Melbourne to New York Latency, Ping & RTT | AS203314
Melbourne to New York ping and RTT: 206.3 ms, 2.23 ms jitter, 163.27 ms fiber floor, and 79.1% efficiency across AS203314. Updated 2026-07-19.
🇦🇺 This page compares the published ping and round-trip time (RTT) from Melbourne (MEL) to 🇺🇸 New York (NYC) with vacuum and optical-fiber physical limits.
Latency Summary
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| RTT | 206.3 ms |
| Jitter | 2.23 ms |
| Packet Loss | 0.11% |
| Standard Fiber Floor | 163.27 ms |
| Fiber Efficiency | 79.1% |
| Latency Tier | Fair |
| Source Region | Asia Pacific |
| Destination Region | North America |
Theoretical Fiber Latency
The public physical reference uses the GeoNames city centres for Melbourne (-37.81400, 144.96332) and New York City (40.71427, -74.00597). It does not disclose either facility address.
| Physical Reference | Value |
|---|---|
| WGS-84 geodesic distance | 16,672 km |
| Vacuum RTT floor | 111.22 ms |
| Standard fiber RTT floor () | 163.27 ms |
| Low-latency fiber material floor | 162.61 ms |
| Engineering floor (5% path allowance) | 171.45 ms |
| Research 1.33× mapped-fiber reference | 217.14 ms |
| Estimated unamplified path loss | 3501.1 dB |
| Transparent optical spans / inline amplifiers | 219 / 218 |
| Published RTT inflation over fiber floor | 1.26× |
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 | 203.8 ms |
| Median RTT (p50) | 206 ms |
| 95th percentile RTT (p95) | 209.1 ms |
| Maximum RTT | 210.8 ms |
| Jitter | 2.23 ms |
| Packet loss | 0.11% |
RTT trend
Estimated route stability across the selected time window.
- Average
- 206.5 ms
- Minimum
- 205.2 ms
- Maximum
- 208.6 ms
- Average loss
- 0.02%
Route Context
- Departure PoP: Melbourne (MEL)
- Destination PoP: New York (NYC)
- Region overview: Asia Pacific → North America
- Full global matrix: Backbone Latency Matrix
- Physical methodology: Theoretical Fiber Latency
Related City-Pair Routes
- Reverse direction: New York to Melbourne latency and RTT — 203.9 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.