Distance from Dongguan to Ho Chi Minh City
The great-circle distance between Dongguan, China and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam is 1,552 km (965 mi · 838 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,552 km · 965 mi · 838 nmi
- Initial bearing Dongguan → Ho Chi Minh City
- 210° (SSW)
- Initial bearing Ho Chi Minh City → Dongguan
- 28° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 29 min
- Time zones
- Dongguan UTC+08:00 · Ho Chi Minh City UTC+07:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 29 min — the sun rises earlier in Dongguan
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
- Dongguan
- 23.0180, 113.7487
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:15 UTC / 10:22 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.