There are 5 ways to get from Melbourne to Sapporo by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport, train
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane MEL - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporotrain
17h 2m¥45,890–99,434Bus to Avalon Airport, fly to New Chitose Airport, train
- Take the bus from Skybus Coach Terminal to Avalon Airport/Outside Terminalbus
- Fly from Avalon Airport (AVV) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane AVV - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporotrain
17h 58mFly Melbourne Airport to Asahikawa Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Asahikawa Airport (AKJ)plane MEL - AKJ
- Take the train from Asahikawa to Sapporo(Jr)train
20h 57m¥81,173–296,284Fly Melbourne Airport to Hakodate Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Hakodate Airport (HKD)plane MEL - HKD
- Take the train from Hakodate to Sapporotrain
22h 21m¥98,213–237,152Fly Melbourne Airport to Obihiro Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Obihiro Airport (OBO)plane MEL - OBO
- Take the train from Obihiro to Sapporo(Jr)train
22h 48m¥58,538–213,688
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to New Chitose Airport (CTS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Sapporo is to fly and train which costs ¥45000 - ¥100000 and takes 17h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Sapporo is to fly and train which takes 17h 2m and costs ¥45000 - ¥100000.
The distance between Melbourne and Sapporo is 9019 km.
It takes approximately 17h 2m to get from Melbourne to Sapporo, including transfers.
Sapporo is 1h behind Melbourne. It is currently 1:36 PM in Melbourne and 12:36 PM in Sapporo.
There are 835+ hotels available in Sapporo.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Sapporo, Japan?
There is no direct connection from Melbourne to Sapporo. However, you can take the bus to Melbourne Airport T3 Skybus/Arrival Dr, walk to Melbourne Airport (MEL) airport, fly to New Chitose Airport (CTS), walk to New Chitose Airport, then take the train to Sapporo. Alternatively, you can take the bus to Avalon Airport/Outside Terminal, walk to Avalon Airport (AVV) airport, fly to New Chitose Airport (CTS), walk to New Chitose Airport, then take the train to Sapporo.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Avalon Airport to New Chitose Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–950,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–700,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Tokyo Narita, Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–290,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Hakodate Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–800,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Hakodate Airport via Manila, New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–230,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Obihiro Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–700,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Obihiro Airport via Manila, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–200,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Obihiro Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–250,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–230,000
Flights from Avalon Airport to New Chitose Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–390,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Hakodate Airport via Tokyo Narita, Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–340,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Obihiro Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Avalon Airport to New Chitose Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥110,000–410,000
Flights from Avalon Airport to New Chitose Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥110,000–410,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–300,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–230,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Obihiro Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–210,000
- Website
- tigerairtw.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–230,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Hakodate Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–330,000
- Website
- airdo.jp
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Asahikawa Airport via Sydney, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–300,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Obihiro Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–250,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥44,000–80,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–200,000
- Website
- cebupacificair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–160,000
- Website
- hkairlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to New Chitose Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–200,000
- Phone
- 011-222-7111
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporo
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–1,400
- Schedules at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Asahikawa to Sapporo(Jr)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,000–5,500
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved Seat
- ¥4,500–5,500
- Reserved Seat
- ¥4,000–5,500
- Green Seat
- ¥5,500–8,000
Train from Hakodate to Sapporo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–12,000
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved Seat
- ¥8,000–9,500
- Reserved Seat
- ¥8,000–12,000
- Green Seat
- ¥12,000–17,000
Train from Obihiro to Sapporo(Jr)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–8,500
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved Seat
- ¥6,000–7,500
- Reserved Seat
- ¥5,500–8,500
- Green Seat
- ¥8,500–12,000
- Website
- transport.vic.gov.au
Bus from Skybus Coach Terminal to Avalon Airport/Outside Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- transport.vic.gov.au
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