There are 8 ways to get from Athens to Wellington by plane, bus, train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Wellington
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Wellington (WLG)plane ATH - WLG
29h 59m$1,323–2,342Fly to Paraparaumu, train
cheapest- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Paraparaumu (PPQ)plane ATH - PPQ
- Take the train from Paraparaumu Station to Wellington Stationtrain
39h 39m$780–2,122Fly to Palmerston, bus, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Palmerston (PMR)plane ATH - PMR
- Take the bus from Palmerston North to Waikanaebus
- Take the train from Waikanae Station to Wellington Stationtrain
40h$789–2,172Fly to Woodbourne Airport, car ferry
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Woodbourne Airport (BHE)plane ATH - BHE
- Take the car ferry from Picton to Wellingtoncarferry
41h 43m$1,038–2,903Fly to New Plymouth Airport, bus
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to New Plymouth Airport (NPL)plane ATH - NPL
- Take the bus from New Plymouth to Whanganui / Wanganuibus
- Take the bus from Whanganui / Wanganui to Wellington - Centralbus
40h 28m$833–2,213Fly to Napier Hastings Airport Heliport, bus, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Napier Hastings Airport Heliport (NPE)plane ATH - NPE
- Take the bus from Hastings to Waikanaebus
- Take the train from Waikanae Station to Wellington Stationtrain
43h 57m$790–2,228Fly to Wanganui Airport, bus
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Wanganui Airport (WAG)plane ATH - WAG
- Take the bus from Whanganui / Wanganui to Wellington - Centralbus
37h 14m$941–2,406Fly to Auckland, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Auckland (AKL)plane ATH - AKL
- Take the train from Papakura to Wellingtontrain
41h 7m$1,277–2,841
Athens International Airport (ATH) to Wellington (WLG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Wellington is to fly and train which costs $750 - $2,200 and takes 39h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Wellington is to fly which takes 29h 59m and costs $1,300 - $2,400.
The distance between Athens and Wellington is 17545 km.
It takes approximately 29h 59m to get from Athens to Wellington, including transfers.
Wellington is 11h ahead of Athens. It is currently 4:17 PM in Athens and 3:17 AM in Wellington.
There are 483+ hotels available in Wellington.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Wellington, New Zealand?
Scoot Tigerair, Singapore Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Wellington (WLG) 5 times a week.
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Wellington via Singapore Changi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,900
Flights from Athens International Airport to Wellington via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,900
Flights from Athens International Airport to Palmerston via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to Palmerston via Singapore Changi, Christchurch
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to Palmerston via Singapore Changi, Sydney, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,400
Flights from Athens International Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Dubai, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,400
Flights from Athens International Airport to New Plymouth Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to New Plymouth Airport via Singapore Changi, Christchurch
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to New Plymouth Airport via Dubai, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,600
Flights from Athens International Airport to New Plymouth Airport via Singapore Changi, Sydney, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to New Plymouth Airport via Dubai, Perth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,600
Flights from Athens International Airport to Napier Hastings Airport Heliport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to Napier Hastings Airport Heliport via Singapore Changi, Christchurch
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to Auckland via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–1,500
Flights from Athens International Airport to Auckland via Singapore Changi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–1,500
Flights from Athens International Airport to Auckland via Singapore Changi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–1,500
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Wellington via Shanghai Pudong, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to Palmerston via Shanghai Pudong, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to Palmerston via Dubai, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,600
Flights from Athens International Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Dubai, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,400
Flights from Athens International Airport to New Plymouth Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to New Plymouth Airport via Dubai, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,600
Flights from Athens International Airport to New Plymouth Airport via Dubai, Perth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,600
Flights from Athens International Airport to Napier Hastings Airport Heliport via Shanghai Pudong, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to Napier Hastings Airport Heliport via Dubai, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,600
Flights from Athens International Airport to Auckland via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
- Website
- airchathams.co.nz
Flights from Athens International Airport to Paraparaumu via Dubai, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,600
Flights from Athens International Airport to Paraparaumu via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,000
Flights from Athens International Airport to Paraparaumu via Shanghai Pudong, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Paraparaumu via Dubai, Adelaide, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,600
Flights from Athens International Airport to Wanganui Airport via Dubai, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Wanganui Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to Wanganui Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,800
Flights from Athens International Airport to Wanganui Airport via Singapore Changi, Brisbane, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to Wanganui Airport via Singapore Changi, Sydney, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to Wanganui Airport via Dubai, Adelaide, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Wanganui Airport via Dubai, Perth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,200
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Palmerston via Beijing Capital, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
Flights from Athens International Airport to Palmerston via Shanghai Pudong, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to Palmerston via Dubai, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,600
Flights from Athens International Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Dubai, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,400
Flights from Athens International Airport to New Plymouth Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
Flights from Athens International Airport to New Plymouth Airport via Dubai, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,600
Flights from Athens International Airport to New Plymouth Airport via Dubai, Perth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,600
Flights from Athens International Airport to Napier Hastings Airport Heliport via Dubai, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,600
Flights from Athens International Airport to Auckland via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Palmerston via Dubai, Adelaide, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 5m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,600
Flights from Athens International Airport to New Plymouth Airport via Dubai, Adelaide, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 5m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,600
Flights from Athens International Airport to Napier Hastings Airport Heliport via Dubai, Adelaide, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 10m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,600
- Website
- soundsair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,400
- Phone
- 0800 801 700
- info@metlink.org.nz
- Website
- metlink.org.nz
Train from Waikanae Station to Wellington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–18
- Website
- https://www.metlink.org.nz
Train from Paraparaumu Station to Wellington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Website
- https://www.metlink.org.nz
- Phone
- +64 4495 0775
- capital.connection@kiwirail.co.nz
- Website
- greatjourneysnz.com
Train from Waikanae Station to Wellington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $98
- Schedules at
- greatjourneysnz.com
Train from Paraparaumu Station to Wellington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $98
- Schedules at
- greatjourneysnz.com
- Phone
- +64 4495 0775
- bookings@greatjourneysnz.com
- Website
- greatjourneysofnz.co.nz
Train from Paraparaumu Station to Wellington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Schedules at
- greatjourneysofnz.co.nz
Train from Papakura to Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $250–310
- Schedules at
- greatjourneysofnz.co.nz
- Phone
- +64 9 583 5780
- info@intercity.co.nz
- Website
- intercity.co.nz
Bus from Palmerston North to Waikanae
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–50
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
Bus from New Plymouth to Whanganui / Wanganui
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $5–60
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
Bus from Whanganui / Wanganui to Wellington - Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–65
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
Bus from Hastings to Waikanae
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–65
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
- Phone
- 0800 844 844
- bookings@bluebridge.co.nz
- Website
- bluebridge.co.nz
Car ferry from Picton to Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $65–440
- Website
- https://www.bluebridge.co.nz/
- Walk On Passenger
- $65–120
- Passenger with Car
- $210–440
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