Distance from Beijing to Ho Chi Minh City
Beijing (China) and Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) are 3,374 km apart — that's 2,097 miles or 1,822 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 3,374 km · 2,097 mi · 1,822 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Ho Chi Minh City
- 199° (SSW)
- Initial bearing Ho Chi Minh City → Beijing
- 15° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 4 h 38 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Ho Chi Minh City UTC+07:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 40 min — the sun rises earlier in Beijing
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Beijing
- 39.9075, 116.3972
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:03 UTC / 10:13 UTC
- Ho Chi Minh City
- 10.8230, 106.6296
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:43 UTC / 10:50 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.