Distance from Dhaka to Ho Chi Minh City
The great-circle distance between Dhaka, Bangladesh and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam is 2,237 km (1,390 mi · 1,208 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 2,237 km · 1,390 mi · 1,208 nmi
- Initial bearing Dhaka → Ho Chi Minh City
- 127° (SE)
- Initial bearing Ho Chi Minh City → Dhaka
- 312° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 3 h 17 min
- Time zones
- Dhaka UTC+06:00 · Ho Chi Minh City UTC+07:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 48 min — the sun rises later in Dhaka
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
- Dhaka
- 23.7104, 90.4074
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:32 UTC / 12:38 UTC
- Ho Chi Minh City
- 10.8230, 106.6296
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:44 UTC / 11:16 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.