✈ MEL → FCO
MELBOURNE → ROME: 19H 47M. BUSINESS CLASS OR THERAPY. PICK ONE.
Flight from Melbourne to Rome
From Tullamarine (MEL), Australia Oceania → Fiumicino (FCO), Italy Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Rome → Melbourne
How long is the flight from Melbourne to Rome?
A nonstop flight from Melbourne (MEL) to Rome (FCO) takes about 19 hours 47 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 9,934 miles (15,988 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
19h 47m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
9,934 mi
15,988 km · great-circle
Avg speed
808 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Melbourne timezone
UTC+10
Australia/Melbourne
Rome timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Rome
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.
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
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Flights to Rome
Nearest origins
- Milan → Rome
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- Munich → Rome
- Vienna → Rome
- Budapest → Rome
- Barcelona → Rome
- Prague → Rome
- Frankfurt → Rome
- Athens → Rome
- Paris → Rome