There are 7 ways to get from Dublin to Nelson by plane, shuttle, 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 Nelson Airport
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Nelson Airport (NSN)plane DUB - NSN
32h 9m$1,217–4,524Fly to Paraparaumu, train, car ferry, bus
cheapest- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Paraparaumu (PPQ)plane DUB - PPQ
- Take the train from Paraparaumu Station to Wellington Stationtrain
- Take the car ferry from Wellington to Pictoncarferry
- Take the bus from Picton to Nelsonbus
46h 36m$1,104–3,903Fly to Christchurch International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Christchurch International Airport (CHC)plane DUB - CHC
- Take a shuttle bus from Christchurch to Nelson
42h 11m$1,922–3,429Fly to Woodbourne Airport, bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Woodbourne Airport (BHE)plane DUB - BHE
- Take the bus from Woodbourne to Nelsonbus
33h 42m$1,322–4,779Fly to Picton, bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Picton (PCN)plane DUB - PCN
- Take the bus from Koromiko to Nelsonbus
34h 37m$1,322–4,679Fly to Wanganui Airport, bus, car ferry
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Wanganui Airport (WAG)plane DUB - WAG
- Take the bus from Whanganui / Wanganui to Wellington - Centralbus
- Take the car ferry from Wellington to Pictoncarferry
- Take the bus from Picton to Nelsonbus
44h 26m$1,315–4,787Fly to Auckland, train, car ferry, bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Auckland (AKL)plane DUB - AKL
- Take the train from Papakura to Wellingtontrain
- Take the car ferry from Wellington to Pictoncarferry
- Take the bus from Picton to Nelsonbus
2d 1h$1,451–3,122
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Nelson Airport (NSN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dublin to Nelson is to fly and train and car ferry and bus which costs $1,400 - $3,200 and takes 2 days 1h.
The fastest way to get from Dublin to Nelson is to fly which takes 32h 9m and costs $1,200 - $4,600.
The distance between Dublin and Nelson is 18682 km.
It takes approximately 32h 9m to get from Dublin to Nelson, including transfers.
Nelson is 13h ahead of Dublin. It is currently 9:31 AM in Dublin and 10:31 PM in Nelson.
There are 381+ hotels available in Nelson.
What companies run services between Dublin, Ireland and Nelson, New Zealand?
Aer Lingus, Air New Zealand, and two other airlines fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Nelson Airport (NSN) twice daily.
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Nelson Airport via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Nelson Airport via Vancouver, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Nelson Airport via Vancouver, Auckland, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Vancouver, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,600
Flights from Dublin Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Vancouver, Auckland, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,600
Flights from Dublin Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Vancouver, Auckland, New Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,600
Flights from Dublin Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,800
Flights from Dublin Airport to Woodbourne Airport via San Francisco, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,700
Flights from Dublin Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Vancouver, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,700
Flights from Dublin Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Los Angeles, Auckland, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,800
Flights from Dublin Airport to Woodbourne Airport via San Francisco, Auckland, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,800
Flights from Dublin Airport to Auckland via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,600
- Website
- airchathams.co.nz
Flights from Dublin Airport to Paraparaumu via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
Flights from Dublin Airport to Paraparaumu via Vancouver, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,600
Flights from Dublin Airport to Paraparaumu via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 15m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
Flights from Dublin Airport to Paraparaumu via San Francisco, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 15m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,600
Flights from Dublin Airport to Wanganui Airport via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Wanganui Airport via Vancouver, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Wanganui Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 15m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,600
Flights from Dublin Airport to Wanganui Airport via San Francisco, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,500
- Website
- soundsair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Picton via Los Angeles, Auckland, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,700
Flights from Dublin Airport to Picton via San Francisco, Auckland, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,700
Flights from Dublin Airport to Picton via Vancouver, Auckland, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,600
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Vancouver, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,600
Flights from Dublin Airport to Auckland via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,600
- Website
- fijiairways.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Vancouver, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–9,000
- Phone
- 0800 801 700
- info@metlink.org.nz
- Website
- 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 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
Shuttle from Christchurch to Nelson
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
- Schedules at
- nelsonlakesshuttles.co.nz
- Minimum charge per vehicle
- $1,000
- Per person
- $200
- Phone
- +64 9 583 5780
- info@intercity.co.nz
- Website
- intercity.co.nz
Bus from Woodbourne to Nelson
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–55
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
Bus from Koromiko to Nelson
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–55
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
Bus from Picton to Nelson
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–55
- 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/
- Phone
- 0800 844 844
- bookings@bluebridge.co.nz
- Website
- bluebridge.co.nz
Car ferry from Wellington to Picton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- https://www.bluebridge.co.nz/
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