✈ BOM → MEL

12H 25M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

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

Flight from Mumbai to Melbourne

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

↔ Flying the other way? Melbourne → Mumbai

How long is the flight from Mumbai to Melbourne?

A nonstop flight from Mumbai (BOM) to Melbourne (MEL) 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

Mumbai timezone

UTC+5:30

Asia/Kolkata

Melbourne timezone

UTC+10

Australia/Melbourne

Time difference

+4.5h

4h 30m ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~4.5d

Eastward — worse

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.