There are 8 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)MEL - DUS
26h 8m€514–1,274Fly to Frankfurt, train
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Frankfurt (FRA)MEL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
25h 19m€378–1,200Fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Brussels Airport (BRU)MEL - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
27h 41m€458–995Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)MEL - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Arnhem Centraal
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
29h 2m€443–1,250Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)MEL - CGN
26h 54m€394–1,227Fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Munich International Airport (MUC)MEL - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
29h 37m€400–1,465Fly to Dortmund Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)MEL - DTM
- Take the train from Holzwickede to Koeln Hbf
31h 39m€577–1,235Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)MEL - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
30h 49m€472–1,404
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Cologne is to fly and train which costs €370 - €1200 and takes 25h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Cologne is to fly and train which takes 25h 19m and costs €370 - €1200.
The distance between Melbourne and Cologne is 16492 km.
It takes approximately 26h 8m to get from Melbourne to Cologne, including transfers.
Cologne is 10h behind Melbourne. It is currently 8:56 AM in Melbourne and 10:56 PM in Cologne.
There are 1760+ hotels available in Cologne.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Cologne, Germany?
Emirates, Etihad, and four other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) every 4 hours.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Brussels Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Munich International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Zurich Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €460–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Brussels Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €410–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Munich International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Zurich Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €470–1,500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €470–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €370–1,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Abu Dhabi, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Dubai, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Doha, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Munich International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,900
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €360–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €320–950
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Brussels Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €430–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Munich International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €360–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Zurich Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €410–850
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €470–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Munich International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Zurich Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €430–1,500
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Dubai, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Doha, Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Doha, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,700
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dortmund Airport via Doha, Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dortmund Airport via Dubai, Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Dubai, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,000
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €370–1,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €490–650
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Frankfurt via Colombo
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Abu Dhabi, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Dubai, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- 1st Class
- €50–90
Train from Schiphol Airport to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €17–25
- 1st Class
- €30–55
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €26–40
- 1st Class
- €50–85
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €35–55
- 1st Class
- €75–130
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Holzwickede to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €21–30
- 1st Class
- €30–50
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