# Miami, USA → Melbourne, Australia RTT

🇺🇸 **Miami, USA (MIA)** → 🇦🇺 **Melbourne, Australia (MEL)**

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

During the measurement round 2026-08-16T04:07:28Z, ICMP echo requests from Miami to Melbourne produced an average round-trip time of 200.7 ms over 50 samples, with a minimum of 190.44 ms and a maximum of 231.45 ms. No probes were dropped, so the packet loss rate was 0 percent.

The path spans 15,591.9 km, corresponding to a vacuum round-trip floor of 104.02 ms and a fiber floor of 152.69 ms. The average is 1.31 times the fiber floor, about 76.1 percent fiber efficiency, and the route is placed in the 'Fair' latency tier.

This path was ranked 17th among 19 measured outbound routes from this origin. The 9.1 ms standard deviation is about 4.5 percent of the average, above the 3.28 percent median standard-deviation-to-average ratio across the measured set, and jitter of 6.99 ms leaves the 190.44 to 231.45 ms range with a spread of just over 41 ms.

## Latency Summary

| Metric               | Value                                                        |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| RTT                  | **200.7 ms**                                                 |
| Jitter               | **6.99 ms**                                                  |
| Packet Loss          | **0%**                                                       |
| Standard Fiber Floor | **152.69 ms**                                                |
| Fiber Efficiency     | **76.1%**                                                    |
| Latency Tier         | Fair                                                         |
| Source Region        | [North America](/docs/network/latency/regions/north-america) |
| Destination Region   | [Asia Pacific](/docs/network/latency/regions/asia-pacific)   |

## 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 [Miami](https://www.geonames.org/4164138) (25.77427, -80.19366) and [Melbourne](https://www.geonames.org/2158177) (-37.81400, 144.96332). It does not disclose either facility address.

| Physical Reference                            | Value           |
| --------------------------------------------- | --------------- |
| WGS-84 geodesic distance                      | **15,591.9 km** |
| Vacuum RTT floor                              | **104.02 ms**   |
| Standard fiber RTT floor ($n_g=1.4679$)       | **152.69 ms**   |
| Low-latency fiber material floor              | **152.07 ms**   |
| Engineering floor (5% path allowance)         | **160.34 ms**   |
| Research 1.33× mapped-fiber reference         | **203.07 ms**   |
| Estimated unamplified path loss               | **3274.3 dB**   |
| Transparent optical spans / inline amplifiers | **205 / 204**   |
| Published RTT inflation over fiber floor      | **1.31×**       |

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        | **190.44 ms** |
| Average RTT        | **200.7 ms**  |
| Maximum RTT        | **231.45 ms** |
| Standard deviation | **9.1 ms**    |
| Stdev / average    | **4.5%**      |

## Route Context

* Departure PoP: [Miami (MIA)](/docs/network/latency/mia-miami)
* Destination PoP: [Melbourne (MEL)](/docs/network/latency/mel-melbourne)
* Region overview: [North America](/docs/network/latency/regions/north-america) → [Asia Pacific](/docs/network/latency/regions/asia-pacific)
* Corridor overview: [North America to Asia Pacific](/docs/network/latency/regions/north-america-to-asia-pacific)
* 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**

* [Melbourne to Miami latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/mel-mia-rtt) — 201 ms

**Fastest routes departing Miami (MIA)**

* [Miami to Ashburn latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/mia-iad-rtt) — 27.3 ms
* [Miami to New York latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/mia-nyc-rtt) — 33.3 ms
* [Miami to Los Angeles latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/mia-lax-rtt) — 56.8 ms
* [Miami to Seattle latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/mia-sea-rtt) — 81.9 ms
* [Miami to London latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/mia-lon-rtt) — 101.8 ms

**Fastest routes arriving at Melbourne (MEL)**

* [Sydney to Melbourne latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/syd-mel-rtt) — 9.8 ms
* [Singapore to Melbourne latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/sin-mel-rtt) — 88.6 ms
* [Tokyo to Melbourne latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/tyo-mel-rtt) — 113.9 ms
* [Hong Kong to Melbourne latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/hkg-mel-rtt) — 138.4 ms
* [Taipei to Melbourne latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/tpe-mel-rtt) — 142 ms

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

* [Seattle to Tokyo latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/sea-tyo-rtt) — 85 ms
* [Los Angeles to Tokyo latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/lax-tyo-rtt) — 101.2 ms
* [Seattle to Taipei latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/sea-tpe-rtt) — 114.7 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/mia-mel.pings.{csv,json,yaml}`. When citing, include the route, the measurement round timestamp, and the dataset version — for example: "Hats Network latency dataset, Miami → Melbourne 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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