There are 6 ways to get from Melbourne to Dublin by plane, train, or ferry
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Fly Melbourne Airport to Dublin Airport
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane MEL - DUB
25h 53m€438–1,929Fly Melbourne Airport to Belfast International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane MEL - BFS
- Take the train from Belfast Great Central to Dublin Connollytrain
31h 3m€322–803Fly Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane MEL - BHD
- Take the train from Belfast Great Central to Dublin Connollytrain
31h 26m€585–2,342Fly Essendon Fields Airport to Dublin Airport
- Fly from Essendon Fields Airport (MEB) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane MEB - DUB
34h 4m€394–1,115Fly Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport, train, ferry
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane MEL - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Holyheadtrain
- Take the ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry
34h 8m€508–2,172Fly Melbourne Airport to Birmingham Airport, train, ferry
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane MEL - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Staffordtrain
- Take the train from Stafford to Holyheadtrain
- Take the ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry
34h 52m€583–2,187
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Dublin Airport (DUB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Dublin is to fly and train which costs €320 - €850 and takes 31h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Dublin is to fly which takes 25h 53m and costs €430 - €2000.
The distance between Melbourne and Dublin is 17229 km.
It takes approximately 25h 53m to get from Melbourne to Dublin, including transfers.
Dublin is 9h behind Melbourne. It is currently 11:11 PM in Melbourne and 2:11 PM in Dublin.
There are 689+ hotels available in Dublin.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Dublin, Ireland?
Qatar Airways, Emirates, and two other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Dublin Airport (DUB) 4 times a day.
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dublin Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €430–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dublin Airport via Doha, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Doha, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Doha, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Abu Dhabi, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,100
Flights from Essendon Fields Airport to Dublin Airport via King Island, Melbourne Airport, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 37m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Essendon Fields Airport to Dublin Airport via Flinders Island, Launceston, Perth, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Essendon Fields Airport to Dublin Airport via King Island, Melbourne Airport, Doha, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €430–1,300
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dublin Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €430–1,300
Flights from Essendon Fields Airport to Dublin Airport via King Island, Melbourne Airport, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 37m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Essendon Fields Airport to Dublin Airport via Flinders Island, Launceston, Perth, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €430–1,300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Belfast International Airport via Doha, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Belfast International Airport via Abu Dhabi, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €280–750
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Belfast International Airport via Doha, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Belfast International Airport via Dubai, London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Belfast International Airport via Dubai, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,200
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dublin Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €440–1,400
Flights from Essendon Fields Airport to Dublin Airport via King Island, Melbourne Airport, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €450–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €440–1,400
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Belfast International Airport via Doha, Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 7m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Belfast International Airport via Dubai, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Belfast International Airport via Doha, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,100
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dublin Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €460–650
Flights from Essendon Fields Airport to Dublin Airport via King Island, Melbourne Airport, Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €400–650
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Abu Dhabi, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Dubai, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Birmingham Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,600
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Belfast Great Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Belfast Great Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €15–22
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Manchester Airport to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Birmingham International to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Stafford to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–45
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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