✈ CDG → MEL

20H 42M, 10,412 MILES. YOUR ANCESTORS WALKED LESS THAN THIS.

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

Flight from Paris to Melbourne

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

How long is the flight from Paris to Melbourne?

A nonstop flight from Paris (CDG) to Melbourne (MEL) 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

Paris timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Paris

Melbourne timezone

UTC+10

Australia/Melbourne

Time difference

+8h

8 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~8d

Eastward — worse

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.