London to Melbourne runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 06:34 and the last around 06:34. One passenger pays between €542.35 and €732.33, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 12h 36m over 7,177 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€542.35 to €732.33
- 125%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving London
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.
- 06:34First departure
- 06:34Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €1,023.34Wed16
- about €1,571.31Thu17
- about €1,143.56Fri18
- about €1,226.16Sat19
- about €1,280.74Sun20
- about €984.84Mon21
- about €799.49Tue22
- about €732.33Wed23
- about €892.22Thu24
- about €843.84Fri25
- about €1,111.70Sat26
- about €806.09Sun27
- about €676.29Mon28
- about €627.89Tue29
- about €578.94Wed30
- about €864.39Thu1
- about €620.19Fri2
- about €802.79Sat3
- about €694.57Sun4
- about €542.35Mon5
- about €507.99Tue6
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 Melbourne. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Melbourne for the night the flight gets in
The search opens on Melbourne with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.
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When to book London to Melbourne
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €691.6290 days
- €559.1460 days
- €695.7545 days
- €786.2930 days
- €507.9921 days
- €627.8914 days
- €799.497 days
- €1,143.563 days
- €1,023.341 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €507.99.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 125 percent. The dearest point is €1,143.56, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to London to Melbourne and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
5 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
7,177 km
6,968 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
8,961,989 → 84,678
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
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
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 7,177 km against 6,968 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 Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle upon Tyne, Birmingham. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 14 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
Melbourne is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Where to leave your bags in Melbourne
Shops, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the opening hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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Questions about London to Melbourne
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 London to Melbourne?
The fastest journey from London to Melbourne takes 12h 36m door to door, of which 9h 57m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 13h 16m, 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 London to Melbourne?
The cheapest fare from London to Melbourne is €507.99, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €892.22. 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 London to Melbourne?
The cheapest way from London to Melbourne is by flight, at €732.33 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 13h 7m 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 London to Melbourne?
Fares from London to Melbourne bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €507.99. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 125 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for London to Melbourne?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from London to Melbourne, at €627.89. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 15 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for London to Melbourne?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from London to Melbourne, at €436.74 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 London to Melbourne?
1 operators sell services from London to Melbourne across 1 mode: Thomsonfly. 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 London to Melbourne?
20 percent of the services we sell from London to Melbourne are direct. The rest connect at Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle upon Tyne, Birmingham, with about 52 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 London to Melbourne use?
Services from London to Melbourne by flight leave from London LGW and arrive at Melbourne MLB. 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 London to Melbourne?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from London to Melbourne 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 London to Melbourne on 15 September 2026: 7177 km of route against 6968 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €507.99, and 12h 36m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Melbourne is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Melbourne and across United States
Day trips that leave Melbourne in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.
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The two ends, compared
London reaches 520 places in 109 countries on services we hold, over distances from 17 to 11,718 km. Melbourne reaches 26 places in 3 countries, from 91 to 6,968 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving London
- 520Places you can leave for
- 109Countries
- 196Operators
Arriving in Melbourne
Leaving Melbourne
- 26Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 9Operators