One T-casual per person
Weekend without the airport metro
From 5 journeys, it beats the single ticket. It stays valid until next year’s fare change: keep any remaining journeys.
Practicalities · Practical · checked on 16/10/2026
Which ticket to buy in Barcelona?
Metro, bus, Montjuïc funicular: every TMB ticket explained, with the airport trap. A simulator finds the cheapest option for your stay.
- You are spending one dayT-casual, €13
- 2 to 5 days with the airport by metroT-usual or Hola Barcelona
- As a family or a groupT-familiar, shareable
- A single journeySingle ticket, €2.90
2027 fares: no announcement as of 5 November 2026.
The fares on this page have applied since 15 January 2026. Increases in integrated tickets usually take effect in January; no announcement had been published for 2027. If you are travelling in January, check again on tmb.cat.
Montjuïc funicular and cable car: technical shutdown every winter.
TMB closes them for a few weeks each year for overhaul, between January and March. The 2027 dates have not yet been published.
- Date of current fares
- 15 Jan. 2026
- Usual month for increases
- January
Sources : TMB, 2026 fares · Barcelona Secreta, new prices from 15 January 2026 · TMB, annual technical shutdown of the funicular and cable car (2023 example)
How much will you pay?
Example: 2 travellers, 3 days, 4 journeys a day, return to the airport by metro. Total for the group, zone 1, ticket-office prices. Airport journeys are added to daily journeys. The T-mobilitat card (€1) is included; it disappears if you load the ticket in the TMB app. Children under 4 travel free.
The T-casual will not get you through the airport barriers
The Aeroport T1 and Aeroport T2 stations on line L9 Sud refuse several tickets. Neither the single ticket, the T-casual, the T-familiar nor the T-grup is accepted there. You need the airport ticket (€5.90), a T-usual, a T-dia (one return trip), a T-jove, a T-16 or a Hola Barcelona. Bought a T-casual in town? It will not get you out of the airport. For taxis from the terminals, see Taxis and ride-hailing.
Single tickets
| Ticket | Price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Single ticketNot the airport | €2.90 | One journey by metro, TMB bus or Montjuïc funicular. No transfers: each change of mode is paid again. Can be paid by contactless bank card directly on the bus. |
| Airport ticketAirport | €5.90 | One metro journey including the Aeroport T1 and T2 stations (L9 Sud). Allow €11.80 for a return. |
Multi-journey and unlimited cards
| Ticket | Price | Journeys | Validity | Good to know |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T-casualNot the airport | €13.00 | 10 | Until the next fare change | Single-person since 2020: one card per traveller. €1.30 per journey, transfers included within 75 minutes. |
| T-familiarShareableNot the airport | €11.50 | 8 | 30 days | Several people can validate the same card. €1.44 per journey. |
| T-grupShareableNot the airport | €91.00 | 70 | 30 days | For groups. €1.30 per journey. T-mobilitat format only. |
| T-dia1 airport return | €12.00 | Unlimited | 24 hr after first validation | Not in your name, but one person at a time. |
| T-usualAirport | €22.80 | Unlimited | 30 consecutive days | Personal and non-transferable. Price already cut by 50% through public subsidies. Sold at machines on a cardboard card (+€1), with no prior registration. |
| T-joveAirport | €45.50 | Unlimited | 90 days | Under 30s. Single price for all zones. In your name, ID required. |
| T-16Airport | €0 | Unlimited | Up to age 16 | Free from 4 to 16, but personal: it must be applied for by name via T-mobilitat, with a waiting time. |
Hola Barcelona Travel Card
Unlimited, personal, counted in hours from the first validation. It includes one outward and one return metro journey to the airport. In zone 1 it also covers the metro, TMB buses, NitBus, the funicular, the tram, FGC and Rodalies. The Montjuïc cable car is not included. Online purchase: −10%.
| Duration | Ticket office | Online (−10%) | Cost per day |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 hr | €12.50 | €11.25 | €12.50 |
| 48 hr | €18.70 | €16.83 | €9.35 |
| 72 hr | €27.30 | €24.57 | €9.10 |
| 96 hr | €35.60 | €32.04 | €8.90 |
| 120 hr | €43.60 | €39.24 | €8.72 |
The 24-hour price is confirmed by TMB. The 48- to 120-hour prices come from third-party guides published in 2026, consistent with the January increase. Check on holabarcelona.com before buying.
What to remember
The T-usual crushes the Hola
2 days or more, arriving by metro
€23.80 including the card for 30 unlimited days, airport included, against €43.60 for the 5-day Hola. The Hola wins only on a stay of 24 to 48 hours, and even then only if bought online.
T-familiar, validated several times
Couple or family, moderate use
One card for everyone. With 4 people, 8 journeys go quickly: plan on two cards. Add separate airport tickets.
Three misconceptions to correct
- Many blogs claim the Hola Barcelona excludes the NitBus. TMB and the Hola Barcelona website now say the opposite: the NitBus is included.
- The Hola online discount is 10%, not 5% as some sites still state.
- Some guides still quote the single ticket at €2.65: that was the 2025 fare. It rose to €2.90 on 15 January 2026 (+9%).
The fare zones
Integrated transport around Barcelona has seven fare rings, from zone 1, centred on the city, to zone 7 (Berga, Ripoll). A ticket is priced by the number of zones crossed: the T-casual follows that scale. The metro and the tram lie entirely within zone 1.
A diagram, not a map: each dot shows a municipality’s zone, not its exact position. 2026 T-casual prices (10 journeys) for the number of zones shown.
Zone 1: Barcelona, L’Hospitalet, Badalona, El Prat (airport), Castelldefels, Gavà, Viladecans, Sant Boi, Cornellà, Esplugues, Sant Just Desvern, Sant Joan Despí, Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Montcada i Reixac, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Montgat and Tiana. The beach at Castelldefels can therefore be reached with a 1-zone ticket.
Between the 36 municipalities of the Àrea Metropolitana, a metropolitan fare counts the journey as a single zone. This applies to the single ticket and most cards, but not to the T-16. Sitges (zone 3) and Vilafranca (zone 4) require multi-zone tickets. For Montserrat, see the Montserrat, travel notebook page.
- 1
- €13.00
- 2
- €25.50
- 3
- €34.70
- 4
- €44.65
- 5
- €51.20
- 6
- €54.45
- 7
- €57.60
2026 T-casual prices by number of zones. TMB tickets sold on their own (single ticket, airport ticket) exist only in zone 1.
Sources : TMB, zone map
Buying and validating
- Buy from metro ticket machines (multilingual interface), at a Punt TMB counter, in the TMB app or on tickets.tmb.cat.
- T-mobilitat tickets are loaded onto a €1 cardboard card or onto your phone. Keep the card: it can be topped up.
- Validate every time you board, including on transfers. An inspection without a validated ticket costs a fine far higher than the fare.
- On the bus, the single ticket is paid by holding a contactless bank card to the validator.