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Hotels in Melbourne currently start at about € 74 per night for two people, with a typical price of € 124 and € 113 for a comfortable 4-star room. Across the 317 properties we can book here, 63% of rooms can be cancelled free of charge; 24% include or offer breakfast; the average guest rating is 8.3/10.
Melbourne's centre is a grid with laneways threaded through it, and the trams inside the Free Tram Zone cost nothing, which makes a central room unusually good value in practice. The city's calendar is built around events — the tennis, the Grand Prix, the football final — and those are the weeks that fill it.
Per night for two adults, taxes and fees included where the property reports them. Based on the 317 bookable properties we found for a two-night midweek stay a month ahead.
| Cheapest available | € 56 |
|---|---|
| Typical starting price | € 74 |
| Lower quarter of the market | € 95 |
| Typical (median) price | € 124 |
| Upper quarter | € 158 |
| Typical 3-star | € 83 |
| Typical 4-star | € 113 |
| Typical 5-star | € 159 |
The highest-rated properties with a meaningful number of guest reviews, available for our sample dates.
Rated 8/10 or better and priced at or below the city median — the sweet spot most travellers are actually looking for.
The places travellers here look up most, ranked by how widely they are written about. Most sit within reach of the hotels above.
Sports stadium in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
1.9 km from the centregarden in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
1.0 km from the centreart museum in Melbourne, Australia
1.1 km from the centreassociation football stadium in Melbourne
2.2 km from the centresporting complex in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
1.8 km from the centremuseum in Victoria, Australia
1.4 km from the centrezoo in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
3.3 km from the centrepublic square in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
in the centreMelbourne sits in Australia at 37.8136° S, 144.9631° E. Every hotel below is plotted on the live map, so you can see straight away which ones are walking distance from what you came for and which are a taxi ride out.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre.
Laneways, free trams, walk to everything, the widest choice of rooms.
River views, arts centre and casino, a bridge from the CBD.
Bars, vintage shops and live music, cheaper, ten minutes out.
Beach, faded seaside charm, a tram ride from the centre.
Each of these has its own page with live prices for that part of town.
Rooms within walking distance of what you actually came for.
The sun is genuinely harsher than in Europe; the UV index regularly hits extreme. Distances between cities are far larger than the map suggests.
We measure 1.31 times between ordinary weeks, and the event calendar explains most of it: the Australian Open in January and the Grand Prix in March both fill the city. Melbourne's weather is famously changeable in any season.
Barely. Across three separate midweek stays the typical price in Melbourne stayed within a factor of 1.31, so you can book the dates that suit you without hunting for a cheaper week. How we measure this.
The price you see includes our margin and the taxes the property reports. Nothing is added at checkout.
Every rate states its own deadline, and you cancel yourself without calling anyone.
See what each property costs before you click, and search any neighbourhood by dragging the map.
You get a reference the property can look up directly, and a page to view or cancel your booking.
Yes, more than in most cities. The Free Tram Zone covers the centre, so a CBD room removes transport costs entirely and puts the laneways, galleries and restaurants on foot.
Around the big events — the Australian Open, the Grand Prix and the AFL Grand Final. Our measurements show ordinary weeks varying by 1.31 times, but event weeks sit well outside that.
Right now the cheapest bookable rooms start around € 74 per night for two people, the typical price is € 124, and the upper quarter of the market begins at € 158. Prices move with the season and the day of the week, so check your own dates.
Yes — about 63% of the rooms available in Melbourne can be cancelled free of charge up to a deadline set by the property, usually 24 to 72 hours before check-in. Use the free cancellation filter to see only those rates.
We measure 1.31 times between ordinary weeks, and the event calendar explains most of it: the Australian Open in January and the Grand Prix in March both fill the city. Melbourne's weather is famously changeable in any season.
The AUD (A$). Cards and phone payments everywhere; cash is rarely needed.
Not expected — wages are high. Round up if you like.
The best-known places are Melbourne Cricket Ground, Carlton Gardens, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne Park. There is more detail in the things-to-do section above.
Barely. Across three separate midweek stays the typical price in Melbourne stayed within a factor of 1.31, so you can book the dates that suit you without hunting for a cheaper week.