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MEL Melbourne ⇄ SIN Singapore

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

Distance6,033 km3,748 mi3,257 nautical miles
MEL → SIN8 h 10 minestimated block time
SIN → MEL7 h 40 minestimated block time
Clock change−3 hSingapore vs Melbourne, today
Great-circle route from Melbourne (MEL) to Singapore (SIN)MELMelbourneSINSingapore
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 → SIN

8 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 306° (NW).

Leave Melbourne Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Singapore Sat 7 Nov, 15:10 local.

SIN → MEL

7 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 140° (SE).

Leave Singapore Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Melbourne Sat 7 Nov, 20:40 local.

SIN-bound flights are the slower direction by about 30 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 distance6,033 km · 3,748 mi · 3,257 nmi
Initial heading306° (NW) from MEL; 140° (SE) from SIN
Farthest from the equator37.7°S
Crossesthe equator
Share of the longest possible trip30% 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
SINAsia/Singapore — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceSingapore 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 → SIN. 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 SIN Singapore Changi AirportSingapore, Singapore · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m

More routes from MEL and SIN

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 MELDPS Melbourne – Bali (Denpasar) 4,381 km2,722 mi · 6 h 15 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 SINKUL Singapore – Kuala Lumpur 297 km185 mi · 1 h 25 min SINDPS Singapore – Bali (Denpasar) 1,672 km1,039 mi · 2 h 55 min SINBOM Singapore – Mumbai 3,922 km2,437 mi · 5 h 35 min ISTSIN Istanbul – Singapore 8,681 km5,394 mi · 10 h 25 min LHRSIN London – Singapore 10,883 km6,762 mi · 12 h 40 min SINJFK Singapore – New York 15,341 km9,532 mi · 18 h 30 min

Routes of a similar length

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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).