There are 7 ways to get from Cardiff to Melbourne by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Cardiff Airport to Melbourne Airport
best- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane CWL - MEL
29h 11m$1,127–3,928Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane BRS - MEL
32h 49m$698–2,282Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane BHX - MEL
27h 8m$860–2,007Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane LHR - MEL
26h 32m$771–1,844Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane LGW - MEL
27h 46m$782–1,973Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslowtrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane MAN - MEL
30h 7m$794–1,695Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Mount Gambier Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Mount Gambier Airport (MGB)plane BHX - MGB
- Take the bus from Tourist Information Centre/Jubilee Hwy East to Ballarat Station/Lydiard Stbus
- Take the train from Ballarat Station to Southern Cross Stationtrain
37h 19m$1,172–3,650
Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Melbourne is to train and fly which costs $750 - $1,700 and takes 30h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Melbourne is to train and fly which takes 26h 32m and costs $750 - $1,900.
The distance between Cardiff and Melbourne is 17144 km.
It takes approximately 29h 11m to get from Cardiff to Melbourne, including transfers.
Melbourne is 11h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 6:17 PM in Cardiff and 5:17 AM in Melbourne.
There are 5365+ hotels available in Melbourne.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Melbourne, VIC, Australia?
KLM, Qantas, and two other airlines fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) 4 times a day.
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,900
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–5,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–4,900
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,900
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,900
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,900
Flights from Bristol Airport to Melbourne Airport via Istanbul, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,900
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–1,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,000
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,900
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,900
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Mount Gambier Airport via Dubai, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,700
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–1,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,000
- Website
- rex.com.au
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Mount Gambier Airport via Doha, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Mount Gambier Airport via Dubai, Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,800
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Mount Gambier Airport via Doha, Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 50m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,500
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Mount Gambier Airport via Dubai, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,900
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,900
Flights from Bristol Airport to Melbourne Airport via Istanbul, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,900
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–3,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Melbourne Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,600
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,900
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,900
Flights from Bristol Airport to Melbourne Airport via Istanbul, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Melbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
- Website
- intl.jdair.net
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Melbourne Airport via Qingdao
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–1,900
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Melbourne Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–1,800
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,400
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Melbourne Airport via Istanbul, Soekarno–Hatta
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
- Website
- garuda-indonesia.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Melbourne Airport via Istanbul, Soekarno–Hatta
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–170
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $11–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–180
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–190
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–70
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $120–170
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Anytime Day Single
- $120–170
- Phone
- 1800 800 007
- Website
- vline.com.au
Train from Ballarat Station to Southern Cross Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.vline.com.au/
- Off Peak
- $7–10
- Phone
- 1800 800 007
- customer.relations@vline.com.au
- Website
- vline.com.au
Bus from Tourist Information Centre/Jubilee Hwy East to Ballarat Station/Lydiard St
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $4–28
- Website
- https://www.vline.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.vline.com.au/Timetables/Train-coach-timetables
- Book at
- https://www.vline.com.au/Plan-trip-buy-tickets
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