✈ MEL → MEX
16H 55M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.
Flight from Melbourne to Mexico City
From Tullamarine (MEL), Australia Oceania → Benito Juárez (MEX), Mexico North America
↔ Flying the other way? Mexico City → Melbourne
How long is the flight from Melbourne to Mexico City?
A nonstop flight from Melbourne (MEL) to Mexico City (MEX) takes about 16 hours 55 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,437 miles (13,578 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
16h 55m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
8,437 mi
13,578 km · great-circle
Avg speed
803 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Melbourne timezone
UTC+10
Australia/Melbourne
Mexico City timezone
UTC-6
America/Mexico_City
Time difference
-16h
16 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~11.2d
Westward — easier
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.
Flights from Melbourne
Nearest destinations
- Melbourne → Sydney
- Melbourne → Auckland
- Melbourne → Bali (Denpasar)
- Melbourne → Singapore
- Melbourne → Manila
- Melbourne → Kuala Lumpur
- Melbourne → Bangkok
- Melbourne → Taipei
- Melbourne → Hong Kong
- Melbourne → Shanghai
Long-haul from Melbourne
- Melbourne → Lisbon
- Melbourne → Casablanca
- Melbourne → Madrid
- Melbourne → Dublin
- Melbourne → Manchester
- Melbourne → Boston
- Melbourne → London
- Melbourne → Edinburgh
- Melbourne → Barcelona
- Melbourne → Paris
More flights to North America
Flights to Mexico City
Nearest origins
- Cancun → Mexico City
- Dallas → Mexico City
- Miami → Mexico City
- Atlanta → Mexico City
- Las Vegas → Mexico City
- Los Angeles → Mexico City
- Chicago → Mexico City
- San Francisco → Mexico City
- Toronto → Mexico City
- New York → Mexico City
Long-haul to Mexico City
- Kuala Lumpur → Mexico City
- Singapore → Mexico City
- Bali (Denpasar) → Mexico City
- Bangkok → Mexico City
- Mumbai → Mexico City
- Nairobi → Mexico City
- Delhi → Mexico City
- Johannesburg → Mexico City
- Abu Dhabi → Mexico City
- Dubai → Mexico City