There are 8 ways to get from Sydney to Perth by plane, bus, or train
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Fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
best- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SYD - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Perth stationbus
28h 56m£467–1,723Fly to Dundee Riverside Airport
cheapest- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)plane SYD - DND
32h 55m£431–1,131Fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane SYD - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perthtrain
28h 47m£530–2,267Fly to Aberdeen Airport, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane SYD - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Perthtrain
36h 21m£605–4,389Fly to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Newcastle (NCL)plane SYD - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Perthtrain
37h 5m£650–1,256Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane SYD - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perthtrain
32h 38m£561–2,111Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane SYD - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perthtrain
34h 20m£577–1,642Fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane SYD - INV
- Take the train from Inverness to Perthtrain
34h 29m£439–1,211
Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sydney to Perth is to fly and bus which costs £460 - £1,800 and takes 28h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Sydney to Perth is to fly and train which takes 28h 47m and costs £500 - £2,300.
The distance between Sydney and Perth is 10603 miles.
It takes approximately 28h 56m to get from Sydney to Perth, including transfers.
Perth is 9h behind Sydney. It is currently 8:04 AM in Sydney and 11:04 PM in Perth.
There are 309+ hotels available in Perth.
What companies run services between Sydney, NSW, Australia and Perth, Scotland?
Qatar Airways, Loganair, and four other airlines fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND) 3 times a day.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £470–2,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Newcastle via Suvarnabhumi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Newcastle via Noi Bai International, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £350–1,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £600–2,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Noi Bai International, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,900
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–1,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–1,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £380–1,200
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–1,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–1,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £380–1,200
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Abu Dhabi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Doha, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Suvarnabhumi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £600–2,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Dubai, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £550–1,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Abu Dhabi, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,100
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Dubai, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Doha, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Beijing Capital, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Abu Dhabi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £390–1,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 37h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £550–2,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Newcastle via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £480–1,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Manchester Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410–1,300
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Newcastle via Suvarnabhumi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,800
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Newcastle via Abu Dhabi, Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £350–950
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Manchester Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £450–850
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £360–1,500
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £27–50
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–45
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £16–24
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–26
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £26–45
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £110–180
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Edinburgh Airport to Perth station
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
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