✈ MEL → LHR

MELBOURNE → LONDON: 20H 53M. BUSINESS CLASS OR THERAPY. PICK ONE.

Flight time
20h 53m
Distance
10,506 mi
Or
16,908 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from Melbourne to London

From Tullamarine (MEL), Australia Oceania  →  Heathrow (LHR), United Kingdom Europe

How long is the flight from Melbourne to London?

A nonstop flight from Melbourne (MEL) to London (LHR) takes about 20 hours 53 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 10,506 miles (16,908 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

20h 53m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

10,506 mi

16,908 km · great-circle

Avg speed

810 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Melbourne timezone

UTC+10

Australia/Melbourne

London 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) 2891 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.