There are 8 ways to get from Melbourne to North Macedonia by plane, bus, shuttle, train, or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Skopje International Airport
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane MEL - SKP
25h$770–980Fly to Athens International Airport, train, bus
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane MEL - ATH
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Skopje Central Bus Stationbus
35h 13m$585–1,231Fly to Tivat Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Tivat Airport (TIV)plane MEL - TIV
- Take the bus from Tivat, Autobuska stanica to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
30h 42m$921–1,471Fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane MEL - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia to Kumanovobus
33h 38m$684–1,258Fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane MEL - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Skopje Central Bus Stationbus
31h 43m$751–1,163Fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus, shuttle
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane MEL - TIA
- Take the bus from Tirana Airport to Prizren,Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take a shuttle bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Skopje
29h 46m$703–1,153Fly to Pristina, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Pristina (PRN)plane MEL - PRN
- Take the bus from Pristina to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
29h 39m$782–1,537Fly to Bucharest Otopeni, night train, train, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane MEL - OTP
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsanighttrain
- Take the train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofiatrain
- Take the bus from Sofia to Kumanovobus
39h 54m$611–1,094
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Skopje International Airport (SKP) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to North Macedonia is to fly and train and bus which costs $550 - $1,300 and takes 35h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to North Macedonia is to fly which takes 25h and costs $750 - $1,000.
The distance between Melbourne and North Macedonia is 15266 km.
It takes approximately 25h to get from Melbourne to North Macedonia, including transfers.
North Macedonia is 9h behind Melbourne. It is currently 3:42 PM in Melbourne and 6:42 AM in North Macedonia.
There are 1846+ hotels available in North Macedonia.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and North Macedonia?
Emirates, Turkish Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Skopje International Airport (SKP) 4 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Skopje International Airport via Dubai, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tivat Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Sofia Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Sofia Airport via Tan Son Nhat, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Sofia Airport via Phuket, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Pristina via Dubai, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Kuala Lumpur, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tivat Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Sofia Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Dubai, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Athens International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Skopje International Airport via Abu Dhabi, Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Skopje International Airport via Doha, Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Sofia Airport via Doha, Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Pristina via Doha, Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tivat Airport via Doha, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Athens International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Athens International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Abu Dhabi, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Athens International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Athens International Airport via Abu Dhabi, Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,000
- Website
- elal.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tivat Airport via Abu Dhabi, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Dubai, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Abu Dhabi, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,100
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Dubai, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Abu Dhabi, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,100
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Doha, Larnaca
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Dubai, Larnaca
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tivat Airport via Doha, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
- Website
- interjet.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tivat Airport via Doha, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
- Website
- israir.co.il
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tivat Airport via Abu Dhabi, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,400
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Night train from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $4–6
Train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $4–7
- 1st Class
- $5–7
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–28
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +389 2 2566668
- [email protected]
- Website
- vardarexpress.com
Bus from Tivat, Autobuska stanica to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $51
- Schedules at
- vardarexpress.com
- Phone
- +359 2 981 58 56
- [email protected]
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–35
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–35
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–35
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–35
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- [email protected]
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–30
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
Bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–30
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- [email protected]
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
Bus from Thessaloniki to Skopje Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $28–40
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
Bus from Thessaloniki to Skopje Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $28–40
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
- Phone
- +383 44 115 097
- [email protected]
- Website
- arbenitours.com
Bus from Tirana Airport to Prizren,Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20
- Schedules at
- arbenitours.com
- Phone
- +381 69 756756
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Shuttle from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Skopje
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $12
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 49 166 760
- [email protected]
- Website
- Amalfi Tours
Bus from Pristina to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–13
- Website
- Amalfi Tours
- Phone
- +389 76 241 003
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- [email protected]
- Website
- Motoja
Bus from Pristina to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $9–10
- Website
- Motoja
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