There are 5 ways to get from Kunming to Melbourne by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Kunming Changshui International Airport to Melbourne Airport
best- Fly from Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane KMG - MEL
15h 49m$390–881Fly Kunming Changshui International Airport to Avalon Airport, train
- Fly from Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) to Avalon Airport (AVV)plane KMG - AVV
- Take the train from Lara Station to Southern Cross Stationtrain
21h 43m$666–2,721Train to Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Kunming to Xingyitrain
- Fly from Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport (ACX) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane ACX - MEL
27h 40m$506–2,363Fly Kunming Changshui International Airport to Bendigo Airport, train
- Fly from Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) to Bendigo Airport (BXG)plane KMG - BXG
- Take the train from Bendigo Station to Southern Cross Stationtrain
22h 39m$579–2,438Bus to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the bus from Kunming Northwest to Panzhihuabus
- Fly from Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport (PZI) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane PZI - MEL
24h 27m$556–2,079
Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kunming to Melbourne is to fly which costs $390 - $900 and takes 15h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Kunming to Melbourne is to fly which takes 15h 49m and costs $390 - $900.
The distance between Kunming and Melbourne is 8285 km.
It takes approximately 15h 49m to get from Kunming to Melbourne, including transfers.
Melbourne is 2h ahead of Kunming. It is currently 12:26 AM in Kunming and 2:26 AM in Melbourne.
There are 4070+ hotels available in Melbourne.
What companies run services between Kunming, China and Melbourne, VIC, Australia?
China Eastern Airlines, Vietnam Airlines, and seven other airlines fly from Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) 5 times a day.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,400
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Avalon Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $650–3,300
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Avalon Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,500
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Avalon Airport via Hong Kong, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–3,400
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Avalon Airport via Noi Bai International, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,700
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Bendigo Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,900
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Bendigo Airport via Tan Son Nhat, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,400
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Bendigo Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Bendigo Airport via Hong Kong, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport to Melbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–2,300
Flights from Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport to Melbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $470–2,400
Flights from Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport to Melbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–2,400
Flights from Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport to Melbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $480–2,500
Flights from Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport to Melbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,700
Flights from Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport to Melbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,600
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Avalon Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $650–3,300
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Avalon Airport via Noi Bai International, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,700
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Avalon Airport via Hong Kong, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,400
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport to Melbourne Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $490–2,000
- Website
- flyscoot.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,300
- Website
- vietnamairlines.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Tan Son Nhat
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–2,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Haikou
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–2,200
- Website
- garuda-indonesia.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Soekarno–Hatta
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,400
- Phone
- 1800 800 007
- Website
- vline.com.au
Train from Lara Station to Southern Cross Station
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://www.vline.com.au/
- Off Peak
- $8–12
Train from Bendigo Station to Southern Cross Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–13
- Website
- https://www.vline.com.au/
- Off Peak
- $9–13
Train from Kunming to Xingyi
- Hard Seat
- $9–12
- Hard sleeper
- $18–25
- Soft sleeper
- $29–40
- bus@chinatrainguide.com
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Kunming Northwest to Panzhihua
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–29
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- $20–29
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