There are 7 ways to get from Munich to Cairns by plane, train, 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 Munich International Airport to Cairns
best- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Cairns (CNS)plane MUC - CNS
24h 8m$1,311–4,344Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Cairns
cheapest- Take the train from München Hbf to St. Margrethen SGtrain
- Take the train from St. Margrethen SG to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cairns (CNS)plane ZRH - CNS
29h 16m$676–3,830Train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Cairns
- Take the train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Cairns (CNS)plane NUE - CNS
28h 50m$951–3,313Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Cairns
- Take the train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Cairns (CNS)plane STR - CNS
28h 56m$746–1,865Train to Frankfurt, fly to Cairns
- Take the train from München Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Cairns (CNS)plane FRA - CNS
27h 34m$1,022–2,543Train to Salzburg Airport, fly to Cairns
- Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Cairns (CNS)plane SZG - CNS
28h 9m$994–3,293Fly Munich International Airport to Cooktown Airport, bus
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Cooktown Airport (CTN)plane MUC - CTN
- Take the bus from Cooktown to Cairnsbus
39h 18m$981–2,514
Munich International Airport (MUC) to Cairns (CNS) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Munich to Cairns is to train and fly which costs $700 - $1,900 and takes 28h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Munich to Cairns is to fly which takes 24h 8m and costs $1,300 - $4,400.
The distance between Munich and Cairns is 14628 km.
It takes approximately 24h 8m to get from Munich to Cairns, including transfers.
Cairns is 9h ahead of Munich. It is currently 9:35 PM in Munich and 6:35 AM in Cairns.
There are 955+ hotels available in Cairns.
What companies run services between Munich, Germany and Cairns, QLD, Australia?
Singapore Airlines flies from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Cairns (CNS) 4 times a week.
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–4,000
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Cairns via Frankfurt, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–5,500
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Cairns via Munich International Airport, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,300
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,400
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Cairns via Vienna, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–3,800
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Cairns via Istanbul, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–3,600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–4,000
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Cairns via Frankfurt, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $900–5,500
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Cairns via Munich International Airport, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 56m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–3,800
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Cairns via Istanbul, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,200
- Website
- hinterlandaviation.com.au
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cooktown Airport via Singapore Changi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–4,700
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cooktown Airport via Osaka Kansai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,200
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cooktown Airport via Singapore Changi, Darwin, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,200
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cooktown Airport via Hong Kong, Port Moresby, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,100
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cooktown Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Ngurah Rai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cooktown Airport via Tan Son Nhat, Ngurah Rai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,300
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Cairns via Istanbul, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Cairns via Istanbul, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,600
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Cairns via Istanbul, Singapore Changi, Darwin
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,200
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Cairns via Istanbul, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Cairns via Istanbul, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,600
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cairns via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,300
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,100
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $45–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $110–250
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $60–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–210
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–140
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- [email protected]
- Website
- MSM Partyzug
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- MSM Partyzug
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from St. Margrethen SG to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–100
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from St. Margrethen SG to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–20
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from St. Margrethen SG to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $38–44
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- (07) 3036 2070
- Website
- Trans North Bus & Coach
Bus from Cooktown to Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $75–110
- Website
- Trans North Bus & Coach
- Book at
- Trans North Bus & Coach
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