There are 5 ways to get from Sapporo to Melbourne by train, plane, or bus
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Train to New Chitose Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
best- Take the train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airporttrain
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane CTS - MEL
16h 40m$528–1,031Train to Asahikawa Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Sapporo(Jr) to Asahikawatrain
- Fly from Asahikawa Airport (AKJ) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane AKJ - MEL
18h 19m$598–1,076Train to New Chitose Airport, fly to Avalon Airport, bus
- Take the train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airporttrain
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Avalon Airport (AVV)plane CTS - AVV
- Take the bus from Avalon Airport/Outside Terminal to Skybus Coach Terminalbus
20h 45m$628–2,231Train to Hakodate Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Sapporo to Hakodatetrain
- Fly from Hakodate Airport (HKD) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane HKD - MEL
21h 59m$746–2,428Train to New Chitose Airport, fly to Albury, train
- Take the train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airporttrain
- Fly from New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Albury (ABX)plane CTS - ABX
- Take the train from Albury Station to Southern Crosstrain
23h 26m$739–2,387
New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sapporo to Melbourne is to train and fly which costs $500 - $1,100 and takes 16h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Sapporo to Melbourne is to train and fly which takes 16h 40m and costs $500 - $1,100.
The distance between Sapporo and Melbourne is 9019 km.
It takes approximately 16h 40m to get from Sapporo to Melbourne, including transfers.
Melbourne is 2h ahead of Sapporo. It is currently 1:51 PM in Sapporo and 3:51 PM in Melbourne.
There are 5357+ hotels available in Melbourne.
What companies run services between Sapporo, Japan and Melbourne, VIC, Australia?
There is no direct connection from Sapporo to Melbourne. However, you can take the train to New Chitose Airport, walk to New Chitose Airport (CTS) airport, fly to Melbourne Airport (MEL), walk to Melbourne Airport T1 Skybus/Arrival Dr, then take the bus to Skybus Coach Terminal. Alternatively, you can take the train to Asahikawa, walk to 旭川駅, take the bus to 旭川空港, walk to Asahikawa Airport (AKJ) airport, fly to Melbourne Airport (MEL), walk to Melbourne Airport T1 Skybus/Arrival Dr, then take the bus to Skybus Coach Terminal.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Melbourne Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Melbourne Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Melbourne Airport via Sydney, Canberra
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Melbourne Airport via Tokyo Narita, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Asahikawa Airport to Melbourne Airport via Tokyo Narita, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Asahikawa Airport to Melbourne Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,500
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Avalon Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Avalon Airport via Tokyo Narita, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Avalon Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–5,500
Flights from Hakodate Airport to Melbourne Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Hakodate Airport to Melbourne Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–3,100
Flights from Hakodate Airport to Melbourne Airport via Incheon, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Hakodate Airport to Melbourne Airport via New Chitose Airport, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Albury via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Albury via Tokyo Narita, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Albury via Tokyo Narita, Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Albury via Tokyo Haneda, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Avalon Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–5,500
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Avalon Airport via Osaka Kansai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Hakodate Airport to Melbourne Airport via Incheon, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Melbourne Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
Flights from Asahikawa Airport to Melbourne Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,400
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Melbourne Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–4,200
Flights from Asahikawa Airport to Melbourne Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–5,500
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Asahikawa Airport to Melbourne Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–5,500
Flights from Hakodate Airport to Melbourne Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–5,500
- Website
- flypelican.com.au
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Avalon Airport via Sydney, Canberra
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Hakodate Airport to Melbourne Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
- Website
- rex.com.au
Flights from New Chitose Airport to Albury via Tokyo Haneda, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–4,900
- Phone
- 011-222-7111
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Sapporo to New Chitose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–13
- Schedules at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Sapporo(Jr) to Asahikawa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27–40
- Schedules at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Sapporo(Jr) to Asahikawa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- 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
- $43–49
- Reserved Seat
- $35–55
- Green Seat
- $50–75
Train from Sapporo to Hakodate
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $75–110
- 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
- $75–90
- Reserved Seat
- $75–110
- Green Seat
- $110–160
- Phone
- 131 500
- Website
- transportnsw.info
Train from Albury Station to Southern Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $27–170
- Website
- https://transportnsw.info/regional
- Book at
- https://transportnsw.info/regional/regional-train-coach-facilities/xpt-regional-trains
- Economy
- $35–45
- First
- $45–65
- Sleeper
- $140–170
- 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/
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