VIC · Melbourne
Avalon Airport → Carlton taxi fare
Catch a metered cab from Avalon Airport to Carlton and you’re looking at between A$154.99 and A$179.47 on the day rate, with A$163.15 a fair midpoint. The drive is 69.1 km — about 83 minutes when traffic cooperates.
Estimated fare range
A$154.99 – A$198.19
69.1 km · 83 min typical
Tuesday 8am
A$154.99 – A$179.47
overnight tariff
Friday 6pm
A$154.99 – A$179.47
overnight tariff
Saturday 10pm
A$171.16 – A$198.19
peak tariff
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About this route
Victoria adds a small airport-pickup surcharge to fares starting at Avalon Airport; that surcharge is already baked into the A$163.15 typical meter shown above. Saturday-night trips into Carlton on the late-night tariff settle near A$180.17 — useful to know if your flight or event lands after the band kicks over. There are no tolls on the usual route into Carlton — what the meter reads is the fare you pay.
Avalon sits ~55 km west of the CBD and is regulated as a regional trip rather than a metro pickup. For a 69.1 km haul this far across town (Avalon Airport → Carlton), a metered taxi commonly comes out cheaper than rideshare once surge pricing kicks in. Commercial Passenger Vehicles Victoria (CPVV) sets the metered ceiling reflected here — about A$163.15 on the day rate for the trip into Carlton.