Distance from Ho Chi Minh City to Tokyo
Flying the shortest possible route, Tokyo lies 4,327 km (2,689 miles, 2,336 nautical miles) from Ho Chi Minh City — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 4,327 km · 2,689 mi · 2,336 nmi
- Initial bearing Ho Chi Minh City → Tokyo
- 45° (NE)
- Initial bearing Tokyo → Ho Chi Minh City
- 239° (WSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 5 h 45 min
- Time zones
- Ho Chi Minh City UTC+07:00 · Tokyo UTC+09:00 (+2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 169 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
- 22:44 UTC / 11:16 UTC
- Tokyo
- 35.6895, 139.6917
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 19:55 UTC / 09:41 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.