There are 8 ways to get from Munich to Cairns by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Munich International Airport to Cairns
best- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Cairns (CNS)plane MUC - CNS
24h 23m$964–7,023Train, train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Cairns
cheapest- Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Flughafen Wientrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Cairns (CNS)plane VIE - CNS
30h 43m$809–2,137Train 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
29h 15m$1,255–3,721Train to Frankfurt, fly to Cairns
- Take the train from München Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Cairns (CNS)plane FRA - CNS
27h 18m$1,177–2,523Train 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
31h 30m$1,247–3,812Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Cairns
- Take the train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from St. Margrethen Sg to Zuerich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cairns (CNS)plane ZRH - CNS
29h 7m$1,182–2,252Train 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
29h 25m$901–2,310Fly 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
33h 28m$1,129–3,093
Munich International Airport (MUC) to Cairns (CNS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Munich to Cairns is to train and fly which costs $800 - $2,200 and takes 30h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Munich to Cairns is to fly which takes 24h 23m and costs $950 - $7,000.
The distance between Munich and Cairns is 14628 km.
It takes approximately 24h 23m to get from Munich to Cairns, including transfers.
Cairns is 8h ahead of Munich. It is currently 5:16 PM in Munich and 1:16 AM in Cairns.
There are 1000+ 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) 5 times a week.
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–7,000
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Cairns via Frankfurt, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–8,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–7,000
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Cairns via Istanbul, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–7,000
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,700
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–7,500
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Cairns via Vienna International Airport, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,000
- Website
- hinterlandaviation.com.au
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cooktown Airport via Singapore Changi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–7,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cooktown Airport via Osaka Kansai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cooktown Airport via Singapore Changi, Ngurah Rai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,400
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cooktown Airport via Doha, Ngurah Rai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,900
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cooktown Airport via Hong Kong, Port Moresby, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cooktown Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Ngurah Rai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,100
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Cairns via Istanbul, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,500
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Cairns via Istanbul, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,600
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Cairns via Istanbul, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,500
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Cairns via Istanbul, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,700
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–7,000
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Cairns via Frankfurt, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–8,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–7,000
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Cairns via Istanbul, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,500
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Cairns via Istanbul, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Cairns via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,200
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Cairns via Istanbul, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,700
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,200
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,200
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $50–220
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $55–250
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $70–300
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $75–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–160
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- [email protected]
- Website
- msm-gruppe.de
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- msm-gruppe.de
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- [email protected]
- Website
- brb.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $100–310
- Schedules at
- brb.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $100–310
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Zuerich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $60–190
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Zuerich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–20
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Zuerich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- $75–120
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +61 7 3036 2070
- Website
- transnorthbus.com.au
Bus from Cooktown to Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- https://www.transnorthbus.com.au/
- Book at
- https://www.tnbc.com.au/
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