✈ MEL → DEL

12H 53M, 6,332 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

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

Flight from Melbourne to Delhi

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

↔ Flying the other way? Delhi → Melbourne

How long is the flight from Melbourne to Delhi?

A nonstop flight from Melbourne (MEL) to Delhi (DEL) 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

Melbourne timezone

UTC+10

Australia/Melbourne

Delhi timezone

UTC+5:30

Asia/Kolkata

Time difference

-4.5h

4h 30m behind

Jet lag (rough)

~3.2d

Westward — easier

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.