There are 9 ways to get from Stuttgart to Madrid by plane, train (Renfe, Ouigo), train, bus, 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 from Stuttgart Airport
best- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane STR - MAD
6h 52m€96–244Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Re
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe - Central Station South Side to Madrid - South Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
29h 29m€74–223Train
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Lyon Part Dieutrain 84
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
14h 45m€170–538Drive 1,705.6 km
- Drive from Stuttgart to Madridcar 1,705.6 km
17h 22m€268–386Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane FRA - MAD
6h 17m€98–336Train to Strasbourg International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain
- Fly from Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane SXB - MAD
6h 30m€132–310Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Schaffhausentrain
- Take the train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane ZRH - MAD
8h 30m€105–297Train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane MUC - MAD
7h 47m€107–359Train, bus via Valladolid
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Re
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Valladolidbus
- Take the bus from Valladolid to Madrid Moncloabus
30h 41m€140–233
Stuttgart to Madrid by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Stuttgart to Madrid is to train and bus which costs €70 - €230 and takes 29h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Stuttgart to Madrid is to train and fly which takes 6h 17m and costs €95 - €340.
No, there is no direct train from Stuttgart to Madrid. However, there are services departing from Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes via Strasbourg Bahnhof, Lyon Part Dieu and Barcelona-Sants. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 45m.
The distance between Stuttgart and Madrid is 1388 km. The road distance is 1705.6 km.
The best way to get from Stuttgart to Madrid without a car is to train which takes 14h 45m and costs €170 - €550.
It takes approximately 6h 52m to get from Stuttgart to Madrid, including transfers.
Stuttgart to Madrid train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Stuttgart to Madrid is to fly which takes 6h 52m and costs €95 - €250. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €170 - €550 and takes 14h 45m.
Stuttgart to Madrid train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Strasbourg Bahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Stuttgart to Madrid is 1706 km. It takes approximately 17h 22m to drive from Stuttgart to Madrid.
What companies run services between Stuttgart, Germany and Madrid, Spain?
Vueling Airlines, Iberia, and five other airlines fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Hauptbahnhof to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes via Strasbourg Bahnhof, Lyon Part Dieu, and Barcelona-Sants in around 14h 45m.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–270
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–430
Flights from Frankfurt to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–160
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–240
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €130–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–230
Flights from Munich International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–270
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–430
Flights from Frankfurt to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–160
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–240
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €130–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–230
Flights from Munich International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Frankfurt to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Munich International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–370
Flights from Munich International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Schaffhausen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–240
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–150
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–18
- 1st Class Ticket
- €18–27
- Phone
- +49 7821 9960770
- info@sweg.de
- Website
- sweg.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- sweg.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €28–45
- 1st Class
- €55–95
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €35–55
- 1st Class
- €75–130
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–28
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–60
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–25
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Karlsruhe - Central Station South Side to Madrid - South Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Valladolid
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Valladolid to Madrid Moncloa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–35
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
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