Rock 'n' Roll Madrid Marathon 2027
Sunday, 25 April 2027 · Madrid, Spain
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The weekend at a glance
Everything below is the organiser's 2027 information unless a line says otherwise. Start times and time limits are still marked "to be determined" on the organiser's own pages, so the times here come from the tourist board.
- Your number
- IFEMA, Feria de Madrid. Friday 23 and Saturday 24 April, 10:00 to 20:00. Nothing is handed out on race day
- Start
- Paseo de la Castellana at Plaza de Gregorio Marañón. First wave 8:45 according to the tourist board
- Getting to the start
- Metro to Gregorio Marañón (lines 7 and 10) or Rubén Darío (line 5)
- Finish
- Paseo de Recoletos, between Cibeles and Colón
- Bag check
- Finish zone on the Castellana, between Hermosilla and Ortega y Gasset. Opens 7:00 and closes 17:00 for the marathon
- Time limit
- The finish line closes at 16:35 according to the tourist board. The organiser has not yet confirmed it
- Climb
- No figure from the organiser. Independent sources give about 200 m and about 400 m
- Weather
- The last five race mornings ran from 6.7 °C to 14.9 °C at 9:00 and up to 23.1 °C by 13:00
- Entering
- Entries for 25 April 2027 opened in May 2026 in phases, with 2026 runners first, then the 2026 waiting list, then the public from 14 May. They run until the places are gone, and a waiting list opens after that. The organiser plans 47,000 places across both distances
The Madrid Marathon runs through the middle of the city. It starts on the Paseo de la Castellana, passes the Puerta de Alcalá, the Retiro park, the Gran Vía and the Royal Palace, and finishes on the Paseo de Recoletos between Cibeles and Colón. It isn't flat. The city sits at about 650 m above sea level and the course rolls, with independent counts of the climb running from about 200 m to about 400 m. Nearly 20 live bands play along the way, and the race holds a World Athletics Gold Label.
The organiser reports 47,000 participants across all distances. The marathon is on Sunday 25 April 2027, with a half marathon and a 10K on the same morning.
The organiser gives no climb figure and the independent counts disagree, so treat the course as rolling and run the first hour a little easier than your goal pace.
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Getting to Madrid
Barajas airport is 12 km north-east of the centre, and the metro is the quickest way in. Line 8 runs from Terminal 4 through Terminal 2 to Nuevos Ministerios, in under 20 minutes from T4 and 12 minutes from the other terminals. The tourist board says an airport supplement of €3 applies on top of the ticket when you enter or leave an airport station.
The Airport Express bus is the alternative, route 203, which takes about 40 minutes. It leaves Atocha station from 6:00 to 23:30 and Plaza de Cibeles through the night, every 15 minutes in the day, and costs €5.10 on board by card or cash. A taxi inside the Calle 30 ring road is a fixed €33.
Nuevos Ministerios is on the Castellana itself, 1.1 km from the start line at Gregorio Marañón, which is a 14-minute walk. The Cercanías C-1 train links Chamartín station to T4 every 20 minutes if you arrive by long-distance rail.
Where to stay in Madrid
The race has two ends on one avenue. The start is on the Castellana at Gregorio Marañón, and the finish at Recoletos is 2.3 km south of it, about a 30-minute walk. Bag check is at the finish end, while the metro stops for the start are further north. Decide which you want to be near at 7:00.
| Area | To the start | To the finish |
|---|---|---|
| Chamberí and Almagro, by the Castellana | A walk of a few minutes | About 30 minutes on foot, or the metro |
| Chueca, near Alonso Martínez | 20 minutes on foot, 1.45 km | 18 minutes on foot to Cibeles, 1.34 km |
| Sol and the old centre | 43 minutes on foot, 3.2 km, so a metro ride | 15 minutes on foot to Cibeles, 1.1 km |
| Atocha | 53 minutes on foot, so a metro ride | 21 minutes on foot to Cibeles, 1.6 km |
A bed in Chamberí and Almagro leaves you walking to the bag check on the way home. A bed in Sol or Atocha puts you within a short walk of the finish, with a metro ride to the start at the cost of an early alarm.
Collecting your number
Numbers are handed out at IFEMA, Feria de Madrid, on Friday 23 and Saturday 24 April 2027 from 10:00 to 20:00. Bibs are never given out on race day. The organiser puts the average time to collect your number, the official shirt and the runner's bag at 15 minutes, which will be longer on a busy Saturday afternoon.
Bring your registration confirmation or the pick-up QR code and photo ID, printed or on a phone. Someone else can collect for you with your documents.
Race morning
The bag check is on the Castellana in the finish zone, between Hermosilla and Ortega y Gasset, and opens at 7:00. It closes at 17:00 for the marathon and at 14:00 for the half. Chemical toilets stand at the start, the finish and every drinks station.
Metro is the way to the start, because the roads around it are closed and there is no parking near the finish. The organiser points runners to Gregorio Marañón (lines 7 and 10) and Rubén Darío (line 5). The tourist board lists the first marathon wave at 8:45. The organiser's own start times for 2027 are not yet out, so work backwards from your own wave once they are.
The course
The tourist board lists the Bernabéu stadium, the Cuatro Torres business area, Puerta del Sol, the Royal Palace, Casa de Campo, Madrid Río and the Prado. An independent guide adds Cibeles, the Puerta de Alcalá, the Retiro and the Gran Vía, which it calls the stretch with the loudest crowds.
The organiser publishes GPX files and course maps for every distance but gives no climb figure, so the sources disagree. One independent running guide counts about 200 m of climb across the 42 km. Another race-travel site counts around 400 m, with the start at 700 m above sea level and the finish at 628 m. The running guide also warns that the hills cost far more energy if you ran the opening kilometres too hard.
There is an extra gel stop at 30 km in the organiser's runner-bag information, and about 30 entertainment points on the way. The organiser's PDF maps show the drinks stations, and 2027's are not yet posted.
Weather in Madrid in April
Madrid is high and dry, and the mornings are cool before the sun gets over the buildings. These are the last five race days at Plaza de Cibeles, at 9:00 and at 13:00. The first wave starts at 8:45, so the 9:00 column is where you will be.
| Race day | 9:00 | 13:00 | Wind at 9:00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 April 2022 | 7.3 °C | 14.0 °C | 10 km/h |
| 23 April 2023 | 11.2 °C | 19.3 °C | 5 km/h |
| 28 April 2024 | 6.7 °C | 14.2 °C | 5 km/h |
| 27 April 2025 | 8.4 °C | 17.3 °C | 7 km/h |
| 26 April 2026 | 14.9 °C | 23.1 °C | 7 km/h |
In 2026 Madrid warmed by more than 8 °C between 9:00 and 13:00. Runners finishing around lunchtime spent the last part of the race in warmer conditions.
Afterwards
Your bag is waiting in the finish zone until 17:00. The Airport Express runs from Atocha and Cibeles, the second of which is next to the finish line, and the metro to the airport runs from Nuevos Ministerios.
Other race weekends
Madrid Marathon is part of the European Marathon Classics. The series' other races with a guide here are Frankfurt Marathon, Rome Marathon, Vienna City Marathon, TCS London Marathon, Copenhagen Marathon, Warsaw Marathon and Lisbon Marathon.
Close by, and with guides of their own, are Zurich Seville Marathon, Valencia Marathon and Lisbon Half Marathon.
The next races with a guide
Sources
| Date, 2027 edition, the half's and marathon's distances | General information, organiser, 2027 edition |
| Bib collection, expo hours, bag check, metro stations, toilets | FAQs, organiser, 2027 edition, start times marked to be determined |
| GPX files and course maps, no climb figure | Courses, organiser |
| Course heights and climb | Marathon course file (GPX, 2026), measured with the rule every course in the app uses, organiser, 2026 file, linked from its marathon course page, checked 2 October 2026 |
| Start and finish places, first-wave time, finish closing | Zurich Rock 'n' Roll Running Series Madrid 2027, Madrid tourist board, 2027 listing |
| Airport metro, Cercanías, Airport Express, taxi fare | Getting to Madrid by plane, Madrid tourist board |
| Airport Express bus times and fare | Bus exprés al aeropuerto, Madrid tourist board |
| Climb figures | Madrid Marathon 2026 guide, independent running guide, about 200 m |
| Climb figures, start and finish altitude | Inside the Madrid Marathon course, independent race-travel site, about 400 m |
| Past race dates | Madrid Marathon, and the winners' results for 2022 to 2025 |
| Walking times between places | OpenStreetMap routing, foot profile, checked on the date above |
| Entry phases, 2027 places, waiting list | Registrations, and the new entry system for 2027, organiser, 2027 edition, checked 4 October 2026 |
| Race-day weather | Open-Meteo historical weather, at Plaza de Cibeles, a 9 km grid |
Written from the organiser's published information and the app's own race data, checked on 2 October 2026.
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