There are 6 ways to get from Cologne to Melbourne by train or plane
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
best- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane DUS - MEL
24h 23m$946–1,665Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Melbourne Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane AMS - MEL
27h 25m$673–1,657Train to Frankfurt, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane FRA - MEL
24h 24m$707–1,525Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane BRU - MEL
25h 23m$891–1,960Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Avalon Airport, train
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Avalon Airport (AVV)plane DUS - AVV
- Take the train from Lara Station to Southern Cross Stationtrain
29h 41m$1,030–3,049Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane CGN - MEL
30h 9m$832–1,843
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Melbourne is to train and fly which costs $700 - $1,600 and takes 24h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Melbourne is to train and fly which takes 24h 23m and costs $900 - $1,700.
The distance between Cologne and Melbourne is 16500 km.
It takes approximately 24h 23m to get from Cologne to Melbourne, including transfers.
Melbourne is 9h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 7:23 PM in Cologne and 4:23 AM in Melbourne.
There are 5346+ hotels available in Melbourne.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Melbourne, VIC, Australia?
Eurowings, Emirates, and five other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) twice daily.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Avalon Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–5,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Avalon Airport via Dubai, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,900
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Avalon Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Avalon Airport via Abu Dhabi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Avalon Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Avalon Airport via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,900
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,300
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,300
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–4,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–4,400
Flights from Brussels Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,300
Flights from Brussels Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–5,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–5,500
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Melbourne Airport via Jeddah, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $800–1,900
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Avalon Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–5,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Avalon Airport via Abu Dhabi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Avalon Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,300
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Melbourne Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,300
Flights from Brussels Airport to Melbourne Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Melbourne Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,900
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Avalon Airport via Abu Dhabi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Avalon Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Avalon Airport via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,900
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Melbourne Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,300
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
- Website
- vietnamairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Melbourne Airport via Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,100
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Melbourne Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,700
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Melbourne Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,900
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Melbourne Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,300
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Melbourne Airport via Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,100
- Website
- garuda-indonesia.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Melbourne Airport via Jeddah, Soekarno–Hatta
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,000
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $45–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–60
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $28–60
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60–95
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- 1800 800 007
- Website
- V-Line
Train from Lara Station to Southern Cross Station
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6
- Website
- V-Line
- Off Peak
- $6
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