Melbourne to Bali (Denpasar) (MEL–DPS): distance and flight time

Flight time each way

MEL → DPS

6 h 15 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 310° (NW).

Leave Melbourne Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Bali (Denpasar) Sat 7 Nov, 13:15 local.

DPS → MEL

5 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 142° (SE).

Leave Bali (Denpasar) Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Melbourne Sat 7 Nov, 18:50 local.

DPS-bound flights are the slower direction by about 25 minutes in our estimate: the route runs mostly east–west through latitudes where the prevailing westerly winds at cruise height are strong, so heading east rides a tailwind and heading west fights a headwind. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance	4,381 km · 2,722 mi · 2,366 nmi
Initial heading	310° (NW) from MEL; 142° (SE) from DPS
Farthest from the equator	37.7°S
Crosses	neither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip	22% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

MEL	Australia/Melbourne — UTC+11 now; UTC+10 standard time, UTC+11 during daylight saving time
DPS	Asia/Makassar — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
Difference	Bali (Denpasar) is 3 hours behind Melbourne today; −3 h in January and −2 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying MEL → DPS. Your body clock has to move 3 hours later, like a westward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 3 days to fully adjust. Shifting later (as here) is usually the easier direction; evening daylight at the destination helps. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

MEL Melbourne AirportMelbourne, Australia · longest runway 11,998 ft3,657 m

DPS Denpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International AirportBali (Denpasar), Indonesia · longest runway 9,790 ft2,984 m

More routes from MEL and DPS

MELHBA Melbourne – Hobart 618 km384 mi · 1 h 45 min SYDMEL Sydney – Melbourne 706 km438 mi · 1 h 55 min MELAKL Melbourne – Auckland 2,637 km1,639 mi · 3 h 45 min MELSIN Melbourne – Singapore 6,033 km3,748 mi · 8 h 10 min DXBMEL Dubai – Melbourne 11,644 km7,235 mi · 13 h 50 min DFWMEL Dallas–Fort Worth – Melbourne 14,475 km8,995 mi · 18 h 15 min CGKDPS Jakarta – Bali (Denpasar) 983 km611 mi · 2 h 10 min SINDPS Singapore – Bali (Denpasar) 1,672 km1,039 mi · 2 h 55 min PERDPS Perth – Bali (Denpasar) 2,580 km1,603 mi · 4 h BNEDPS Brisbane – Bali (Denpasar) 4,488 km2,789 mi · 6 h 20 min SYDDPS Sydney – Bali (Denpasar) 4,622 km2,872 mi · 6 h 35 min

Routes of a similar length

YVRHNL Vancouver – Honolulu 4,354 km2,705 mi · 6 h 20 min SFOBOS San Francisco – Boston 4,341 km2,697 mi · 5 h 30 min SEAHNL Seattle – Honolulu 4,308 km2,677 mi · 6 h 20 min HNLANC Honolulu – Anchorage 4,475 km2,781 mi · 6 h 05 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).

MEL Melbourne ⇄ DPS Bali (Denpasar)