✈ MEL → BOM

MELBOURNE → MUMBAI IN 12H 25M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.

Flight time
12h 25m
Distance
6,093 mi
Or
9,806 km
Jet lag
4.5h

Flight from Melbourne to Mumbai

From Tullamarine (MEL), Australia Oceania  →  Chhatrapati Shivaji (BOM), India Asia

↔ Flying the other way? Mumbai → Melbourne

How long is the flight from Melbourne to Mumbai?

A nonstop flight from Melbourne (MEL) to Mumbai (BOM) takes about 12 hours 25 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,093 miles (9,806 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

12h 25m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,093 mi

9,806 km · great-circle

Avg speed

789 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Melbourne timezone

UTC+10

Australia/Melbourne

Mumbai timezone

UTC+5:30

Asia/Kolkata

Time difference

-4.5h

4h 30m behind

Jet lag (rough)

~3.2d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1451 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1677 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 402 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.