✈ BRU → MEL

20H 30M, 10,306 MILES. YOUR ANCESTORS WALKED LESS THAN THIS.

Flight time
20h 30m
Distance
10,306 mi
Or
16,586 km
Jet lag
8h

Flight from Brussels to Melbourne

From Zaventem (BRU), Belgium Europe  →  Tullamarine (MEL), Australia Oceania

↔ Flying the other way? Melbourne → Brussels

How long is the flight from Brussels to Melbourne?

A nonstop flight from Brussels (BRU) to Melbourne (MEL) takes about 20 hours 30 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 10,306 miles (16,586 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

20h 30m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

10,306 mi

16,586 km · great-circle

Avg speed

809 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Brussels timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Brussels

Melbourne timezone

UTC+10

Australia/Melbourne

Time difference

+8h

8 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~8d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 2455 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2836 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 680 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.