There are 6 ways to get from Melbourne to Nan by plane, bus, train, ferry, or car
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Fly to Nan
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Nan (NNT)MEL - NNT
16h 23m฿12,450–34,465Fly to Chiang Mai International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)MEL - CNX
- Take the bus from Chiang Mai to Nan
23h 3m฿7,695–24,815Fly to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI)MEL - CEI
- Take the bus from Chiang Rai to Phayao
- Take the bus from Phayao to Nan
21h 51mFly to Sukhothai Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Sukhothai Airport (THS)MEL - THS
- Take the train from Phichai to Ban Dan
- Take the bus from Den Chai to Nan
20h 47m฿9,845–28,480Fly to Luang Prabang International Airport, Local Speedboat, drive, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Luang Prabang International Airport (LPQ)MEL - LPQ
- Take the ferry from Luang Prabang to Pakbeng
- Drive from Pakbeng to Thung Chang
- Take the bus from Thung Chang to Nan
26h 1m฿11,456–30,402Fly to Udon Thani International Airport, drive
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Udon Thani International Airport (UTH)MEL - UTH
- Drive from Udon-Thani-Airport-UTH to Nan
21h 8m฿12,775–34,575
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Nan (NNT) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Nan is to fly and bus which costs ฿7500 - ฿25000 and takes 23h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Nan is to fly which takes 16h 23m and costs ฿12000 - ฿35000.
The distance between Melbourne and Nan is 7811 km.
It takes approximately 16h 23m to get from Melbourne to Nan, including transfers.
Nan is 4h behind Melbourne. It is currently 5:55 PM in Melbourne and 1:55 PM in Nan.
There are 140+ hotels available in Nan.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Nan, Thailand?
Malindo Airways, Thai AirAsia, and seven other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Nan (NNT) 5 times a day.
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿11,000–34,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿10,000–31,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Sukhothai Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿8,500–25,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Sukhothai Airport via Singapore Changi, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿6,500–42,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Luang Prabang International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–36,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Udon Thani International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿11,000–32,000
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Nan via Ngurah Rai, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–34,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Nan via Tan Son Nhat, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–35,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Nan via Kuala Lumpur, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿11,000–36,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Nan via Noi Bai International, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–47,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Nan via Singapore Changi, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿13,000–85,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Nan via Phuket, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–50,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿6,000–60,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿8,000–55,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿11,000–34,000
- Website
- vietnamairlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Luang Prabang International Airport via Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿10,000–31,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Luang Prabang International Airport via Singapore Changi, Siem Reap
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿9,500–60,000
- Website
- nokair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Nan via Kuala Lumpur, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿13,000–48,000
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿9,500–34,000
- Website
- flyscoot.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿6,000–14,000
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿9,500–34,000
- Website
- bangkokair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Sukhothai Airport via Singapore Changi, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿6,500–42,000
- Website
- laoairlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Luang Prabang International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–36,000
- Website
- railway.co.th
Train from Phichai to Ban Dan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ฿30–45
- Schedules at
- railway.co.th
- Phone
- +66 5326 6480
- servicecenter@greenbusthailand.com
- Website
- greenbusthailand.com
Bus from Chiang Mai to Nan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿300–420
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/en/operator/greenbus
- Website
- https://www.greenbusthailand.com/website/
Bus from Phayao to Nan
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿150–440
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/en/operator/greenbus
- Website
- https://www.greenbusthailand.com/website/
- Phone
- +66 2 936 3256
- Website
- sombattour.com
Bus from Chiang Rai to Phayao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/en/operator/sombat-tour
- Website
- https://www.sombattour.com/
- Phone
- 1624
- customerservice@nakhonchaiair.com
- Website
- nakhonchaiair.com
Bus from Den Chai to Nan
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿180–310
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/en/operator/nakhonchai-air
- Website
- https://www.nakhonchaiair.com/view/
- Gold Class
- ฿210–230
- First Class
- ฿280–310
- Phone
- +66 2 030 4933
- Website
- bangkokbusline.co.th
Bus from Thung Chang to Nan
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿220–850
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/en/operator/bangkok-busline?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAwbitBhDIARIsABfFYIL7NQN9eHO--kzPR38l4tIhJTTSnWwKehvfsSTpdhJ5DCXYO-3uleIaAkeNEALw_wcB
- Website
- https://bangkokbusline.co.th/?lang_code=en
- Website
- hobomaps.com
Ferry from Luang Prabang to Pakbeng
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿287
- Schedules at
- hobomaps.com
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