✈ MAD → CUN
10H 14M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.
Flight from Madrid to Cancun
From Barajas (MAD), Spain Europe → Cancun International (CUN), Mexico North America
↔ Flying the other way? Cancun → Madrid
How long is the flight from Madrid to Cancun?
A nonstop flight from Madrid (MAD) to Cancun (CUN) takes about 10 hours 14 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,946 miles (7,960 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
10h 14m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,946 mi
7,960 km · great-circle
Avg speed
778 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Madrid timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Madrid
Cancun timezone
UTC-5
America/Cancun
Time difference
-7h
7 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~4.9d
Westward — easier
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Madrid
Nearest destinations
- Madrid → Barcelona
- Madrid → Lisbon
- Madrid → Casablanca
- Madrid → Paris
- Madrid → Milan
- Madrid → Zurich
- Madrid → London
- Madrid → Brussels
- Madrid → Rome
- Madrid → Frankfurt
Long-haul from Madrid
- Madrid → Auckland
- Madrid → Sydney
- Madrid → Melbourne
- Madrid → Bali (Denpasar)
- Madrid → Manila
- Madrid → Singapore
- Madrid → Kuala Lumpur
- Madrid → Tokyo
- Madrid → Taipei
- Madrid → Santiago
More flights to North America
Flights to Cancun
Nearest origins
- Miami → Cancun
- Mexico City → Cancun
- Atlanta → Cancun
- Dallas → Cancun
- Chicago → Cancun
- New York → Cancun
- Toronto → Cancun
- Boston → Cancun
- Las Vegas → Cancun
- Los Angeles → Cancun
Long-haul to Cancun
- Bali (Denpasar) → Cancun
- Singapore → Cancun
- Kuala Lumpur → Cancun
- Bangkok → Cancun
- Mumbai → Cancun
- Manila → Cancun
- Melbourne → Cancun
- Hong Kong → Cancun
- Delhi → Cancun
- Sydney → Cancun