There are 7 ways to get from Melbourne to Cologne by plane or train
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Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane MEL - DUS
26h 26m€516–1,638Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane MEL - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbftrain
29h 52m€404–1,713Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane MEL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
26h 38m€417–1,492Fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane MEL - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
28h 21m€509–1,617Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane MEL - CGN
28h 3m€519–1,624Fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane MEL - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
30h 31m€558–1,784Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MEL - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
31h 39m€600–1,827
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Cologne is to fly which costs €500 - €1700 and takes 26h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Cologne is to fly which takes 26h 26m and costs €500 - €1700.
The distance between Melbourne and Cologne is 16491 km.
It takes approximately 26h 26m to get from Melbourne to Cologne, including transfers.
Cologne is 8h behind Melbourne. It is currently 9:50 PM in Melbourne and 1:50 PM in Cologne.
There are 617+ hotels available in Cologne.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Cologne, Germany?
Etihad, Qatar Airways, and three other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) 3 times a day.
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Brussels Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 42m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €490–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Munich International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Zurich Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €480–1,500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €440–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Suvarnabhumi, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Doha, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Dubai, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Munich International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Munich International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Brussels Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €490–800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Munich International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €400–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Zurich Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €440–750
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Brussels Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Munich International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Zurich Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €490–1,500
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Doha, Sarajevo
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Doha, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Dubai, Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Dubai, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €450–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Munich International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–2,100
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €440–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €430–950
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Dubai, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Doha, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Colombo
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €400–1,600
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Zurich Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €450–1,900
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €110–250
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €90–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–26
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
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