There are 9 ways to get from Madrid to Arad by plane, bus, train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport (TSR)plane MAD - TSR
- Take the bus from Timişoara to Arad, Autogara Transdarabus
9h 8m$102–302Fly to Oradea International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Oradea International Airport (OMR)plane MAD - OMR
- Take the train from Oradea to Aradtrain
12h 13m$86–307Train, bus
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Gironatrain Ave
- Take the bus from Girona, Estació d'Autobusos to Aradbus
30h 36m$205–351Drive 2,572.2 km
- Drive from Madrid to Aradcar 2,572.2 km
28h 13m$470–679Fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane MAD - BUD
- Take the train from Ferihegy to Szolnoktrain
- Take the train from Szolnok to Aradtrain
9h 40m$113–300Fly to Cluj-Napoca, bus, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane MAD - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Alba Iuliabus
- Take the train from Alba Iulia to Aradtrain
12h 7m$112–313Fly to Sibiu, bus, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Sibiu (SBZ)plane MAD - SBZ
- Take the bus from Sibiu Airport to Vințu de Josbus
- Take the train from Vinţu de Jos to Aradtrain
11h 23mBus
- Take the bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Aradbus
41h 36m$170–210Bus via Montpellier
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Montpellier - Sabines Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Aradbus 1922
46h 55m$298–501
Madrid to Arad by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madrid to Arad is to fly and train which costs $110 - $300 and takes 9h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Madrid to Arad is to fly and bus which takes 9h 8m and costs $100 - $310.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur and arriving at Arad. Services depart once a week, and operate Thursday. The journey takes approximately 41h 36m.
The distance between Madrid and Arad is 2181 km. The road distance is 2572.2 km.
The best way to get from Madrid to Arad without a car is to train and bus which takes 30h 36m and costs $200 - $360.
It takes approximately 9h 8m to get from Madrid to Arad, including transfers.
Madrid to Arad bus services, operated by Tabita Tour, depart from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur station.
Madrid to Arad bus services, operated by Tabita Tour, arrive at Arad station.
Arad is 1h ahead of Madrid. It is currently 7:33 PM in Madrid and 8:33 PM in Arad.
Yes, the driving distance between Madrid to Arad is 2572 km. It takes approximately 28h 13m to drive from Madrid to Arad.
What companies run services between Madrid, Spain and Arad, Romania?
Tabita Tour operates a bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Arad once a week. Tickets cost $170–210 and the journey takes 41h 36m.
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95–270
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Oradea International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–280
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–270
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–270
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Sibiu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–270
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Sibiu via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Oradea International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–240
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–180
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–260
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Oradea International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–460
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–170
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Oradea International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $80–300
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Oradea International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–470
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Girona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–230
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Girona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $100–160
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Ferihegy to Szolnok
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Szolnok to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–10
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Ferihegy to Szolnok
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Szolnok to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Oradea to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Alba Iulia to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–22
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Vinţu de Jos to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–22
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +4-0745-267.686
- Website
- vertrantis.autogari.ro
Bus from Timişoara to Arad, Autogara Transdara
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Schedules at
- vertrantis.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +40 730 250 062
- [email protected]
- Website
- mateiunitrans.ro
Bus from Girona, Estació d'Autobusos to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $100–130
- Schedules at
- mateiunitrans.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Montpellier to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $200–330
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +4 0250 997
- Website
- normandiatransport.com
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- normandia.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0729-770.870
- [email protected]
- Website
- transolteanu.ro
Bus from Sibiu Airport to Vințu de Jos
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- transolteanu.ro
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $170–210
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Montpellier - Sabines Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $95–180
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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