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Cheap flights from Melbourne to Sydney

164 nonstop flights a week, 3 of them today. Operated by 3 airlines, about 1h 30m in the air, 443 mi (713 km). Tickets from $44, nonstop from $47.

Flights from Melbourne to Sydney

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Prices by day: Melbourne to Sydney

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Best fares from Melbourne to Sydney

Lowest one-way prices found by recent searches for the next 120 days; press a card to search that date

Cheapest one-way $47 8 December 2026, nonstop Cheapest nonstop $47 8 December 2026, Jetstar Cheapest in the next 7 days $110 17 November, Tue Cheapest weekend departure $52 Sat, 9 January 2027
Cheapest day of the week Tuesday $66 on average over the next 120 days
Cheapest month May 2027 tickets from $44

Melbourne to Sydney at a glance

flight time, from 1h 25m to 1h 35m
1h 30m
straight-line distance
443 mi (713 km)
flights a week
164
flights today
3
first and last departure
06:00 - 10:45
lowest price, nonstop, 31 May
$44
lowest nonstop price
$47
airlines
3

Melbourne to Sydney ticket prices by month

Lowest one-way fare found by recent searches

Cheapest month: May 2027, tickets from $44. Prices come from searches over the last few days; check the search for your exact date.

The most expensive month is October 2027: from $133. The average across months is $61.

Melbourne to Sydney flight schedule

164 flights a week, 3 today, 26 seasonal or one-off. Departure and arrival times are local.

FlightDepartsArrivesDurationDaysAircraft
JQ 500
Jetstar
06:00 Tullamarine, terminal 4
07:35 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 2
1h 35m
Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun
Airbus A320
JQ 602
Jetstar
06:00 Avalon
07:25 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 2
1h 25m
Daily
Airbus A320
QF 1500
Qantas
06:00 Tullamarine, terminal 1
07:30 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 3
1h 30m
Daily
Airbus A220-300
VA 803
Virgin Australia
06:00 Tullamarine, terminal 3
07:25 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 2
1h 25m
Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Boeing 737-800
VA 805
Virgin Australia
06:15 Tullamarine, terminal 3
07:40 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 2
1h 25m
Mon, Thu, Fri
Boeing 737-800
VA 807
Virgin Australia
06:30 Tullamarine, terminal 3
07:55 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 2
1h 25m
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Boeing 737-700
QF 406
Qantas
06:35 Tullamarine, terminal 1
08:05 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 3
1h 30m
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
Boeing 737-800
JQ 502
Jetstar
06:45 Tullamarine, terminal 4
08:20 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 2
1h 35m
Daily
Airbus A320
QF 408
Qantas
06:45 Tullamarine, terminal 1
08:15 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 3
1h 30m
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Boeing 737-800
QF 410
Qantas
07:00 Tullamarine, terminal 1
08:35 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 3
1h 35m
Mon, Tue, Fri, Sat, Sun
Boeing 737-800
VA 811
Virgin Australia
07:00 Tullamarine, terminal 3
08:25 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 2
1h 25m
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Sun
Boeing 737-800
QF 412
Qantas
07:10 Tullamarine, terminal 1
08:45 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 3
1h 35m
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Boeing 737-800
VA 813
Virgin Australia
07:15 Tullamarine, terminal 3
08:40 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 2
1h 25m
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Boeing 737-700
JQ 504
Jetstar
07:20 Tullamarine, terminal 4
08:55 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 2
1h 35m
Daily
Airbus A320
QF 414
Qantas
07:25 Tullamarine, terminal 1
09:00 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 3
1h 35m
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
Boeing 737-800
VA 815
Virgin Australia
07:30 Tullamarine, terminal 3
08:55 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 2
1h 25m
Daily
Boeing 737-700
QF 416
Qantas
07:45 Tullamarine, terminal 1
09:20 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 3
1h 35m
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Boeing 737-800
VA 817
Virgin Australia
07:45 Tullamarine, terminal 3
09:10 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 2
1h 25m
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Boeing 737-700
VA 819
Virgin Australia
08:00 Tullamarine, terminal 3
09:25 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 2
1h 25m
Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat
Boeing 737-700
JQ 506
Jetstar
08:15 Tullamarine, terminal 4
09:45 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 2
1h 30m
Daily
Airbus A320
QF 420
Qantas
08:15 Tullamarine, terminal 1
09:45 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 3
1h 30m
Wed, Thu, Fri
Boeing 737-800
VA 823
Virgin Australia
08:30 Tullamarine, terminal 3
09:55 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 2
1h 25m
Tue, Wed
Boeing 737-800
JQ 508
Jetstar
08:45 Tullamarine, terminal 4
10:15 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 2
1h 30m
Mon, Thu, Fri
Airbus A320
QF 426
Qantas
08:55 Tullamarine, terminal 1
10:25 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 3
1h 30m
Daily
Airbus A320
JQ 510
Jetstar
09:20 Tullamarine, terminal 4
10:50 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 2
1h 30m
Daily
Airbus A320
QF 428
Qantas
09:30 Tullamarine, terminal 1
11:00 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 3
1h 30m
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Airbus A320
VA 829
Virgin Australia
09:30 Tullamarine, terminal 3
10:55 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 2
1h 25m
Mon, Tue, Fri, Sat, Sun
Boeing 737
QF 434
Qantas
10:00 Tullamarine, terminal 1
11:25 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 3
1h 25m
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun
Airbus A320
VA 833
Virgin Australia
10:00 Tullamarine, terminal 3
11:25 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 2
1h 25m
Tue
Boeing 737
JQ 608
Jetstar
10:20 Avalon
11:50 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 2
1h 30m
Daily
Airbus A320
QF 1506
Qantas
10:40 Tullamarine, terminal 1
12:05 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 3
1h 25m
Tue, Thu
Airbus A220-300
QF 436
Qantas
10:40 Tullamarine, terminal 1
12:05 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 3
1h 25m
Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun
Boeing 737-800
VA 835
Virgin Australia
10:45 Tullamarine, terminal 3
12:10 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 2
1h 25m
Mon, Fri
Boeing 737-800

Seasonal and one-off flights

Not operating in the next two weeks. The first of them is on 28 November.

FlightDepartsArrivesDurationDaysAircraft
QF 414
Qantas
07:20 Tullamarine, terminal 1
08:55 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 3
1h 35m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
VA 801
Virgin Australia
05:30 Tullamarine, terminal 3
06:55 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 2
1h 25m
Selected dates
Boeing 737-800
QF 434
Qantas
09:45 Tullamarine, terminal 1
11:15 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 3
1h 30m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
VA 827
Virgin Australia
09:00 Tullamarine, terminal 3
10:25 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 2
1h 25m
Selected dates
Boeing 737
QF 406
Qantas
06:30 Tullamarine, terminal 1
08:00 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 3
1h 30m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
QF 1504
Qantas
08:00 Tullamarine, terminal 1
09:30 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 3
1h 30m
Seasonal
Airbus A220-300
QF 422
Qantas
08:30 Tullamarine, terminal 1
10:00 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 3
1h 30m
Selected dates
Boeing 737-800
QF 424
Qantas
08:45 Tullamarine, terminal 1
10:15 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 3
1h 30m
Selected dates
Boeing 737-800
JQ 604
Jetstar
08:10 Avalon
09:40 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 2
1h 30m
Seasonal
Airbus A320
QF 404
Qantas
06:00 Tullamarine, terminal 1
07:30 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 3
1h 30m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
QF 1502
Qantas
07:00 Tullamarine, terminal 1
08:35 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 3
1h 35m
Selected dates
Airbus A220-300
QF 424
Qantas
09:45 Tullamarine, terminal 1
11:15 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 3
1h 30m
Selected dates
Boeing 737-800
VA 809
Virgin Australia
06:45 Tullamarine, terminal 3
08:10 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 2
1h 25m
Selected dates
Boeing 737-800
QF 1514
Qantas
06:00 Tullamarine, terminal 1
07:30 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 3
1h 30m
Seasonal
Airbus A220-300
JQ 510
Jetstar
06:40 Tullamarine, terminal 4
08:10 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 2
1h 30m
Seasonal
Airbus A320
JQ 502
Jetstar
07:30 Tullamarine, terminal 4
09:00 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 2
1h 30m
Seasonal
Airbus A321
JQ 504
Jetstar
08:15 Tullamarine, terminal 4
09:45 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 2
1h 30m
Seasonal
Airbus A320
JQ 506
Jetstar
08:45 Tullamarine, terminal 4
10:15 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 2
1h 30m
Seasonal
Airbus A320
QF 426
Qantas
09:00 Tullamarine, terminal 1
10:30 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 3
1h 30m
Seasonal
Airbus A320
JQ 508
Jetstar
09:25 Tullamarine, terminal 4
10:55 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 2
1h 30m
Seasonal
Airbus A321
QF 436
Qantas
10:45 Tullamarine, terminal 1
12:15 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 3
1h 30m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
QF 404
Qantas
06:15 Tullamarine, terminal 1
07:45 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 3
1h 30m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
QF 418
Qantas
08:00 Tullamarine, terminal 1
09:30 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 3
1h 30m
Seasonal
Airbus A320
QF 428
Qantas
09:15 Tullamarine, terminal 1
10:45 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 3
1h 30m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
JQ 606
Jetstar
10:30 Avalon
11:55 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 2
1h 25m
Seasonal
Airbus A320
VA 825
Virgin Australia
08:45 Tullamarine, terminal 3
10:10 Sydney (Kingsford Smith), terminal 2
1h 25m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800

Days of the week are taken from the schedule for the next 14 days; schedules change by season. The search shows seat availability and the price for your date.

Airlines flying Melbourne to Sydney

Flights a week by schedule and the cheapest nonstop fare of each airline found by recent searches

Qantas67 a week Jetstar49 a week Virgin Australia48 a week

Airports

Where flights from Melbourne to Sydney depart and land

Departure from Melbourne

Tullamarine closest to the centreMEL

150 flights a week, terminals 1, 3, 4, 12 mi (19 km) from the city centre

About the airport
Avalon AVV

14 flights a week, 30 mi (49 km) from the city centre

About the airport

Arrival in Sydney

Sydney (Kingsford Smith) SYD

164 flights a week, terminals 2, 3, 5 mi (8 km) from the city centre

About the airport

When to visit Sydney

Weather by month

Best time to visit: June, July and September, +17° to +21° by day, sea +18° to +20°. In November it is +24° by day and +15° at night, sea +20°, with 13 rainy days.

Jan
+26° +19° +22° 16 days
Feb
+26° +19° +23° 16 days
Mar
+25° +18° +23° 16 days
Apr
+22° +14° +22° 12 days
May
+19° +11° +21° 12 days
Jun
+17° +8° +20° 7 days
Jul
+17° +8° +18° 9 days
Aug
+19° +9° +18° 9 days
Sep
+21° +11° +19° 7 days
Oct
+23° +13° +19° 12 days
Nov
+24° +15° +20° 13 days
Dec
+26° +17° +21° 10 days

Daytime and night temperatures in °C, sea temperature (in blue), rainy days. Months with the most comfortable weather are in green. Long-term averages.

Frequently asked questions

How long is the flight from Melbourne to Sydney?
A nonstop flight takes 1 hour 30 minutes on average, from 1h 25m to 1h 35m depending on the flight.
How far is Sydney from Melbourne?
443 mi (713 km) in a straight line between the cities.
Which airlines fly nonstop from Melbourne to Sydney?
Qantas (67 a week), Jetstar (49 a week) and Virgin Australia (48 a week).
How many flights a day are there from Melbourne to Sydney?
3 flights today and 164 a week, about 23.4 a day on average.
When are the first and last flights from Melbourne to Sydney?
The first departure is at 06:00 (JQ500), the last at 10:45 (VA835). Local time.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Melbourne to Sydney?
May 2027: tickets from $44. The most expensive is October 2027, from $133.
What is the cheapest upcoming date to fly from Melbourne to Sydney?
8 December 2026 (Tuesday): from $47 one way, nonstop, by recent searches. The search shows the price for your dates.
Which airline is the cheapest from Melbourne to Sydney?
Jetstar: nonstop tickets from $47 on 8 December by recent searches. Prices change daily, so compare the sellers in the search.
Which Melbourne airport do flights to Sydney leave from?
Tullamarine (150 a week) and Avalon (14 a week).