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SIN Singapore ⇄ SGN Ho Chi Minh City

Singapore Changi Airport (Singapore) and Tan Son Nhat International Airport (Vietnam): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,093 km679 mi590 nautical miles
SIN → SGN2 h 15 minestimated block time
SGN → SIN2 h 20 minestimated block time
Clock change−1 hHo Chi Minh City vs Singapore, today
Great-circle route from Singapore (SIN) to Ho Chi Minh City (SGN)SINSingaporeSGNHo Chi Minh City
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

SIN → SGN

2 h 15 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 15° (NNE).

Leave Singapore Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Ho Chi Minh City Sat 7 Nov, 11:15 local.

SGN → SIN

2 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 196° (SSW).

Leave Ho Chi Minh City Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Singapore Sat 7 Nov, 13:20 local.

The two directions differ by 0 minutes in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,093 km · 679 mi · 590 nmi
Initial heading15° (NNE) from SIN; 196° (SSW) from SGN
Farthest from the equator10.8°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip5% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

SINAsia/Singapore — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
SGNAsia/Ho_Chi_Minh — UTC+7 now; UTC+7 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceHo Chi Minh City is 1 hour behind Singapore today.

Jet lag, flying SIN → SGN. Your body clock has to move 1 hour later, like a westward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

SIN Singapore Changi AirportSingapore, Singapore · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m SGN Tan Son Nhat International AirportHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam · longest runway 12,468 ft3,800 m

More routes from SIN and SGN

SINKUL Singapore – Kuala Lumpur 297 km185 mi · 1 h 25 min SINMNL Singapore – Manila 2,375 km1,476 mi · 3 h 45 min SINDEL Singapore – Delhi 4,159 km2,584 mi · 5 h 55 min ISTSIN Istanbul – Singapore 8,681 km5,394 mi · 10 h 25 min LHRSIN London – Singapore 10,883 km6,762 mi · 12 h 40 min SINJFK Singapore – New York 15,341 km9,532 mi · 18 h 30 min SGNBKK Ho Chi Minh City – Bangkok 716 km445 mi · 1 h 55 min SGNHAN Ho Chi Minh City – Hanoi 1,160 km721 mi · 2 h 20 min

Routes of a similar length

SFOSEA San Francisco – Seattle 1,093 km679 mi · 2 h 20 min PEKPVG Beijing – Shanghai 1,099 km683 mi · 2 h 15 min CDGFCO Paris – Rome 1,101 km684 mi · 2 h 15 min FCOATH Rome – Athens 1,085 km674 mi · 2 h 10 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).