Madrid or Zurich?
1,239 km apart, in Spain and Switzerland. Each is scored month by month on the same ten years of climate readings, the public holidays that crowd it, and what the flight costs. This is where they part, and when.
Month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid | 10° 6d | 14° 4d | 16° 9d | 20° 8d | 24° 5d | 30° 4d | 34° 1d | 34° 1d | 27° 5d | 22° 7d | 15° 6d | 11° 5d |
| Zurich | 4° 10d | 8° 9d | 11° 10d | 15° 9d | 18° 13d | 24° 11d | 25° 12d | 25° 10d | 20° 10d | 15° 9d | 8° 11d | 5° 13d |
| Zurich, fare from Bengaluru | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ₹48,414 | — |
| Pick | Madrid | Madrid | Madrid | Zurich | Madrid | Madrid | Zurich | Zurich | Madrid | Madrid | Madrid | Madrid |
Each cell is that destination's own verdict for the month — sweet spot, ok or avoid — with its typical daily high and its rainy days ("11d"). The pick goes to the better verdict; with the same verdict, to the higher score, unless the two are within a whisker of each other, when it is either. A month both would avoid is neither. A dot marks a busy month. Fares are the typical return from Bengaluru, in INR.
Before you go
- Cost of living — Madrid: moderate, about 65% of the United States; Zurich: very expensive, about 112% of the United States.
- Currency — Madrid: Q4916; Zurich: Swiss franc.
- Plugs — Madrid: type C and F, 230 V; Zurich: type C, 230 V.
- Driving — Madrid: on the right; Zurich: on the right.
- Travel advice — Madrid: no advice against travel; Zurich: no advice against travel.
Facts from Wikidata (CC0), the UK Foreign Office (Open Government Licence) and the World Bank. The advisory is written for British travellers; entry rules depend on your passport.
Between them
1,239 km as the crow flies, about 2h 26m in the air.Nonstop, about 9 a day · 5 airlines. By train, about 18h 09m · AVE INT · FlixBus N1315. By bus, about 21h 02m · BlaBlaCar Bus · AVE INT. By road, 1,651 km and about 15h 43m.
The flight time is estimated from the distance. A road, train or bus is named only where it was measured — flights from AeroDataBox, roads from OpenRouteService, timetables via Transitous — and none of it is a fare; the searches on each destination's page are where prices live.
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Every verdict here is the destination's own: ten years of climate readings, the public holidays that crowd it, and what the flight costs. The comparison is the difference between two pages, not a third opinion.