Distance from Ho Chi Minh City to Moscow
Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) and Moscow (Russia) are 7,708 km apart — that's 4,789 miles or 4,162 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,708 km · 4,789 mi · 4,162 nmi
- Initial bearing Ho Chi Minh City → Moscow
- 326° (NW)
- Initial bearing Moscow → Ho Chi Minh City
- 101° (ESE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 44 min
- Time zones
- Ho Chi Minh City UTC+07:00 · Moscow UTC+03:00 (-4 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 184 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
- Moscow
- 55.7520, 37.6178
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:48 UTC / 17:24 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.