Ho Chi Minh City to Athens runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €695.75, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 16h 10m over 9,086 km, on services run by 6 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €695.75, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 14, 2026
€695.75
- 212%Moves across the booking window
212%When it runs, leaving Ho Chi Minh City
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
4
0%Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €2,172.52Thu24
- about €1,868.67Fri25
- about €1,820.29Sat26
- about €1,409.06Sun27
- about €1,239.73Mon28
- about €1,117.01Tue29
- about €1,129.99Wed30
- about €1,393.13Thu1
- about €1,085.74Fri2
- about €1,062.14Sat3
- about €930.57Sun4
- about €875.11Mon5
- about €853.87Tue6
- about €925.26Wed7
- about €1,029.69Thu8
- about €830.86Fri9
- about €842.66Sat10
- about €784.84Sun11
- about €717.58Mon12
- about €715.81Tue13
- about €695.75Wed14
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
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A room in Athens for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Ho Chi Minh City to Athens
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €791.9290 days
- €712.8660 days
- €746.4945 days
- €787.2030 days
- €695.7521 days
- €925.2614 days
- €1,129.997 days
- €1,820.293 days
- €2,172.521 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €695.75.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 212 percent. The most expensive point is €2,172.52, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Ho Chi Minh City to Athens and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
4 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
9,086 km
8,652 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
14,002,598 → 664,046
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
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 9,086 km against 8,652 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Istanbul, Delhi, Dubai, Abu Dhabi. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.
The fare from ATH into Athens is set by whoever drives it.
A car waiting when you land in Athens
Settled in advance, so the ride into Athens costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand 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.
Baggage storage near Athina Larissa
Most of the points near Athina Larissa open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Ho Chi Minh City to Athens
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Ho Chi Minh City to Athens?
The fastest journey from Ho Chi Minh City to Athens takes 16h 10m door to door, of which 12h 56m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 17h 27m, 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 Ho Chi Minh City to Athens?
The cheapest fare from Ho Chi Minh City to Athens is €695.75, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €1,101.38. 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 Ho Chi Minh City to Athens?
The cheapest way from Ho Chi Minh City to Athens is by flight, at €695.75 for one passenger on October 14, 2026. That journey takes 17h 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 Ho Chi Minh City to Athens?
Fares from Ho Chi Minh City to Athens bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €695.75. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 212 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Ho Chi Minh City to Athens?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Ho Chi Minh City to Athens, at €853.87. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 23, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Ho Chi Minh City to Athens?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Ho Chi Minh City to Athens, at €575.39 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 service from Ho Chi Minh City to Athens?
6 operators sell services from Ho Chi Minh City to Athens across 1 mode: Aegean Airlines, Air India Limited, Emirates, Etihad Airways, IndiGo Airlines, Turkish 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 Ho Chi Minh City to Athens?
0 percent of the services we sell from Ho Chi Minh City to Athens are direct. The rest connect at Istanbul, Delhi, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, with about 46 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 Ho Chi Minh City to Athens use?
Services from Ho Chi Minh City to Athens by flight leave from Tan Son Nhat International Airport SGN and arrive at Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport ATH. 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 Ho Chi Minh City to Athens?
0 of the 6 operators we sell from Ho Chi Minh City to Athens 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 labeled 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 Ho Chi Minh City to Athens on September 23, 2026: 9086 km of route against 8652 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 6 operators a cheapest fare of €695.75, and 16h 10m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The two ends, compared
Ho Chi Minh City reaches 139 places in 35 countries on services we hold, over distances from 25 to 12,586 km. Athens reaches 198 places in 55 countries, from 37 to 14,950 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Ho Chi Minh City
- 139Places you can leave for
- 35Countries
- 62Operators
35
62Arriving in Athens
Leaving Athens
- 198Places you can leave for
- 55Countries
- 98Operators