In short
- Sending a small parcel (up to 5 kg) to mainland Spain cost €8.69 from Italy to €15.15 from the Netherlands on 6 October 2026, including the platform fee. Inside Spain, the small Correos office-to-office label was €5.12; the table also compares medium parcels up to 10 kg.
- From Germany the cheapest small parcel to Spain was €13.10, from France €11.03, and from the UK £16.21 — plus import VAT, because the UK is outside the EU.
- A pickup point or locker was the cheapest service on three of the five lanes into Spain, and inside Spain itself.
- The Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla are outside the EU VAT area: a parcel there is not a normal EU delivery, even from mainland Spain.
- AirPost is a peer-to-peer fulfilment network: online shops have their orders packed and dropped at a parcel point by verified people near their customers, who earn a fee per parcel from home. No warehouse, no minimum order volume.
Measured 6 October 2026. All price tables on this page include the AirPost platform fee. Packing by a sender, packaging and import charges are separate; pickup-point and home-delivery services are compared explicitly. The 2 kg carrier-only index is not used in these tables.
Choose the origin, weigh the packed parcel and measure the box before comparing prices. The table uses the same small and medium parcel limits for each route; check the delivery form as well, because a pickup-point label is not a home-delivery label.
How much does it cost to send a parcel to Spain in 2026?
We priced a small parcel (up to 5 kg, 35 × 25 × 15 cm) and a medium parcel (up to 10 kg, 45 × 35 × 30 cm) to Spain from five countries on our shipping options page, on 6 October 2026. Each cell is the cheapest service listed for that lane. Prices include our €0.85 platform fee; UK prices are in pounds, as a UK sender pays them.
| From | Small parcel (≤ 5 kg) | Medium parcel (≤ 10 kg) |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | €8.69 · InPost locker to locker | €8.69 · InPost locker to locker |
| France | €11.03 · Mondial Relay locker | €13.59 · Mondial Relay point |
| Germany | €13.10 · UPS to Access Point | €15.10 · UPS to Access Point |
| Netherlands | €15.15 · UPS Access Point | €20.00 · UPS Access Point |
| United Kingdom | ≈ £15.71 · Evri Europe | ≈ £18.01 · Evri Europe |
| Inside Spain | €5.12 · Correos to a post office | €6.51 · Correos to a post office |
Parcel to Spain from the Netherlands, Germany, France and Italy
From the Netherlands
From the Netherlands, UPS Access Point was the cheapest small-parcel option at €15.15 on 6 October 2026; UPS home delivery was €15.59. Medium parcels cost €20.00 to an Access Point and €21.34 to the door. PostNL Parcel EU was €16.53 for a small parcel and €20.94 for a medium parcel.
From Germany
From Germany, UPS Access Point cost €13.10 for a small parcel and €15.10 for a medium parcel on 6 October 2026. Its home-delivery options were €14.60 and €17.10. Choose the actual service and destination before treating a parcel-shop price as a home-delivery quote.
From France
France has the advantage of a pickup network that runs across the border. Mondial Relay’s locker service cost €11.03 for a small parcel and its point service €13.59 for a medium one. Chronopost’s 2Shop Europe was €12.25 for a small parcel.
From Italy
Italy was the cheapest origin by far: InPost locker to locker cost €8.69 for both sizes. Locker compartments have size limits, so this works for flat and compact goods. For a box that does not fit a locker, the cheapest door service was BRT/DPD at €13.54.
Shipping to Spain from the UK: what changes
From the UK, the measured cheapest labels were Evri Europe at approximately £15.71 for a small parcel and £18.01 for a medium parcel on 6 October 2026, with 10 working days stated. These are displayed pound equivalents of the rate card, not a promise that the exchange rate will stay fixed. Import charges can come on top of the label.
- Import VAT on everything. The EU removed the €22 exemption, so all imported goods are subject to VAT. For consignments up to €150 you can collect it at checkout and pay it through the Import One Stop Shop (IOSS); otherwise the customer pays it on delivery.
- Possibly a €3 customs duty per item type. Since 1 July 2026 the EU charges a temporary €3 duty on low-value parcels worth up to €150 imported from outside the EU, per tariff classification in the parcel, declared and paid by the seller or importer. Under the Commission’s guidance it applies to all IOSS imports; goods of UK preferential origin declared without IOSS can fall outside it.
- A customs declaration. Every parcel needs one, and the carrier will ask for the goods description, value and tariff code.
How UK shops avoid those charges for their EU customers — IOSS or stock inside the EU — is in sell to the EU without customs charges.
Shipping within Spain: what a domestic parcel costs
| Carrier | Service | Small parcel | Medium parcel | Stated delivery time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Correos | To a post office | €5.12 | €6.51 | Within 3 working days |
| Correos | To the door | €5.49 | €6.59 | Within 3 working days |
| SEUR | Shop to shop | €6.50 | €8.71 | Next working day |
| SEUR | Shop to door | €7.13 | €9.58 | Next working day |
| UPS | To the door | €7.44 | €8.49 | Next working day |
| DHL | DHL Parcel to the door | €7.99 | €8.25 | Next working day |
The Correos gap between post office and door was only €0.37 for a small parcel, so in Spain the door is not the luxury it is in France. If speed matters, SEUR and DHL delivered the next working day for €1.38 to €2.87 more than Correos. Which default fits Spanish customers is covered in pickup point vs home delivery in Europe.
Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
The Canary Islands are part of the EU customs territory but not of the EU VAT area; Ceuta and Melilla are outside both. For a shop that means a parcel to Tenerife or Melilla is not a normal EU delivery, even when it leaves from Madrid: expect customs paperwork and a different tax treatment from the rest of Spain. Decide in advance whether you exclude these addresses at checkout or price them separately.
What is the cheapest way to send a parcel to Spain?
- Use a pickup point or locker where the lane has one. On three of the five lanes, the cheapest service was a point or locker.
- Compare carriers per lane. The cheapest carrier into Spain was different from each origin: InPost from Italy, Mondial Relay from France, UPS from Germany and the Netherlands, Evri from the UK.
- Ship from inside Spain. A domestic Correos parcel was the cheapest option of all.
Domestic labels need stock in Spain. If another person packs the order, add the fee you agree with them; €2.25 is the suggested small-parcel fee, not part of the label prices in the table. The platform fee is already included in each label, so do not add it twice. For stock, VAT and the operating steps read ship to Spain without a Spanish warehouse, or start at local fulfilment.
Frequently asked questions
How much to send a 5 kg parcel to Spain from the Netherlands?
A small-parcel UPS Access Point label was €15.15 on 6 October 2026, including the platform fee; a home-delivery UPS label was €15.59. The small parcel must also fit 35 × 25 × 15 cm: weight alone does not decide the rate.
What does a 10 kg parcel to Spain cost compared with 5 kg?
Use the small and medium columns for the same origin and delivery form. From the Netherlands, UPS Access Point was €15.15 for a small parcel up to 5 kg and €20.00 for a medium parcel up to 10 kg on 6 October 2026; dimensions also apply.
How much is shipping within Spain?
The cheapest small domestic parcel was Correos to a post office at €5.12, or €5.49 to the door. SEUR delivered the next working day from €6.50.
Do I pay customs on a parcel to Spain?
Not from another EU country. From the UK or elsewhere outside the EU, import VAT applies to every parcel, and since 1 July 2026 a €3 duty per item type can apply to parcels worth up to €150.
Can I send a parcel to the Canary Islands at the normal Spanish price?
Not as a normal EU parcel. The Canary Islands are outside the EU VAT area, so parcels need customs paperwork and are not charged Spanish VAT like a mainland delivery, even from mainland Spain.
Which carrier is cheapest to Spain?
It depends on where you ship from. On 29 September 2026 it was InPost from Italy, Mondial Relay from France, UPS from Germany and the Netherlands, and Evri from the UK. Inside Spain it was Correos.
Sources
- AirPost — Netherlands to Spain, measured 6 October 2026
- AirPost — domestic Spanish labels, measured 6 October 2026
- AirPost — shipping options per lane (measured 6 October 2026)
- AirPost — European shipping rates index (updated 26 September 2026)
- European Commission — Territorial scope of EU VAT (Canary Islands, Ceuta, Melilla)
- European Commission — Import One Stop Shop and the end of the €22 exemption
- European Commission — €3 customs duty on low-value parcels from 1 July 2026
- European Commission — Customs guidance on the EUR 3 customs duty (IOSS and preferential origin)
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