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Ho Chi Minh City to Manila

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Ho Chi Minh City to Manila. From €138.20, fastest 5h 40m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Ho Chi Minh City to Manila runs about 7 times a day, with the first departure around 06:09 and the last around 14:51. One passenger pays between €138.20 and €150.59, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 40m over 1,660 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 19, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026

€138.20 to €150.59

  • 173%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Ho Chi Minh City

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:09First departure
  • 14:51Last departure
  • 7Services per day
  • 57%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €312.84Sun20
  2. about €285.11Mon21
  3. about €198.97Tue22
  4. about €240.86Wed23
  5. about €279.21Thu24
  6. about €242.04Fri25
  7. about €256.79Sat26
  8. about €216.08Sun27
  9. about €167.11Mon28
  10. about €180.09Tue29
  11. about €217.26Wed30
  12. about €197.79Thu1
  13. about €191.30Fri2
  14. about €160.62Sat3
  15. about €151.18Sun4
  16. about €140.56Mon5
  17. about €138.20Tue6
  18. about €145.28Wed7
  19. about €198.97Thu8
  20. about €154.72Fri9
  21. about €169.47Sat10

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Manila. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Manila for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Lerma 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 Ho Chi Minh City to Manila

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

  1. €200.1590 days
  2. €114.6060 days
  3. €135.2545 days
  4. €121.6830 days
  5. €169.4721 days
  6. €160.6214 days
  7. €256.797 days
  8. €198.973 days
  9. €312.841 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €114.60.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 173 percent. The most expensive point is €312.84, 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.
€312.84€114.60137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

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

Clocks

1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

1,660 km

1,612 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

14,002,5981,600,000

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

How we know

0/2

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

Ho Chi Minh CityHo Chi Minh CityManilaManila
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
50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,660 km against 1,612 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Hong Kong, Da Nang, Bandar Seri Begawan, Shenzhen. The gap between arriving and leaving is 83 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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.

Manila is large, and the road in from MNL can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Manila

Settled in advance, so the ride into Manila costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

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

Baggage storage near Lerma station

Most of the points near Lerma station open before the first train and close after the last one.

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Ho Chi Minh City to Manila

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 Manila?

The fastest journey from Ho Chi Minh City to Manila takes 5h 40m door to door, of which 2h 33m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 49m, 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 Manila?

The cheapest fare from Ho Chi Minh City to Manila is €138.20, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €216.38. 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 Manila?

The cheapest way from Ho Chi Minh City to Manila is by flight, at €138.20 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 5h 43m 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 Manila?

Fares from Ho Chi Minh City to Manila bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €114.60. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 173 percent, measured on September 19, 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 Manila?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Ho Chi Minh City to Manila, at €167.11. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 19, 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 Manila?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Ho Chi Minh City to Manila, at €108.70 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 Manila?

No operator record names Ho Chi Minh City to Manila directly. Cebu Pacific, Philippine Airlines publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

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

50 percent of the services we sell from Ho Chi Minh City to Manila are direct. The rest connect at Hong Kong, Da Nang, Bandar Seri Begawan, Shenzhen, with about 83 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 Manila use?

Services from Ho Chi Minh City to Manila by flight leave from Ho Chi Minh City SGN and arrive at Manila MNL. 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 Manila?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from Ho Chi Minh City to Manila 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.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

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 Manila on September 19, 2026: 1660 km of route against 1612 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €138.20, and 5h 40m 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 Manila a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Manila and across Philippines

Day trips that leave Manila in the morning and cover a good part of Philippines by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Ho Chi Minh City reaches 76 places in 28 countries on services we hold, over distances from 51 to 10,194 km. Manila reaches 98 places in 27 countries, from 40 to 11,743 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Ho Chi Minh City

  • 76Places you can leave for
  • 28Countries
  • 60Operators

Arriving in Manila

Leaving Manila

  • 98Places you can leave for
  • 27Countries
  • 61Operators

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