--- title: "Sydney to Melbourne | Mixroutes" description: How to get from Sydney to Melbourne by train, bus, plane and car. Real timetables, honest prices. url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/sydney-to-melbourne" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/sydney-to-melbourne.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Melbourne_Tram_D1-Class%2C_St_Kilda_Road%2C_Park_St_%2820230925%29_%2853321376497%29.jpg/1920px-Melbourne_Tram_D1-Class%2C_St_Kilda_Road%2C_Park_St_%2820230925%29_%2853321376497%29.jpg" --- ![Melbourne](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Melbourne_Tram_D1-Class%2C_St_Kilda_Road%2C_Park_St_%2820230925%29_%2853321376497%29.jpg/1920px-Melbourne_Tram_D1-Class%2C_St_Kilda_Road%2C_Park_St_%2820230925%29_%2853321376497%29.jpg) # How to get from Sydney to Melbourne [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sydney&to=Melbourne) [Melbourne to Sydney](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/melbourne-to-sydney) [Takeshi Aida from Hong Kong, Hong Kong (CC BY-SA 2.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Melbourne_Tram_D1-Class%2C_St_Kilda_Road%2C_Park_St_(20230925%29_(53321376497%29.jpg) **Quickest listed:** 3h 51m\ by plane, door to door; trains not read\ **Lowest listed:** A$105\ by car; trains not read\ **Distance:** 713 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures:** –\ timetables not read\ ## 3 ways to travel 713 km apart. Times are the timetables for Mon 9 Nov, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. Trains and buses couldn't be loaded when this page was made, so this is not the full list and none of it is called best, fastest or cheapest. [The planner](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sydney&to=Melbourne) reads the timetables again for your day. - [**Fly** 3h 51m A$180–260 Estimated SYD → MEL · non-stop · typical times](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sydney&to=Melbourne) - [**Drive** 10h 44m A$105–140 Estimated 865 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sydney&to=Melbourne) - [**Taxi** 10h 44m A$1,470–1,990 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sydney&to=Melbourne) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Typical flight routes from OpenFlights (ODbL), a 2014 snapshot](https://openflights.org/data) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Departures today No train or bus is listed because the timetables couldn't be loaded when this page was made, not because none runs. [See today's departures in the planner](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sydney&to=Melbourne). ## Questions people ask How long is the flight from Sydney to Melbourne? About 1h 35m in the air (SYD → MEL); about 3h 51m door to door once you add the ride to the airport, check-in and the cab at the other end. Typical fares run A$180–260; live prices are on Flights70. How far is Melbourne from Sydney by road? About 865 km, roughly 10h 44m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around A$105–140; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Melbourne Capital city of Victoria, Australia Melbourne is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria and the second-most populous city in Australia. The city's name generally refers to a 9,993-square-kilometre (3,858 sq mi) area, comprising an urban agglomeration of 30 local government areas. The name is also used specifically to refer to the local government area, also named the City of Melbourne, whose administrative area is centred on the Melbourne central business district and some immediate surrounds. [The Melbourne guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/melbourne) [Hotels in Melbourne Compare prices on Hotels70](https://www.hotels70.com/melbourne) ## More routes - [Kochi to Bengaluru](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-bengaluru) - [Kochi to Chennai](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-chennai) - [Kochi to Thiruvananthapuram](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-thiruvananthapuram) - [Kochi to Munnar](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-munnar) - [Kochi to Alappuzha](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-alappuzha) - [Kochi to Kozhikode](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-kozhikode) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/sydney-to-melbourne, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt