ExceptionalNonstop · 3.5h
LON to RAKMorocco
Marrakech
$48
usually $130
−63%
Most monthly lows $74–$164. Cheaper than every other month on record (6).
Flights · LON → MEL
London to Melbourne
Best fare, round trip
$1,023
−6%
below its usual $1,090
you keep $67
Found
- Depart
- Mon 18 Jan
- Return
- Thu 21 Jan
- Stay
- 3 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 22.5h
- Airline
China Eastern
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $1,027 and $1,172. The drop beats 8% of measured fares on the board, over 6 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
AustraliaMelbourneLaneway coffee, four seasons before lunch, and the Great Ocean Road starting an hour down the coast.Best windowMar–May · Sep–NovAirportsTullamarine (MEL) · Avalon (AVV)Every route into MelbourneFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in November around $763 and peak in October near $1,497, 96% dearer, across the 6 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 22.5 hours outbound, on a 3-night trip — ticketed under China Eastern, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $1,023 for 16,904 km each way, that works out to about $30 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $42 per 1,000 km typical of ultra-long-haul fares here. Across the 30 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Melbourne, this fare ranks 8th — 1.6× the $634 we hold from Washington. The best time to be in Melbourne: Mar–May · Sep–Nov.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 15% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $1,104 then versus $1,274 now, across 19 recorded snapshots. This is a calendar-level trend, so an individual deal above can be lower. The lowest single day we have seen here is $673, on 31 Oct.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 9 of 109 days priced, from 36 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
November 2026
123Wednesday 4 November: $763. Compare fares from this day.56Saturday 7 November: $1k. Compare fares from this day.89101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
December 2026
12345678910111213Monday 14 December: $1.2k. Compare fares from this day.151617181920212223Thursday 24 December: $1.3k. Compare fares from this day.25262728293031
January 2027
Cached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Nov, around $763
30% below the $1,090 typical fare
$1497Oct, above the usual price. Compare October fares.$763Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$1172Dec, above the usual price. Compare December fares.$1023Jan ’27, below the usual price. Compare January fares.$1027Feb, below the usual price. Compare February fares.$1088Jun, around the usual price. Compare June fares.$1224Jul, above the usual price. Compare July fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, London to Melbourne, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Heathrow (LHR) · Gatwick (LGW) · Stansted (STN) · Luton (LTN) ↔ Tullamarine (MEL) · Avalon (AVV)
- Flight time
- ≈22.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈16,904 km each way
- Typical price
- $1,090 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- China Eastern
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
Good to know
LON → MEL, answered.
Is $1,023 a good price for London to Melbourne?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $1,090 round-trip and this fare is 6% under it. We do not call a drop notable until 20%, so this is an ordinary price for the route rather than a reason to hurry.
What is the cheapest month to fly from London to Melbourne?
Across 6 months of cached-fare history, Nov comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Melbourne are Mar–May · Sep–Nov — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book LON → Melbourne?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet. Answering it honestly means watching the same departure date on this route over many weeks as it approaches, and that archive is still filling up — so any "book N days ahead" figure here would be borrowed from somewhere else rather than measured. What we can measure is which month is cheap: across 6 months of cached fares, Nov comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from London to Melbourne?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under China Eastern. We hold no nonstop fare on this route right now, which does not mean none flies — search your exact dates to see what does.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on 17 October). Airlines reprice constantly, so the booking search re-checks the live price before you pay. Fresher finds are far more likely to still be available.
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