Distance from Ho Chi Minh City to Mexico City
The great-circle distance between Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and Mexico City, Mexico is 15,625 km (9,709 mi · 8,437 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 15,625 km · 9,709 mi · 8,437 nmi
- Initial bearing Ho Chi Minh City → Mexico City
- 40° (NE)
- Initial bearing Mexico City → Ho Chi Minh City
- 318° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 19 h 02 min
- Time zones
- Ho Chi Minh City UTC+07:00 · Mexico City UTC-06:00 (-13 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 812 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
- Mexico City
- 19.4285, -99.1277
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 12:16 UTC / 01:10 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.