There are 5 ways to get from Melbourne to Cancún by plane, train, ferry, shuttle, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Melbourne Airport to Cancún International Airport
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane MEL - CUN
24h 22m$18,396–48,481Fly Essendon Fields Airport to Cancún International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Essendon Fields Airport (MEB) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane MEB - CUN
45h 53m$10,109–35,194Fly Melbourne Airport to Tulum International Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Tulum International Airport (TQO)plane MEL - TQO
- Take the train from Estación Tren Maya Tulum Aeropuerto to Estación Tren Maya Cancún Aeropuertotrain
2d$11,501–38,661Fly Melbourne Airport to Cozumel International Airport, ferry, shuttle
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Cozumel International Airport (CZM)plane MEL - CZM
- Take the ferry from Cozumel to Playa del Carmenferry
- Take a shuttle bus from Playa del Carmen to Cancún
30h 20m$12,606–45,671Fly Melbourne Airport to Mérida International Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Mérida International Airport (MID)plane MEL - MID
- Take the bus from Merida to Cancunbus
30h 59m$19,005–97,535
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Cancún International Airport (CUN) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Cancún is to fly which costs $10000 - $36000 and takes 45h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Cancún is to fly which takes 24h 22m and costs $18000 - $49000.
The distance between Melbourne and Cancún is 14773 km.
It takes approximately 24h 22m to get from Melbourne to Cancún, including transfers.
Cancún is 16h behind Melbourne. It is currently 11:43 AM in Melbourne and 7:43 PM in Cancún.
There are 1644+ hotels available in Cancún.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Cancún, Mexico?
United Airlines, Qantas, and two other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Cancún International Airport (CUN) 4 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cancún International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $8,500–38,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tulum International Airport via San Francisco, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $11,000–36,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tulum International Airport via Los Angeles, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 17m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $10,000–47,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tulum International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $14,000–47,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cozumel International Airport via San Francisco, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 44m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $12,000–40,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Los Angeles, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 59m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $11,000–39,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mérida International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $15,000–49,000
Flights from Essendon Fields Airport to Cancún International Airport via King Island, Melbourne Airport, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $14,000–46,000
Flights from Essendon Fields Airport to Cancún International Airport via Flinders Island, Launceston, Sydney, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 14m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $10,000–35,000
Flights from Essendon Fields Airport to Cancún International Airport via Flinders Island, Launceston, Sydney, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $10,000–35,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cancún International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $11,000–38,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cancún International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $11,000–38,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tulum International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 24m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $14,000–47,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tulum International Airport via San Francisco, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 39m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $11,000–36,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $16,000–55,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mérida International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 39m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $15,000–49,000
Flights from Essendon Fields Airport to Cancún International Airport via King Island, Melbourne Airport, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $14,000–46,000
Flights from Essendon Fields Airport to Cancún International Airport via Flinders Island, Launceston, Sydney, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $10,000–35,000
- Website
- vivaaerobus.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tulum International Airport via San Francisco, Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $10,000–36,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cozumel International Airport via San Francisco, Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 7m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $12,000–40,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mérida International Airport via San Francisco, Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 26m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $11,000–38,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mérida International Airport via Los Angeles, Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 22m
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $11,000–49,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cancún International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $8,500–29,000
Flights from Essendon Fields Airport to Cancún International Airport via King Island, Melbourne Airport, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2d
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $10,000–35,000
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cancún International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $11,000–38,000
Flights from Essendon Fields Airport to Cancún International Airport via King Island, Melbourne Airport, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $14,000–46,000
Flights from Essendon Fields Airport to Cancún International Airport via Flinders Island, Launceston, Sydney, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $14,000–46,000
- Phone
- +52 559 771 1000
- Website
- Booking Tren Maya
Train from Estación Tren Maya Tulum Aeropuerto to Estación Tren Maya Cancún Aeropuerto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $240–1,200
- Website
- Booking Tren Maya
- Special Tourist (INAPAM)
- $240–300
- Local Tourist
- $310–370
- National Tourist
- $460–550
- International Tourist
- $600–750
- National Premier
- $700–900
- International Premier
- $950–1,200
- Phone
- +52 984 188 6604
- Website
- facebook.com
Shuttle from Playa del Carmen to Cancún
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $1,000–5,500
- Schedules at
- taxisplayadelcarmen.com
- To Airport
- $3,600–5,500
- Phone
- +52 55 5652 9331
- [email protected]
- Website
- Wayak
Bus from Merida to Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7,500–60,000
- Website
- Wayak
- Medium SUV 5 Passengers
- $7,500–11,000
- Sedan 3 Passengers
- $8,134
- Van 9 Passengers
- $9,500–14,000
- Sprinter 18 Passengers
- $48,000–60,000
- Sprinter 12 Passengers
- $39,786
- Phone
- +52 998 460 3084
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ultramar Ferry
Ferry from Cozumel to Playa del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $99–376
- Website
- Ultramar Ferry
- Premium Plus
- $290–320
- Premium Plus Adult
- $316
- Premium Plus Children
- $237
- Residentes Q.Roo
- $188
- INAPAM
- $99
- First Class Adult
- $376
- First Class Children
- $376
- Phone
- +52 987 872 1508
- [email protected]
- Website
- winjet.mx
Ferry from Cozumel to Playa del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $109–341
- Schedules at
- winjet.mx
- Book at
- winjet.mx
- General
- $341
- Handicapped
- $109
- Minor
- $262
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