Wellington to Invercargill runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:18 and the last around 14:05. One passenger pays between €71.53 and €83.92, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 34m over 790 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and the dearest fare our model puts on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. Nothing here is held for you, and the operator sets the price on the day.
Indicative fares
€71.53 to €83.92
- 178%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Wellington
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below come from our own model of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:18First departure
- 14:05Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 67%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey costs by departure date, from our own model. Read it as a guide to which days are dearer, not as a quote.
Indicative fares
- about €159.44Mon14
- about €126.99Tue15
- about €138.79Wed16
- about €140.56Thu17
- about €128.17Fri18
- about €134.66Sat19
- about €120.50Sun20
- about €83.92Mon21
- about €93.36Tue22
- about €93.36Wed23
- about €105.16Thu24
- about €103.39Fri25
- about €115.78Sat26
- about €114.01Sun27
- about €72.71Mon28
- about €71.53Tue29
- about €94.54Wed30
- about €84.51Thu1
- about €82.15Fri2
- about €95.13Sat3
- about €83.33Sun4
Modelled from what this route has cost, not from live availability. Nothing here is held for you, and the operator sets the price on the day.
The flight gets you into Invercargill. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Invercargill for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Invercargill railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Wellington to Invercargill
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €86.8790 days
- €80.3860 days
- €68.5845 days
- €57.3730 days
- €83.3321 days
- €114.0114 days
- €120.507 days
- €138.793 days
- €159.441 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €57.37.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 178 percent. The most expensive point is €159.44, 1 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Wellington to Invercargill and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
790 km
767 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
381,900 → 58,000
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
- 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 790 km against 767 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. The gap between arriving and leaving is 97 minutes, of which about 5 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Who runs this route
Invercargill is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Baggage storage near Invercargill railway station
Most of the points near Invercargill railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Wellington to Invercargill
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 Wellington to Invercargill?
The fastest journey from Wellington to Invercargill takes 4h 34m door to door, of which 1h 31m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 39m, 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 Wellington to Invercargill?
The cheapest fare from Wellington to Invercargill is €71.53, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €116.37. 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 Wellington to Invercargill?
The cheapest way from Wellington to Invercargill is by flight, at €83.92 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 4h 41m 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 Wellington to Invercargill?
Fares from Wellington to Invercargill bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €57.37. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 178 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Wellington to Invercargill?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Wellington to Invercargill, at €83.92. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 13, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Wellington to Invercargill?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Wellington to Invercargill, at €60.32 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 Wellington to Invercargill?
1 operators sell services from Wellington to Invercargill across 1 mode: Air New Zealand. 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 Wellington to Invercargill?
67 percent of the services we sell from Wellington to Invercargill are direct. The rest connect at Christchurch, with about 97 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 Wellington to Invercargill use?
Services from Wellington to Invercargill by flight leave from Wellington WLG and arrive at Invercargill IVC. 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 Wellington to Invercargill?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Wellington to Invercargill 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 Wellington to Invercargill on September 13, 2026: 790 km of route against 767 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €71.53, and 4h 34m 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 Invercargill is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Invercargill and across New Zealand
Day trips that leave Invercargill in the morning and cover a good part of New Zealand by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Wellington reaches 22 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 125 to 2,623 km. Invercargill reaches 3 places in 1 countries, from 464 to 1,187 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Wellington
- 22Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 6Operators
Arriving in Invercargill
Leaving Invercargill
- 3Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators