How much does it cost to drive from Madrid to Barcelona?
628 km and about 7 h 51 min of driving. With a typical petrol car, about 79 € with fuel at today's price: 19,63 € per person if four of you go.
What it costs, one way
Estimated distance (straight line × 1.25): we couldn't query the routing service when this page was built. The calculator below tries again.
Petrol
79 €
44 l at 1,786 €/l (7 l/100 km)
Diesel
75 €
40 l at 1,888 €/l (6,3 l/100 km)
Tolls
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no data
Per person (4)
19,63 €
on petrol, not counting tolls
Average fuel price in the provinces between the two cities, as of 15/10/2026.
Work it out for your car
From where to where?
The car
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Questions
Frequently asked questions
How many km is it from Madrid to Barcelona by car?+
About 628 km: it's an estimate (straight line × 1.25), because we couldn't query the routing service when this page was built.
How much petrol does it cost to drive from Madrid to Barcelona?+
With a petrol car using 7 l/100 km, about 44 litres: 79 € at today's average price along the route (1,786 €/l). With a diesel using 6,3 l/100 km, 75 €.
Are there tolls from Madrid to Barcelona?+
We can't tell without the road route: work it out above.
How much is each person's share if four of us go?+
In a petrol car, 19,63 € each, not counting tolls. Return trip, double that.
How we calculate it
- Route, distance and time
openrouteservice (HeiGIT), with OpenStreetMap data. If the service doesn't respond, straight line × 1,25, and we say so.
- Fuel price and petrol stations
Petrol station geoportal of the Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition: each station's price and each province's average, as of 15/10/2026.
- Tolls
2026 car tariffs from each concession company and the Ministry of Transport (source on each section of the table). Checked on 16/10/2026.
- Consumption and CO₂
Type-approval consumption and CO₂ from the European car register (EEA) plus each engine's real-world gap. CO₂ per litre: 2,26 kg for petrol, 2,62 kg for diesel and 1,74 kg for LPG.