Cheapest€226.70
- Virgin Australia VA981906:013h 58m09:59Adelaide ADLDarwin DRW
Door to door 7h 8mCO2 663.2 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Traveling from Adelaide to Darwin costs €226.70 at the cheapest and takes 6h 57m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 2,696 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.
At a glance
- Distance
- 2,696 km
- Fastest
- 6h 57m
- Average
- 7h 12m
- Services per day
- 2
- Cheapest
- €226.70
- CO2 per passenger
- 663.2 kg
Every way to make this journey
Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 29, 2026.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 7h 8m | 3h 58m | 3h 10m | €292.19 | 663.2 kg | 1 |
- 7h 8mFastest, by Flight
- €292.19Cheapest, by Flight
- 663.2 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
- 2,696 kmDistance traveled
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Lowest CO2€429.89
- Great Southern Railway GS510407:304h 47m12:17Adelaide railway stationNorth Melbourne
- Virgin Australia VA636713:565h 10m19:06Melbourne AVVDarwin DRW
Changes at Melbourne, with 99 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 13h 33mCO2 501.5 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
Today's real departures
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.
No live timetable for this trip yet.
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.
Prices over the next three weeks
Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.
| Cheapest fare by mode and day for Adelaide to Darwin | FriSep 11 | SatSep 12 | SunSep 13 | MonSep 14 | TueSep 15 | WedSep 16 | ThuSep 17 | FriSep 18 | SatSep 19 | SunSep 20 | MonSep 21 | TueSep 22 | WedSep 23 | ThuSep 24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | €608.43 | €646.19 | €491.02 | €469.19 | €441.46 | €495.74 | €425.53 | €383.64 | €429.07 | €330.54 | €292.19 | €299.86 | €302.81 | €342.34 |
| Train | €984.84 | €911.69 | €586.64 | €639.99 | €628.44 | €648.24 | €698.84 | €451.34 | €516.79 | €592.14 | €367.74 | €441.44 | €474.44 | €510.19 |
Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €226.70
The trip ends at Darwin railway station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Darwin for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Adelaide to Darwin
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €252.0790 days
- €208.4160 days
- €266.8245 days
- €306.9430 days
- €302.2221 days
- €342.3414 days
- €425.537 days
- €491.023 days
- €608.431 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €208.41.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 192 percent. The most expensive point is €608.43, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €330.54Sun
- €292.19Mon
- €299.86Tue
- €302.81Wed
- €342.34Thu
- €383.64Fri
- €429.07Sat
How the fare moves month by month
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
- €441.46Sep
- €295.14Oct
- €273.31Nov
- €285.11Dec
- €234.96Jan
- €217.85Feb
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
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 2,696 km against 2,618 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 Melbourne. The gap between arriving and leaving is 99 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Adelaide at 06:01 and the last at 06:01, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Adelaide
Rail
- Adelaide railway station
- Adelaide Parklands Terminal
- Port Adelaide railway station
Bus
- Old Reynella Interchange
- Bus interchange
Air
- ADL
Darwin
Rail
- Darwin railway station
Bus
- Darwin Bus Interchange
Air
- DRW
Ferry
- Darwin
- Mandorah - Darwin ferry
Who runs this route
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virgin Australia | €226.70 | 6h 57m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
What the fare is made of
Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.
| Part | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operator fare | €184.50 | 81% |
| Taxes | €33.21 | 15% |
| Supplier fees | €7.00 | 3% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 1% |
| Total you pay | €226.70 | 100% |
We cannot promise Darwin railway station still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.
Somewhere to drop the bags in Darwin?
Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.
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Questions about Adelaide to Darwin
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Adelaide to Darwin?
The fastest journey from Adelaide to Darwin takes 6h 57m door to door, of which 3h 58m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 7h 12m, 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 Adelaide to Darwin?
The cheapest fare from Adelaide to Darwin is €226.70, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €330.54. 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 Adelaide to Darwin?
The cheapest way from Adelaide to Darwin is by Flight, at €292.19 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 7h 8m 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 Adelaide to Darwin?
Fares from Adelaide to Darwin bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €208.41. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 192 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Adelaide to Darwin?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Adelaide to Darwin, at €292.19. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 29, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Adelaide to Darwin?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Adelaide to Darwin, at €217.85 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 service from Adelaide to Darwin?
1 operators sell services from Adelaide to Darwin across 1 modes: 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 Adelaide to Darwin?
50 percent of the services we sell from Adelaide to Darwin are direct. The rest connect at Melbourne, with about 99 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 Adelaide to Darwin use?
Services from Adelaide to Darwin by Flight leave from Adelaide ADL and arrive at Darwin DRW. 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 Adelaide to Darwin?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Adelaide to Darwin 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
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Adelaide to Darwin on September 10, 2026: 2696 km of route against 2618 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €226.70, and 6h 57m 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 Darwin is somebody else's catalog.
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