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Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands ยท Australia and New Zealand

The Cocos (Keeling) Islands or simply Cocos Islands or Keeling Islands are a chain of islands in two adjacent atolls, in the middle of the Indian Ocean some 2,750 km northwest of Perth, and around 900 km west-southwest of Christmas Island. The islands are generally considered to be the southernmost point of Asia.

Guide content adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Cocos (Keeling) Islands". Source ยท CC BY-SA 4.0

CapitalWest Island
CurrencyAUDAustralian dollar
LanguagesEnglish
Dial code+61
Time zoneEtc/GMT-6

Weather

Live

27ยฐC

Clear sky ยท feels like 27ยฐC

  • 73%
  • 32 km/h
  • AQI 28
  • MonLight drizzle26ยฐ / 27ยฐ
  • TueLight drizzle26ยฐ / 27ยฐ
  • WedLight drizzle26ยฐ / 27ยฐ
  • ThuLight drizzle26ยฐ / 27ยฐ

Measured at the country centroid, not a specific city.

Money

Live

Australian dollar (AUD)

$1 USD
$1.404
โ‚ฌ1 EUR
$1.610

Reference rates for 2026-09-18. Indicative โ€” not the rate a bureau will give you.

Trip cost

What a trip to Cocos (Keeling) Islands costs

Visas, flights, beds, food and everything in between, priced for your party and your dates. Every line shows its own arithmetic, so you can disagree with the parts you know better than we do.

Your trip

8 days on the ground

Hotel category
Flight class

Estimated cost

$4,698

$2,349 per person ยท $294 per person per day

  • Visa & entry

    $50 ร— 2 โ€” typical tourist visa or eVisa fee

    $100
  • Flights

    $871 return ร— 2 ยท 11,705 km

    $1,741
  • Accommodation

    $143/night ร— 7 nights ร— 1 room ยท Standard

    $998
  • Food & drink

    $45/person/day ร— 8 days ร— 2

    $720
  • Local transport

    $16/person/day ร— 8 days ร— 2

    $256
  • SIM & internet

    $15 per person, once ร— 2

    $30
  • Attractions

    $28/person/day ร— 8 days ร— 2

    $448
  • Travel insurance

    $4/person/day ร— 8 days ร— 2

    $58
Subtotal
$4,350
Miscellaneous (8%)
$348
Total
$4,698

Budget at a glance

Per day

$587

Per person

$2,349

Family of 4

$9,397

7 days

$4,698

14 days

$7,176

30 days

$12,838

The 7, 14 and 30-day figures re-price the whole trip at that length โ€” flights and visas do not repeat, so a month is far from four times a week.

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