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MEL Melbourne ⇄ PER Perth

Melbourne Airport (Australia) and Perth International Airport (Australia): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance2,700 km1,678 mi1,458 nautical miles
MEL → PER4 h 25 minestimated block time
PER → MEL3 h 50 minestimated block time
Clock change−3 hPerth vs Melbourne, today
Great-circle route from Melbourne (MEL) to Perth (PER)MELMelbournePERPerth
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

MEL → PER

4 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 275° (W).

Leave Melbourne Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Perth Sat 7 Nov, 11:25 local.

PER → MEL

3 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 112° (ESE).

Leave Perth Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Melbourne Sat 7 Nov, 16:50 local.

PER-bound flights are the slower direction by about 35 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 distance2,700 km · 1,678 mi · 1,458 nmi
Initial heading275° (W) from MEL; 112° (ESE) from PER
Farthest from the equator37.7°S
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip13% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

MELAustralia/Melbourne — UTC+11 now; UTC+10 standard time, UTC+11 during daylight saving time
PERAustralia/Perth — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferencePerth 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 → PER. 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 PER Perth International AirportPerth, Australia · longest runway 11,299 ft3,444 m

More routes from MEL and PER

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 PERDPS Perth – Bali (Denpasar) 2,580 km1,603 mi · 4 h SYDPER Sydney – Perth 3,277 km2,036 mi · 5 h 10 min PERSIN Perth – Singapore 3,911 km2,430 mi · 5 h 35 min JNBPER Johannesburg – Perth 8,310 km5,163 mi · 9 h 40 min DXBPER Dubai – Perth 9,041 km5,618 mi · 11 h 05 min LHRPER London – Perth 14,508 km9,015 mi · 16 h 45 min

Routes of a similar length

YYZYYC Toronto – Calgary 2,689 km1,671 mi · 4 h 25 min SEAORD Seattle – Chicago 2,762 km1,716 mi · 3 h 55 min GRUSCL São Paulo – Santiago 2,615 km1,625 mi · 4 h 15 min LGWJTR London – Santorini 2,610 km1,622 mi · 3 h 50 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).