Distance from Chengdu to Ho Chi Minh City
The great-circle distance between Chengdu, China and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam is 2,222 km (1,381 mi · 1,200 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 2,222 km · 1,381 mi · 1,200 nmi
- Initial bearing Chengdu → Ho Chi Minh City
- 173° (S)
- Initial bearing Ho Chi Minh City → Chengdu
- 354° (N)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 3 h 16 min
- Time zones
- Chengdu UTC+08:00 · Ho Chi Minh City UTC+07:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 17 min — the sun rises earlier in Chengdu
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
- Chengdu
- 30.6667, 104.0667
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:26 UTC / 11:54 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.