There are 6 ways to get from Kunming to Melbourne by plane, bus, train, or taxi
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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
17h 29m$569–1,322Train to Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Kunming to Xingyitrain
- Fly from Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport (ACX) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane ACX - MEL
24h 55m$417–1,156Fly Kunming Changshui International Airport to Avalon Airport, bus
- Fly from Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) to Avalon Airport (AVV)plane KMG - AVV
- Take the bus from Avalon Airport/Outside Terminal to Skybus Coach Terminalbus
22h 3m$569–2,022Train, train to Dali Huangcaoba, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Kunming Station to Lufeng Southtrain
- Take the train from Lufeng South to Dalitrain
- Fly from Dali Huangcaoba (DLU) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane DLU - MEL
21h 8m$523–1,481Train, taxi to Wenshan Puzhehei Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Kunming South to Puzheheitrain
- Take the taxi from Puzhehei to Wenshan Puzhehei Airport (WNH)taxi
- Fly from Wenshan Puzhehei Airport (WNH) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane WNH - MEL
20h 3m$501–1,403Bus 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 42m$497–1,372
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 $550 - $1,400 and takes 17h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Kunming to Melbourne is to fly which takes 17h 29m and costs $550 - $1,400.
The distance between Kunming and Melbourne is 8285 km.
It takes approximately 17h 29m to get from Kunming to Melbourne, including transfers.
Melbourne is 3h ahead of Kunming. It is currently 6:32 PM in Kunming and 9:32 PM in Melbourne.
There are 5383+ hotels available in Melbourne.
What companies run services between Kunming, China and Melbourne, VIC, Australia?
Shenzhen Airlines, Tianjin Airlines, and seven other airlines fly from Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) 4 times a day.
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport to Melbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Melbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Melbourne Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Melbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Wenshan Puzhehei Airport to Melbourne Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,300
Flights from Wenshan Puzhehei Airport to Melbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 32m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Wenshan Puzhehei Airport to Melbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport to Melbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport to Melbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Avalon Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 42m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Avalon Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Avalon Airport via Hong Kong, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–3,400
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Avalon Airport via Haikou, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport to Melbourne Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,300
Flights from Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport to Melbourne Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 7m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Avalon Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Avalon Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Avalon Airport via Haikou, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Avalon Airport via Hong Kong, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
Flights from Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport to Melbourne Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Melbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Melbourne Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
Flights from Wenshan Puzhehei Airport to Melbourne Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,300
- Website
- tianjin-air.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Haikou
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
- Website
- flyscoot.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,100
- Website
- vietnamairlines.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Tan Son Nhat
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Haikou
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
- Website
- intl.jdair.net
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Melbourne Airport via Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,800
Train from Kunming to Xingyi
- Hard Seat
- $9–13
- Hard sleeper
- $18–26
- Soft sleeper
- $30–40
Train from Kunming Station to Lufeng South
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–16
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $10–15
- Adult - 1st Class
- $11–16
Train from Lufeng South to Dali
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $19–26
- Adult - 1st Class
- $27–40
Train from Kunming South to Puzhehei
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $17–25
- Adult - 1st Class
- $24–35
- Phone
- 1300 759 287
- info@skybus.com.au
- Website
- skybus.com.au
Bus from Avalon Airport/Outside Terminal to Skybus Coach Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18
- Website
- https://www.skybus.com.au
- Schedules at
- https://www.skybus.com.au/timetables/
- Book at
- https://www.skybus.com.au/buy-tickets/
- bus@chinatrainguide.com
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Kunming Northwest to Panzhihua
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $21–30
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- $21–30
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Estimated price
- $30–40
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