The skyline of Ho Chi Minh City just before sunrise. The Bitexco Financial Tower is silhouetted.

Auckland to Ho Chi Minh City

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Auckland to Ho Chi Minh City. From €768.32, fastest 17h 18m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Auckland to Ho Chi Minh City runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €768.32, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 17h 18m over 9,199 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 13 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €768.32, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 13 October 2026

€768.32

  • 242%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Auckland

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 2Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €2,396.72Thu24
  2. about €1,693.44Fri25
  3. about €1,914.69Sat26
  4. about €1,271.00Sun27
  5. about €1,112.88Mon28
  6. about €1,166.57Tue29
  7. about €1,608.48Wed30
  8. about €1,347.11Thu1
  9. about €1,187.81Fri2
  10. about €1,053.88Sat3
  11. about €974.82Sun4
  12. about €909.33Mon5
  13. about €929.39Tue6
  14. about €976.00Wed7
  15. about €1,012.58Thu8
  16. about €891.63Fri9
  17. about €968.92Sat10
  18. about €1,063.32Sun11
  19. about €777.17Mon12
  20. about €768.32Tue13
  21. about €822.60Wed14

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Ho Chi Minh City. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Ho Chi Minh City for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Gò Vấp railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Auckland to Ho Chi Minh City

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €853.8790 days
  2. €701.0660 days
  3. €720.5345 days
  4. €744.1330 days
  5. €822.6021 days
  6. €976.0014 days
  7. €1,608.487 days
  8. €1,914.693 days
  9. €2,396.721 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €701.06.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 242 percent. The dearest point is €2,396.72, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€2,396.72€701.06137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Auckland to Ho Chi Minh City and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

5 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

9,199 km

8,854 km as the crow flies, 4% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

1,547,20014,002,598

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 9,199 km against 8,854 km in a straight line, a detour of 4 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Sydney, Bandar Seri Begawan. The gap between arriving and leaving is 92 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

Ho Chi Minh City is large, and the road in from SGN can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Ho Chi Minh City

Settled in advance, so the ride into Ho Chi Minh City costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Gò Vấp railway station

Most of the points near Gò Vấp railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Auckland to Ho Chi Minh City

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Auckland to Ho Chi Minh City?

The fastest journey from Auckland to Ho Chi Minh City takes 17h 18m door to door, of which 13h 12m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 18h 14m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Auckland to Ho Chi Minh City?

The cheapest fare from Auckland to Ho Chi Minh City is €768.32, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €1,065.68. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Auckland to Ho Chi Minh City?

The cheapest way from Auckland to Ho Chi Minh City is by flight, at €768.32 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 17h 54m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Auckland to Ho Chi Minh City?

Fares from Auckland to Ho Chi Minh City bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €701.06. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 242 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Auckland to Ho Chi Minh City?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Auckland to Ho Chi Minh City, at €909.33. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 23 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Auckland to Ho Chi Minh City?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Auckland to Ho Chi Minh City, at €626.72 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Auckland to Ho Chi Minh City?

3 operators sell services from Auckland to Ho Chi Minh City across 1 mode: Aerolineas Argentinas, Royal Brunei Airlines, Vietnam Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Auckland to Ho Chi Minh City?

0 percent of the services we sell from Auckland to Ho Chi Minh City are direct. The rest connect at Sydney, Bandar Seri Begawan, with about 92 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Auckland to Ho Chi Minh City use?

Services from Auckland to Ho Chi Minh City by flight leave from Auckland International Airport AKL and arrive at Tan Son Nhat International Airport SGN. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Auckland to Ho Chi Minh City?

0 of the 3 operators we sell from Auckland to Ho Chi Minh City allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Auckland to Ho Chi Minh City on 23 September 2026: 9199 km of route against 8854 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €768.32, and 17h 18m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Ho Chi Minh City a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Ho Chi Minh City and across Vietnam

Day trips that leave Ho Chi Minh City in the morning and cover a good part of Vietnam by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Auckland reaches 72 places in 29 countries on services we hold, over distances from 114 to 14,538 km. Ho Chi Minh City reaches 139 places in 35 countries, from 25 to 12,586 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Auckland

  • 72Places you can leave for
  • 29Countries
  • 30Operators

Arriving in Ho Chi Minh City

Leaving Ho Chi Minh City

  • 139Places you can leave for
  • 35Countries
  • 62Operators

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