# Paris, France → Melbourne, Australia RTT

🇫🇷 **Paris, France (PAR)** → 🇦🇺 **Melbourne, Australia (MEL)**

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

During the 2026-08-16T04:07:28Z measurement round, 50 ICMP echo probes from Paris to Melbourne averaged 246.4 ms, with a minimum of 232.44 ms and a maximum of 296.68 ms. The standard deviation was 11.89 ms, jitter was 11.49 ms, and all samples returned successfully with zero packet loss.

At 16,787.7 km apart, the theoretical fiber-floor RTT is about 164.4 ms, placing the observed average at 1.5 times that benchmark and 66.7% fiber efficiency. The spread between minimum and maximum is 64.24 ms, which is wider than the jitter metric alone might suggest, so the route has a noticeable worst-case tail.

Ranked 18th among the 19 outbound paths in this round, Paris-Melbourne sits near the high-latency end of the current Paris outbound set. Its relative variability of approximately 4.8% is above the 3.28% median stability ratio for the round, making this route one where both average delay and delay variation should be tracked together.

## Latency Summary

| Metric               | Value                                                      |
| -------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| RTT                  | **246.4 ms**                                               |
| Jitter               | **11.49 ms**                                               |
| Packet Loss          | **0%**                                                     |
| Standard Fiber Floor | **164.4 ms**                                               |
| Fiber Efficiency     | **66.7%**                                                  |
| Latency Tier         | Fair                                                       |
| Source Region        | [Europe](/docs/network/latency/regions/europe)             |
| 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 [Paris](https://www.geonames.org/2988507) (48.85341, 2.34880) 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                      | **16,787.7 km** |
| Vacuum RTT floor                              | **112 ms**      |
| Standard fiber RTT floor ($n_g=1.4679$)       | **164.4 ms**    |
| Low-latency fiber material floor              | **163.74 ms**   |
| Engineering floor (5% path allowance)         | **172.64 ms**   |
| Research 1.33× mapped-fiber reference         | **218.65 ms**   |
| Estimated unamplified path loss               | **3525.4 dB**   |
| Transparent optical spans / inline amplifiers | **221 / 220**   |
| 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](/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        | **232.44 ms** |
| Average RTT        | **246.4 ms**  |
| Maximum RTT        | **296.68 ms** |
| Standard deviation | **11.89 ms**  |
| Stdev / average    | **4.8%**      |

## Route Context

* Departure PoP: [Paris (PAR)](/docs/network/latency/par-paris)
* Destination PoP: [Melbourne (MEL)](/docs/network/latency/mel-melbourne)
* Region overview: [Europe](/docs/network/latency/regions/europe) → [Asia Pacific](/docs/network/latency/regions/asia-pacific)
* Corridor overview: [Europe to Asia Pacific](/docs/network/latency/regions/europe-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 Paris latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/mel-par-rtt) — 246.5 ms

**Fastest routes departing Paris (PAR)**

* [Paris to London latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/par-lon-rtt) — 6.4 ms
* [Paris to Amsterdam latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/par-ams-rtt) — 7 ms
* [Paris to Frankfurt latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/par-fra-rtt) — 7.6 ms
* [Paris to Marseille latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/par-mrs-rtt) — 8.9 ms
* [Paris to Berlin latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/par-ber-rtt) — 15.5 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 (Europe → Asia Pacific)**

* [Moscow to Hong Kong latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/mow-hkg-rtt) — 118.6 ms
* [Moscow to Taipei latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/mow-tpe-rtt) — 132.1 ms
* [Marseille to Singapore latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/mrs-sin-rtt) — 139.6 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/par-mel.pings.{csv,json,yaml}`. When citing, include the route, the measurement round timestamp, and the dataset version — for example: "Hats Network latency dataset, Paris → 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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