Distance from Ho Chi Minh City to London
The great-circle distance between Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and London, United Kingdom is 10,194 km (6,334 mi · 5,504 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,194 km · 6,334 mi · 5,504 nmi
- Initial bearing Ho Chi Minh City → London
- 323° (NW)
- Initial bearing London → Ho Chi Minh City
- 70° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 39 min
- Time zones
- Ho Chi Minh City UTC+07:00 · London UTC+01:00 (-6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 352 min — the sun rises earlier in Ho Chi Minh City
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
- Ho Chi Minh City
- 10.8230, 106.6296
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:44 UTC / 11:16 UTC
- London
- 51.5085, -0.1257
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:35 UTC / 19:39 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.