Distance from Guangzhou to Ho Chi Minh City
Flying the shortest possible route, Ho Chi Minh City lies 1,537 km (955 miles, 830 nautical miles) from Guangzhou — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,537 km · 955 mi · 830 nmi
- Initial bearing Guangzhou → Ho Chi Minh City
- 208° (SSW)
- Initial bearing Ho Chi Minh City → Guangzhou
- 26° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 28 min
- Time zones
- Guangzhou UTC+08:00 · Ho Chi Minh City UTC+07:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 43 min — the sun rises earlier in Guangzhou
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
- Guangzhou
- 23.1167, 113.2500
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:01 UTC / 11:06 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.