# Melbourne, Australia → São Paulo, Brazil RTT

🇦🇺 **Melbourne, Australia (MEL)** → 🇧🇷 **São Paulo, Brazil (GRU)**

Measurement round: `2026-08-16T04:07:28Z`.

The 2026-08-16T04:07:28Z round measured ICMP echo RTT between Melbourne, Australia and São Paulo, Brazil across 50 samples. The average was 305.3 ms, with a minimum of 295.61 ms and a maximum of 333.89 ms; standard deviation was 8.1 ms, jitter was 6 ms, and packet loss was 0 percent.

At a geodesic distance of 13,105.1 km, the vacuum floor is 87.43 ms and the fiber floor is 128.34 ms. The observed average is 2.38 times the fiber floor, putting fiber efficiency at 42 percent; the large inflation above the physical reference indicates substantial path overhead.

This route ranks 18th among 19 outbound routes in the same round, placing it near the lower end of the set. Its standard deviation is about 2.7 percent of the average RTT, below the median variability of 3.28 percent across the route set, while jitter stayed at 6 ms. The path is therefore consistently slow: zero packets were lost, but the RTT floor remains far above the theoretical minimum.

## Latency Summary

| Metric               | Value                                                        |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| RTT                  | **305.3 ms**                                                 |
| Jitter               | **6 ms**                                                     |
| Packet Loss          | **0%**                                                       |
| Standard Fiber Floor | **128.34 ms**                                                |
| Fiber Efficiency     | **42%**                                                      |
| Latency Tier         | High                                                         |
| Source Region        | [Asia Pacific](/docs/network/latency/regions/asia-pacific)   |
| Destination Region   | [South America](/docs/network/latency/regions/south-america) |

## Ping Measurement Series

The chart below renders the 50-sample ICMP echo measurement round for this route; an accessible table of every sample is included with the chart.

## Download This Route's Data

This route's measurement round is published as open data (CC BY 4.0) in CSV, JSON, and YAML. See [About This Measurement](#about-this-measurement) for citation guidance.

## Theoretical Fiber Latency

The public physical reference uses the GeoNames city centres for [Melbourne](https://www.geonames.org/2158177) (-37.81400, 144.96332) and [São Paulo](https://www.geonames.org/3448439) (-23.54750, -46.63611). It does not disclose either facility address.

| Physical Reference                            | Value           |
| --------------------------------------------- | --------------- |
| WGS-84 geodesic distance                      | **13,105.1 km** |
| Vacuum RTT floor                              | **87.43 ms**    |
| Standard fiber RTT floor ($n_g=1.4679$)       | **128.34 ms**   |
| Low-latency fiber material floor              | **127.82 ms**   |
| Engineering floor (5% path allowance)         | **134.77 ms**   |
| Research 1.33× mapped-fiber reference         | **170.69 ms**   |
| Estimated unamplified path loss               | **2752.1 dB**   |
| Transparent optical spans / inline amplifiers | **173 / 172**   |
| Published RTT inflation over fiber floor      | **2.38×**       |

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](/docs/network/latency/theoretical-fiber-latency).

## Stability & Trend

The current measurement round (2026-08-16T04:07:28Z) collected 50 ICMP echo samples on this route. Distribution statistics from that round:

| Round Statistic    | Value         |
| ------------------ | ------------- |
| Minimum RTT        | **295.61 ms** |
| Average RTT        | **305.3 ms**  |
| Maximum RTT        | **333.89 ms** |
| Standard deviation | **8.1 ms**    |
| Stdev / average    | **2.7%**      |

## Route Context

* Departure PoP: [Melbourne (MEL)](/docs/network/latency/mel-melbourne)
* Destination PoP: [São Paulo (GRU)](/docs/network/latency/gru-sao-paulo)
* Region overview: [Asia Pacific](/docs/network/latency/regions/asia-pacific) → [South America](/docs/network/latency/regions/south-america)
* Corridor overview: [Asia Pacific to South America](/docs/network/latency/regions/asia-pacific-to-south-america)
* Full global matrix: [Backbone Latency Matrix](/docs/network/latency)
* Physical methodology: [Theoretical Fiber Latency](/docs/network/latency/theoretical-fiber-latency)

## Related City-Pair Routes

**Reverse direction**

* [São Paulo to Melbourne latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/gru-mel-rtt) — 274.7 ms

**Fastest routes departing Melbourne (MEL)**

* [Melbourne to Sydney latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/mel-syd-rtt) — 9.8 ms
* [Melbourne to Singapore latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/mel-sin-rtt) — 88.4 ms
* [Melbourne to Tokyo latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/mel-tyo-rtt) — 112 ms
* [Melbourne to Hong Kong latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/mel-hkg-rtt) — 138.5 ms
* [Melbourne to Taipei latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/mel-tpe-rtt) — 143.2 ms

**Fastest routes arriving at São Paulo (GRU)**

* [Ashburn to São Paulo latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/iad-gru-rtt) — 101.4 ms
* [New York to São Paulo latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/nyc-gru-rtt) — 106.9 ms
* [Miami to São Paulo latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/mia-gru-rtt) — 128.7 ms
* [Los Angeles to São Paulo latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/lax-gru-rtt) — 131.3 ms
* [Seattle to São Paulo latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/sea-gru-rtt) — 155.7 ms

**Same corridor (Asia Pacific → South America)**

* [Tokyo to São Paulo latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/tyo-gru-rtt) — 230.5 ms
* [Taipei to São Paulo latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/tpe-gru-rtt) — 273 ms
* [Hong Kong to São Paulo latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/hkg-gru-rtt) — 287.6 ms

## About This Measurement

Published RTT reflects best-case backbone path behavior measured with ICMP echo probes between PoPs. End-user latency also depends on local access networks, congestion, routing policy, and traffic engineering. None of these values is an SLA.

The measurement round behind this page is published as open data under **CC BY 4.0** in the [Hats Network latency dataset](/opendata/latency/). Per-pair files are available at `/opendata/latency/latest/pairs/mel-gru.pings.{csv,json,yaml}`. When citing, include the route, the measurement round timestamp, and the dataset version — for example: "Hats Network latency dataset, Melbourne → São Paulo round 2026-08-16T04:07:28Z, CC BY 4.0".

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*Data auto-generated on August 16, 2026. Explore the [full interactive latency matrix](/docs/network/latency) or browse more [city-pair routes](/docs/network/latency/pairs).*

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