Distance from Ho Chi Minh City to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and Shanghai, China is 2,734 km (1,699 mi · 1,476 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 2,734 km · 1,699 mi · 1,476 nmi
- Initial bearing Ho Chi Minh City → Shanghai
- 32° (NNE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Ho Chi Minh City
- 217° (SW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 3 h 53 min
- Time zones
- Ho Chi Minh City UTC+07:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 60 min — the sun rises later 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
- 22:43 UTC / 10:50 UTC
- Shanghai
- 31.2222, 121.4581
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:43 UTC / 09:52 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.