Brisbane to Wellington

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Brisbane to Wellington. From €208.41, fastest 6h 49m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Brisbane to Wellington runs about 11 times a day, with the first departure around 06:01 and the last around 18:41. One passenger pays between €208.41 and €262.69, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 6h 49m over 2,582 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 14 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares

€208.41 to €262.69

  • 184%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Brisbane

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:01First departure
  • 18:41Last departure
  • 11Services per day
  • 73%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €434.97Tue15
  2. about €433.20Wed16
  3. about €502.82Thu17
  4. about €398.98Fri18
  5. about €393.08Sat19
  6. about €372.43Sun20
  7. about €311.07Mon21
  8. about €262.69Tue22
  9. about €272.72Wed23
  10. about €324.05Thu24
  11. about €309.89Fri25
  12. about €320.51Sat26
  13. about €294.55Sun27
  14. about €265.64Mon28
  15. about €208.41Tue29
  16. about €226.70Wed30
  17. about €252.66Thu1
  18. about €249.12Fri2
  19. about €243.81Sat3
  20. about €228.47Sun4
  21. about €213.13Mon5

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Wellington. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Wellington for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Wellington Railway Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Brisbane to Wellington

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €229.6590 days
  2. €190.1260 days
  3. €244.4045 days
  4. €177.1430 days
  5. €213.1321 days
  6. €265.6414 days
  7. €311.077 days
  8. €502.823 days
  9. €434.971 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €177.14.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 184 percent. The dearest point is €502.82, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€502.82€177.141371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Brisbane to Wellington and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

2 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

2,582 km

2,506 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.

Who lives at each end

2,780,063381,900

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

Observed

Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.

The route

BrisbaneBrisbaneWellingtonWellington
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 2,582 km against 2,506 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Christchurch, Melbourne, Auckland, Sydney. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Wellington Railway Station

Most of the points near Wellington Railway Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Brisbane to Wellington

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Brisbane to Wellington?

The fastest journey from Brisbane to Wellington takes 6h 49m door to door, of which 3h 39m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 7h 4m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Brisbane to Wellington?

The cheapest fare from Brisbane to Wellington is €208.41, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €348.24. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Brisbane to Wellington?

The cheapest way from Brisbane to Wellington is by flight, at €262.69 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 6h 49m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Brisbane to Wellington?

Fares from Brisbane to Wellington bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €177.14. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 184 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Brisbane to Wellington?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Brisbane to Wellington, at €262.69. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 14 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Brisbane to Wellington?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Brisbane to Wellington, at €177.14 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Brisbane to Wellington?

2 operators sell services from Brisbane to Wellington across 1 mode: Air New Zealand, Virgin Australia. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Brisbane to Wellington?

67 percent of the services we sell from Brisbane to Wellington are direct. The rest connect at Christchurch, Melbourne, Auckland, Sydney, with about 51 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Brisbane to Wellington use?

Services from Brisbane to Wellington by flight leave from Brisbane BNE and arrive at Wellington WLG. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Brisbane to Wellington?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from Brisbane to Wellington allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Brisbane to Wellington on 14 September 2026: 2582 km of route against 2506 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €208.41, and 6h 49m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Wellington a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Wellington and across New Zealand

Day trips that leave Wellington in the morning and cover a good part of New Zealand by evening.

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

The two ends, compared

Brisbane reaches 53 places in 21 countries on services we hold, over distances from 71 to 12,333 km. Wellington reaches 22 places in 3 countries, from 125 to 2,623 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Brisbane

  • 53Places you can leave for
  • 21Countries
  • 32Operators

Arriving in Wellington

Leaving Wellington

  • 22Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 6Operators

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