldn't choose to fly through Chicago again, but that's not the airlines fault. The flight itself was great.

Push back is not working when I complaint a male staff he told me that most of the seats are like that so we can’t do anything

Seats were way too small. I got claustrophobic waiting for trash from meal to be taken away. I couldn't move to even close my tray until trash was taken.

Was 3 hrs delayed and my poor friend I met in Barcelona was waiting at airport for 3 hrs. Dallas airport was awful

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