✈ MEL → EDI

20H 52M FROM MELBOURNE TO EDINBURGH. THIS IS NOT TRAVEL. THIS IS ENDURANCE.

Flight time
20h 52m
Distance
10,503 mi
Or
16,903 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from Melbourne to Edinburgh

From Tullamarine (MEL), Australia Oceania  →  Edinburgh Airport (EDI), United Kingdom Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Edinburgh → Melbourne

How long is the flight from Melbourne to Edinburgh?

A nonstop flight from Melbourne (MEL) to Edinburgh (EDI) takes about 20 hours 52 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 10,503 miles (16,903 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

20h 52m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

10,503 mi

16,903 km · great-circle

Avg speed

810 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Melbourne timezone

UTC+10

Australia/Melbourne

Edinburgh timezone

UTC+1

Europe/London

Time difference

-9h

9 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~6.3d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 2502 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2890 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 693 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.