There are 7 ways to get from Melbourne to Skopje by plane, bus, shuttle, night train, or 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 Sofia Airport, bus
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane MEL - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Skopje Nikola Karevbus
29h 53m$786–1,642Fly to Pristina, bus
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Pristina (PRN)plane MEL - PRN
- Take the bus from Pristina to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
30h 44m$632–1,636Fly to Skopje International Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane MEL - SKP
27h 35m$780–1,595Fly 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
31h 2m$922–2,372Fly to Ohrid Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Ohrid Airport (OHD)plane MEL - OHD
- Take the bus from Gorenci to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
29h 8m$925–2,025Fly 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 32m$752–1,352Fly to Bucharest Otopeni, night train, train, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane MEL - OTP
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsanighttrain
- Take the train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofiatrain
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Skopje Nikola Karevbus
39h 14m$714–1,280
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Skopje is to fly and night train and train and bus which costs $700 - $1,300 and takes 39h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Skopje is to fly which takes 27h 35m and costs $750 - $1,600.
The distance between Melbourne and Skopje is 15359 km.
It takes approximately 29h 53m to get from Melbourne to Skopje, including transfers.
Skopje is 8h behind Melbourne. It is currently 9:40 PM in Melbourne and 1:40 PM in Skopje.
There are 1894+ hotels available in Skopje.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Skopje, North Macedonia?
Etihad, Pegasus Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Skopje International Airport (SKP) twice daily.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Sofia Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tivat Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tivat Airport via Doha, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tivat Airport via Phuket, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ohrid Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 7m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ohrid Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ohrid Airport via Doha, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 57m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ohrid Airport via Tan Son Nhat, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Pristina via Abu Dhabi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Pristina via Doha, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Pristina via Colombo, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Sofia Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tivat Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,400
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
- $600–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Sofia Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tivat Airport via Doha, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Skopje International Airport via Abu Dhabi, Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Skopje International Airport via Doha, Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Pristina via Abu Dhabi, Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Pristina via Doha, Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
- Website
- israir.co.il
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tivat Airport via Abu Dhabi, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Abu Dhabi, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,200
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Abu Dhabi, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,100
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Skopje International Airport via Doha, Larnaca
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Skopje International Airport via Doha, Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tivat Airport via Doha, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
- Website
- elal.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tivat Airport via Abu Dhabi, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
- Website
- interjet.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tivat Airport via Doha, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Pristina via Abu Dhabi, Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Abu Dhabi, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,200
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $4–6
Train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $4–7
- 1st Class
- $5–7
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $26–29
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Skopje Nikola Karev
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–35
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Skopje Nikola Karev
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–35
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- 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
- $52
- Schedules at
- vardarexpress.com
- Phone
- +389 - 71 - 322 - 333
- Website
- martinoski.com
Bus from Gorenci to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5
- Schedules at
- martinoski.com
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Gorenci to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064111145130
- Phone
- +383 49 166 760
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/amalfitours1
- 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
- $12
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- [email protected]
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $9
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/motoja.shkup
- 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
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