There are 5 ways to get from Cologne to Melbourne by train or plane
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane DUS - MEL
25h 48m$884–2,120Train to Frankfurt, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane FRA - MEL
24h 14m$653–1,840Train to Brussels Airport, fly
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane BRU - MEL
25h 25m$834–1,773Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane AMS - MEL
26h 53m$793–2,060Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane CGN - MEL
26h 7m$726–1,937
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Melbourne is to train and fly which costs $650 - $1,900 and takes 24h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Melbourne is to train and fly which takes 24h 14m and costs $650 - $1,900.
The distance between Cologne and Melbourne is 16494 km.
It takes approximately 25h 48m to get from Cologne to Melbourne, including transfers.
Melbourne is 10h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 12:49 AM in Cologne and 10:49 AM in Melbourne.
There are 5383+ hotels available in Melbourne.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Melbourne, VIC, Australia?
Pegasus Airlines, AirAsia X, and five other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) twice daily.
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–5,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–5,500
Flights from Brussels Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–5,500
Flights from Brussels Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–5,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–7,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Melbourne Airport via Jeddah, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,900
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Melbourne Airport via Sabiha Gokcen, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Melbourne Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,900
Flights from Brussels Airport to Melbourne Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,900
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Melbourne Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,600
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,200
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,600
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Melbourne Airport via Sabiha Gokcen, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Melbourne Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,600
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Melbourne Airport via Sabiha Gokcen, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Melbourne Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,600
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Melbourne Airport via Sabiha Gokcen, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
- Website
- vietnamairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Melbourne Airport via Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Melbourne Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,500
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Melbourne Airport via Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,700
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Melbourne Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,800
- Website
- airasiax.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Melbourne Airport via Sabiha Gokcen, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
- Website
- garuda-indonesia.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Melbourne Airport via Jeddah, Soekarno–Hatta
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $45–100
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- $45–65
- Comfort
- $45–65
- Premium
- $75–100
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–150
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $45–70
- 1st Class
- $90–150
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $29–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $29–45
- 1st Class
- $55–95
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