Melbourne to Frankfurt Latency, Ping & RTT | AS203314
Melbourne to Frankfurt ping and RTT: 240.2 ms, 1.98 ms jitter, 159.77 ms fiber floor, and 66.5% efficiency across AS203314. Updated 2026-07-19.
🇦🇺 This page compares the published ping and round-trip time (RTT) from Melbourne (MEL) to 🇩🇪 Frankfurt (FRA) with vacuum and optical-fiber physical limits.
Latency Summary
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| RTT | 240.2 ms |
| Jitter | 1.98 ms |
| Packet Loss | 0% |
| Standard Fiber Floor | 159.77 ms |
| Fiber Efficiency | 66.5% |
| Latency Tier | Fair |
| Source Region | Asia Pacific |
| Destination Region | Europe |
Theoretical Fiber Latency
The public physical reference uses the GeoNames city centres for Melbourne (-37.81400, 144.96332) and Frankfurt am Main (50.11552, 8.68417). It does not disclose either facility address.
| Physical Reference | Value |
|---|---|
| WGS-84 geodesic distance | 16,315.5 km |
| Vacuum RTT floor | 108.85 ms |
| Standard fiber RTT floor () | 159.77 ms |
| Low-latency fiber material floor | 159.13 ms |
| Engineering floor (5% path allowance) | 167.78 ms |
| Research 1.33× mapped-fiber reference | 212.5 ms |
| Estimated unamplified path loss | 3426.2 dB |
| Transparent optical spans / inline amplifiers | 215 / 214 |
| Published RTT inflation over fiber floor | 1.5× |
Attenuation is used to estimate the number of 80 km optical spans; it does not directly slow light. See the full theoretical fiber latency, GeoNames, attenuation, and amplifier methodology.
Stability & Trend
The following estimated indicators summarize route stability for the current publication period and are intended for comparative planning rather than SLA evaluation.
| Stability Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Minimum RTT | 238.1 ms |
| Median RTT (p50) | 239.9 ms |
| 95th percentile RTT (p95) | 242.7 ms |
| Maximum RTT | 243.9 ms |
| Jitter | 1.98 ms |
| Packet loss | 0% |
RTT trend
Estimated route stability across the selected time window.
- Average
- 240.3 ms
- Minimum
- 238.4 ms
- Maximum
- 242.5 ms
- Average loss
- 0.03%
Route Context
- Departure PoP: Melbourne (MEL)
- Destination PoP: Frankfurt (FRA)
- Region overview: Asia Pacific → Europe
- Full global matrix: Backbone Latency Matrix
- Physical methodology: Theoretical Fiber Latency
Related City-Pair Routes
- Reverse direction: Frankfurt to Melbourne latency and RTT — 240.5 ms
- Melbourne to Sydney latency and RTT — 9.8 ms
- Melbourne to Singapore latency and RTT — 89.4 ms
- Melbourne to Tokyo latency and RTT — 113.9 ms
- Melbourne to Hong Kong latency and RTT — 128.1 ms
- Melbourne to Taipei latency and RTT — 131.9 ms
About This Measurement
Published RTT reflects best-case backbone path behavior. End-user latency also depends on local access networks, congestion, routing policy, and traffic engineering. Stability indicators are comparative estimates, and none of these values is an SLA.
Data auto-generated on July 19, 2026. Explore the full interactive latency matrix or browse more city-pair routes.