There are 7 ways to get from Melbourne to Northern Ireland by plane, bus, car ferry, train, or ferry
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 George Best Belfast City Airport
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane MEL - BHD
28h 29m£328–918Fly to Belfast International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane MEL - BFS
28h 14m£283–777Fly to Dublin Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane MEL - DUB
- Take the bus from Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Belfast Glengallbus
28h 11m£457–982Fly to Donegal Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Donegal Airport (CFN)plane MEL - CFN
- Take the bus from Croithlí to Letterkenny Busbus
34h 4m£528–1,451Fly to City Of Derry Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to City Of Derry Airport (LDY)plane MEL - LDY
30h 44m£449–1,219Fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus, car ferry
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane MEL - EDI
- Take the bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Glasgow Buchanan to Cairnryan Stena Terminalbus
- Take the carferry from Cairnryan to Belfastcarferry
35h 25m£520–1,023Fly to Manchester Airport, train, ferry
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane MEL - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Holyheadtrain
- Take the ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry
- Take the train from Dublin Connolly to Portadowntrain
36h 10m£562–1,003
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Northern Ireland is to fly which costs £280 - £800 and takes 28h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Northern Ireland is to fly and bus which takes 28h 11m and costs £450 - £1,000.
The distance between Melbourne and Northern Ireland is 10713 miles.
It takes approximately 28h 29m to get from Melbourne to Northern Ireland, including transfers.
Northern Ireland is 11h behind Melbourne. It is currently 4:30 PM in Melbourne and 5:30 AM in Northern Ireland.
There are 1210+ hotels available in Northern Ireland.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Northern Ireland?
Virgin Australia, Qatar Airways, and five other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) every 3 hours.
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Doha, Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £490–950
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Doha, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £470–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Doha, Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £470–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Dubai, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dublin Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Donegal Airport via Doha, Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £700–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410–1,100
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Abu Dhabi, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £310–900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Belfast International Airport via Doha, Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 12m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £390–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Belfast International Airport via Doha, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 37m
- When
- Friday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £390–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Belfast International Airport via Abu Dhabi, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–750
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Belfast International Airport via Doha, Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £390–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Belfast International Airport via Dubai, Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £420–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to City Of Derry Airport via Dubai, Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £700–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to City Of Derry Airport via Doha, Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £650–1,300
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Dubai, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Donegal Airport via Dubai, Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £800–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Donegal Airport via Abu Dhabi, Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £490–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Donegal Airport via Doha, Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £750–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Donegal Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Donegal Airport via San Francisco, Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £750–2,600
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dublin Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410–1,100
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dublin Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £450–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £440–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £440–1,300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Belfast International Airport via Dubai, London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £420–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to City Of Derry Airport via Abu Dhabi, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £430–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to City Of Derry Airport via Doha, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £650–1,300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310–900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £470–1,300
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dublin Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500–950
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–750
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Belfast International Airport via Abu Dhabi, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £260–750
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Donegal Airport via Dubai, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £800–2,400
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Manchester Airport to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Dublin Connolly to Portadown
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- £10–15
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Train from Dublin Connolly to Portadown
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–21
- Website
- Translink
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- [email protected]
- Website
- Aircoach
Bus from Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Belfast Glengall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–17
- Website
- Aircoach
- Phone
- 074 9741644
- [email protected]
- Website
- TFI Local Link Donegal Sligo Leitrim
Bus from Croithlí to Letterkenny Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £3–6
- Website
- TFI Local Link Donegal Sligo Leitrim
- Leap/Contactless
- £3–4
- Cash
- £5–6
- Phone
- +353 74 954 8114
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bus Feda Teoranta
Bus from Croithlí to Letterkenny Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £15–18
- Website
- Bus Feda Teoranta
- Phone
- +35 374 913 5201
- [email protected]
- Website
- Mc Ginley Coach Travel
Bus from Croithlí to Letterkenny Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £14–18
- Website
- Mc Ginley Coach Travel
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–15
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £7–15
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–10
- Website
- Ember
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Bus from Glasgow Buchanan to Cairnryan Stena Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £4
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- £4
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- [email protected]
- Website
- Stena Line
Car ferry from Cairnryan to Belfast
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £20–36
- Website
- Stena Line
- Passenger
- £36
- Car Passenger
- £149
Ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- Stena Line
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