There are 5 ways to get from Sydney to Helsinki by plane, train or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Recommended option
Fly Sydney to Helsinki • 26h 22m
Cheapest option
Fly Sydney to Pulkovo, train • 29h 51m
3 alternative options
Fly Sydney to Tallinn, car ferry • 31h 54m
Fly Sydney to Turku, train • 32h 24m
Questions & Answers
What is the cheapest way to get from Sydney to Helsinki?
The cheapest way to get from Sydney to Helsinki is to fly which costs $1,100 - $3,200 and takes 26h 22m.
How do I get from Sydney to Helsinki the fastest?
The fastest way to get from Sydney to Helsinki is to fly. Taking this option will cost $1,100 - $3,200 and takes 26h 22m.
How far is it from Sydney to Helsinki?
The distance between Sydney and Helsinki is 15200 km.
How long does it take to get from Sydney to Helsinki?
It takes approximately 26h 22m to get from Sydney to Helsinki, including transfers.
How long is the flight from Sydney to Helsinki?
There is no direct flight from Sydney Airport to Helsinki Airport. The quickest flight takes 25h 15m and has one stopover.
What is the time difference between Sydney and Helsinki?
Helsinki is 7h behind Sydney. It is currently 1:22 PM in Sydney and 6:22 AM in Helsinki.
Which airlines fly from Sydney Airport to Helsinki Airport?
Tianjin Airlines, All Nippon Airways, Scandinavian Airlines and 12 other airlines offer flights from Sydney Airport to Helsinki Airport.
Where can I stay near Helsinki?
There are 924+ hotels available in Helsinki. Prices start at €87 per night.
How do I get to Sydney (SYD) Airport from Sydney?
The best way to get from Sydney to Sydney Airport is to train which takes 22 min and costs $18 - $22.
Launch map view
- Distance: 15200.3 km
- Duration: 26h 22m
What companies run services between Sydney, NSW, Australia and Helsinki, Finland?
Qantas, Finnair and 20 other airlines fly from Sydney to Helsinki hourly.
Airlines
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Sydney to Helsinki via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €1000 - €2800
Flights from Sydney to Helsinki via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €1000 - €2300
Flights from Sydney to Helsinki via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €1000 - €2800
Flights from Sydney to Helsinki via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €1000 - €2800
Flights from Sydney to Helsinki via Doha, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €1000 - €2300
Flights from Sydney to Helsinki via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €480 - €1500
Flights from Sydney to Helsinki via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €1100 - €6000
Flights from Newcastle to Helsinki via Brisbane, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €900 - €2100
Flights from Newcastle to Helsinki via Brisbane, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €900 - €2100
Flights from Newcastle to Helsinki via Brisbane, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €950 - €2100
Flights from Sydney to Tallinn via Doha, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €700 - €1900
Flights from Sydney to Tallinn via Singapore Changi, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €850 - €1900
Flights from Sydney to Tallinn via Hong Kong, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €800 - €1900
Flights from Sydney to Tallinn via Tokyo Haneda, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €850 - €1900
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Sydney to Helsinki via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €950 - €4900
Flights from Newcastle to Helsinki via Brisbane, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €900 - €2100
Flights from Newcastle to Helsinki via Brisbane, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €900 - €2100
Flights from Sydney to Tallinn via Tokyo Haneda, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €850 - €1900
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Sydney to Helsinki via Singapore Changi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €1000 - €3600
Flights from Sydney to Tallinn via Singapore Changi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €600 - €2000
Flights from Sydney to Turku via Dubai, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €1000 - €2800
Flights from Sydney to Turku via Beijing Capital, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €800 - €2300
Flights from Sydney to Turku via Suvarnabhumi, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €1000 - €2100
Flights from Sydney to Turku via Doha, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €950 - €2600
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Sydney to Helsinki via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €1000 - €2800
Flights from Newcastle to Helsinki via Brisbane, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €950 - €2100
Flights from Newcastle to Helsinki via Melbourne, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €950 - €2200
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Sydney to Helsinki via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €1000 - €2300
Flights from Sydney to Helsinki via Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €1000 - €2300
Flights from Newcastle to Helsinki via Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €750 - €2100
Flights from Newcastle to Helsinki via Melbourne, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €750 - €2100
Flights from Sydney to Tallinn via Doha, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €700 - €1900
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Sydney to Helsinki via Kuala Lumpur, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €1000 - €4000
Flights from Sydney to Tallinn via Abu Dhabi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 22m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600 - €1800
Flights from Sydney to Tallinn via Kuala Lumpur, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €750 - €2000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Sydney to Pulkovo via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €800 - €2100
Flights from Sydney to Tallinn via Dubai, Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €750 - €2100
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Sydney to Helsinki via Zhengzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €700 - €1600
Flights from Sydney to Helsinki via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €800 - €3600
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Sydney to Tallinn via Dubai, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €800 - €2100
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Sydney to Helsinki via Singapore Changi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €1000 - €3600
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Sydney to Pulkovo via Haikou, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €800 - €1600
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Sydney to Pulkovo via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €550 - €1500
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Sydney to Pulkovo via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €800 - €2100
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Sydney to Tallinn via Abu Dhabi, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600 - €1900
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Sydney to Turku via Dubai, Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €1000 - €2800
Train operators
- Phone
- 131 500
- Website
- transportnsw.info
Train from Central Station to Hamilton Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5 - €8
- Website
- https://transportnsw.info/
- Schedules at
- https://transportnsw.info/routes/train
- Opal card
- €5 - €8
- Opal single trip ticket
- €6 - €9
- Phone
- +358 600 41900
- Website
- vr.fi
Train from Pietari to Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30 - €50
- Website
- https://www.vr.fi/en/
Train from Kupittaa to Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17 - €26
- Website
- https://www.vr.fi/en/
Ferry operators
- Phone
- +49 (0)40 547 541 222
- international.sales@tallinksilja.com
- Website
- tallinksilja.com
Car ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20 - €90
- Website
- https://en.tallink.com/book-a-cruise
- Vehicle
- €24 - €75
- Inside cabin
- €55 - €75
- Outside cabin
- €65 - €90
- Deluxe/Suite
- €50 - €75
- Passenger
- €20 - €35
- Phone
- +358 9 123 575
- Website
- vikingline.fi
Car ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €69
- Website
- Viking Line
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