✈ MEL → CDG

20H 42M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.

Flight time
20h 42m
Distance
10,412 mi
Or
16,757 km
Jet lag
8h

Flight from Melbourne to Paris

From Tullamarine (MEL), Australia Oceania  →  Charles de Gaulle (CDG), France Europe

How long is the flight from Melbourne to Paris?

A nonstop flight from Melbourne (MEL) to Paris (CDG) takes about 20 hours 42 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 10,412 miles (16,757 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

20h 42m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

10,412 mi

16,757 km · great-circle

Avg speed

810 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Melbourne timezone

UTC+10

Australia/Melbourne

Paris timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Paris

Time difference

-8h

8 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~5.6d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 2480 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2865 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 687 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.