✈ DEL → MEL

12H 53M FROM DELHI TO MELBOURNE. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE NOW.

Flight time
12h 53m
Distance
6,332 mi
Or
10,191 km
Jet lag
4.5h

Flight from Delhi to Melbourne

From Indira Gandhi (DEL), India Asia  →  Tullamarine (MEL), Australia Oceania

↔ Flying the other way? Melbourne → Delhi

How long is the flight from Delhi to Melbourne?

A nonstop flight from Delhi (DEL) to Melbourne (MEL) takes about 12 hours 53 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,332 miles (10,191 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

12h 53m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,332 mi

10,191 km · great-circle

Avg speed

791 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Delhi timezone

UTC+5:30

Asia/Kolkata

Melbourne timezone

UTC+10

Australia/Melbourne

Time difference

+4.5h

4h 30m ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~4.5d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1508 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1743 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 418 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.