Perth to Launceston

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Perth to Launceston. From €255.02, fastest 7h 24m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Perth to Launceston costs €255.02 at the cheapest and takes 7h 24m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 3,050 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
3,050 km
Fastest
7h 24m
Average
7h 42m
Services per day
4
Cheapest
€255.02
CO2 per passenger
451.4 kg
Door to door

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.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight7h 36m4h 26m3h 10m€329.36451.4 kg4
  • 7h 36mFastest, by Flight
  • €329.36Cheapest, by Flight
  • 451.4 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 3,050 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€255.02
  1. Virgin Australia VA398906:014h 26m10:27Perth PERLaunceston LST

Door to door 7h 36mCO2 451.4 kgChanges 0Fixed, 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 Perth to Launceston
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Perth to LauncestonFriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24
Flight€770.09€668.61€668.61€430.25€430.25€484.53€598.40€396.03€425.53€373.02€329.36€333.49€341.75€461.52

Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €255.02

Launceston sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Launceston Regional Transit Centre

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Booking window

When to book Perth to Launceston

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

  1. €266.8290 days
  2. €205.4660 days
  3. €252.6645 days
  4. €282.1630 days
  5. €328.1821 days
  6. €461.5214 days
  7. €598.407 days
  8. €668.613 days
  9. €770.091 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €205.46.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 275 percent. The most expensive point is €770.09, 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.
€770.09€205.461371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €373.02Sun
  2. €329.36Mon
  3. €333.49Tue
  4. €341.75Wed
  5. €461.52Thu
  6. €396.03Fri
  7. €425.53Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €430.25Sep
  2. €332.31Oct
  3. €302.22Nov
  4. €283.34Dec
  5. €264.46Jan
  6. €212.54Feb

The route

PerthPerthLauncestonLaunceston
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
25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 3,050 km against 2,961 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 Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide. The gap between arriving and leaving is 75 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 Perth at 06:01 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Perth

Rail
  • Perth railway station
  • East Perth railway station
  • Perth Stadium railway station
Bus
  • Perth Busport
  • Perth Busport Zone A
Air
  • PER
Ferry
  • Mends Street Jetty
  • Elizabeth Quay Ferry Terminal

Launceston

Bus
  • Launceston Regional Transit Centre
Air
  • LST
Ferry
  • Cataract Cruises
  • Tamar River Cruises
Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Virgin Australia€255.027h 24m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Flight fare we sell on 2026-09-29, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€208.5082%
Taxes€37.5315%
Supplier fees€7.003%
Our service fee€1.991%
Total you pay€255.02100%

Check-in is at three and you will be in Launceston well before then. Lockers are not something we run.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Launceston Regional Transit Centre

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Questions about Perth to Launceston

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 Perth to Launceston?

The fastest journey from Perth to Launceston takes 7h 24m door to door, of which 4h 26m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 7h 42m, 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 Perth to Launceston?

The cheapest fare from Perth to Launceston is €255.02, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €373.02. 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 Perth to Launceston?

The cheapest way from Perth to Launceston is by Flight, at €329.36 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 7h 36m 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 Perth to Launceston?

Fares from Perth to Launceston bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €205.46. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 275 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 Perth to Launceston?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Perth to Launceston, at €329.36. 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 Perth to Launceston?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Perth to Launceston, at €212.54 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 Perth to Launceston?

1 operators sell services from Perth to Launceston 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 Perth to Launceston?

25 percent of the services we sell from Perth to Launceston are direct. The rest connect at Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, with about 75 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 Perth to Launceston use?

Services from Perth to Launceston by Flight leave from Perth PER and arrive at Launceston LST. 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 Perth to Launceston?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Perth to Launceston 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 Perth to Launceston on September 10, 2026: 3050 km of route against 2961 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €255.02, and 7h 24m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Launceston are the half people leave until last.

A guided tour group

What to book in Launceston before you go

The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.

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