Distance from Ho Chi Minh City to Karachi
Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) and Karachi (Pakistan) are 4,454 km apart — that's 2,768 miles or 2,405 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 4,454 km · 2,768 mi · 2,405 nmi
- Initial bearing Ho Chi Minh City → Karachi
- 296° (WNW)
- Initial bearing Karachi → Ho Chi Minh City
- 103° (ESE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 5 h 54 min
- Time zones
- Ho Chi Minh City UTC+07:00 · Karachi UTC+05:00 (-2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 140 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
- Karachi
- 24.8608, 67.0104
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:04 UTC / 14:13 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.