There are 8 ways to get from Como to Cairns by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Milano Malpensa Airport to Cairns
best- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Cairns (CNS)MXP - CNS
23h 37m$560–3,822Fly Milan Linate Airport to Cairns
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Cairns (CNS)LIN - CNS
27h 19m$809–3,106Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Cairns
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cairns (CNS)ZRH - CNS
28h 10m$733–2,237Train, train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly to Cairns
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta Susa
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Cairns (CNS)TRN - CNS
28h 21m$728–2,597Train, train to Verona Villafranca Airport, fly to Cairns
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Fly from Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN) to Cairns (CNS)VRN - CNS
32h 6m$895–3,270Train to Frankfurt, fly to Cairns
- Take the train from Como S.Giovanni to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Cairns (CNS)FRA - CNS
31h 21m$1,038–2,645Fly Milano Malpensa Airport to Cooktown Airport, bus
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Cooktown Airport (CTN)MXP - CTN
- Take the bus from Cooktown to Cairns
33h 53m$825–2,392Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Cairns
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Arth-Goldau
- Take the train from Arth-Goldau to St. Gallen
- Take the train from St. Margrethen Sg to Muenchen Hbf
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Cairns (CNS)MUC - CNS
32h 30m
Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Cairns (CNS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Como to Cairns is to train and fly which costs $700 - $2,600 and takes 28h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Como to Cairns is to fly which takes 23h 37m and costs $550 - $3,900.
The distance between Como and Cairns is 14979 km.
It takes approximately 23h 37m to get from Como to Cairns, including transfers.
Cairns is 9h ahead of Como. It is currently 2:35 AM in Como and 11:35 AM in Cairns.
There are 994+ hotels available in Cairns.
What companies run services between Como, Italy and Cairns, QLD, Australia?
Singapore Airlines flies from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Cairns (CNS) 4 times a week.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Cairns via Munich International Airport, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–5,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Cairns via Munich International Airport, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,000
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Cairns via Munich International Airport, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–4,900
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Cairns via Munich International Airport, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Cairns via Munich International Airport, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–5,500
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Cairns via Munich International Airport, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–4,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Cairns via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–4,800
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cairns via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–3,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–4,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–4,600
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–4,800
- Website
- hinterlandaviation.com.au
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cooktown Airport via Singapore Changi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–4,600
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cooktown Airport via Hong Kong, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cooktown Airport via Dubai, Ngurah Rai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–4,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cairns via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cairns via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Cairns via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Cairns via Istanbul, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cairns via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,300
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Como S. Giovanni to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $120–230
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Como S. Giovanni to Arth-Goldau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $100–190
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- $30–50
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–80
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–65
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $65–150
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- $100–150
- 2nd Class
- $65–90
Train from Como S.Giovanni to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $230–330
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- $230–330
- 2nd Class
- $230–300
Train from Como S. Giovanni to Arth-Goldau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–150
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- $100–150
- 2nd Class
- $70–95
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Arth-Goldau to St. Gallen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–132
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +61 7 3036 2070
- Website
- transnorthbus.com.au
Bus from Cooktown to Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- https://www.transnorthbus.com.au/
- Book at
- https://www.tnbc.com.au/
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