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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

28ยฐC

Partly cloudy ยท feels like 29ยฐC

  • 76%
  • 30 km/h
  • AQI 24
  • SunDense drizzle26ยฐ / 28ยฐ
  • MonModerate drizzle27ยฐ / 27ยฐ
  • TueLight drizzle26ยฐ / 27ยฐ
  • WedLight drizzle26ยฐ / 27ยฐ

Measured at the country centroid, not a specific city.

Money

Live

Australian dollar (AUD)

$1 USD
$1.420
โ‚ฌ1 EUR
$1.638

Reference rates for 2026-08-07. 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

$4,543

$2,271 per person ยท $284 per person per day

  • Visa & entry

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

    $100
  • Flights

    $825 return ร— 2 ยท 11,705 km

    $1,650
  • Accommodation

    $135/night ร— 7 nights ร— 1 room ยท Standard

    $945
  • 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
$4,206
Miscellaneous (8%)
$336
Total
$4,543

Budget at a glance

Per day

$568

Per person

$2,271

Family of 4

$9,085

7 days

$4,543

14 days

$6,963

30 days

$12,496

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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