✈ LHR → MEL

20H 53M IN ECONOMY = A FELONY AGAINST YOURSELF. UPGRADE.

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

Flight from London to Melbourne

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

How long is the flight from London to Melbourne?

A nonstop flight from London (LHR) to Melbourne (MEL) 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

London 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.

✈ 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.