✈ EDI → MEL
20H 52M FROM EDINBURGH TO MELBOURNE. THIS IS NOT TRAVEL. THIS IS ENDURANCE.
Flight from Edinburgh to Melbourne
From Edinburgh Airport (EDI), United Kingdom Europe → Tullamarine (MEL), Australia Oceania
↔ Flying the other way? Melbourne → Edinburgh
How long is the flight from Edinburgh to Melbourne?
A nonstop flight from Edinburgh (EDI) to Melbourne (MEL) 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
Edinburgh timezone
UTC+1
Europe/London
Melbourne timezone
UTC+10
Australia/Melbourne
Time difference
+9h
9 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~9d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
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Long-haul from Edinburgh
Flights to Melbourne
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