Shanghai to Ho Chi Minh City runs about 24 times a day, with the first departure around 06:27 and the last around 19:36. One passenger pays between €207.23 and €219.62, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 7h 6m over 2,816 km, on services run by 4 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 4 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€207.23 to €219.62
- 226%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Shanghai
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.
- 06:27First departure
- 19:36Last departure
- 24Services per day
- 83%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €548.84Sun20
- about €407.83Mon21
- about €397.80Tue22
- about €357.68Wed23
- about €458.57Thu24
- about €404.29Fri25
- about €429.07Sat26
- about €311.66Sun27
- about €270.36Mon28
- about €262.69Tue29
- about €282.16Wed30
- about €345.29Thu1
- about €305.17Fri2
- about €308.12Sat3
- about €244.99Sun4
- about €208.41Mon5
- about €207.23Tue6
- about €222.57Wed7
- about €279.21Thu8
- about €255.02Fri9
- about €258.56Sat10
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 Ho Chi Minh City. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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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When to book Shanghai 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.
- €265.0590 days
- €176.5560 days
- €168.2945 days
- €184.8130 days
- €258.5621 days
- €308.1214 days
- €429.077 days
- €397.803 days
- €548.841 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €168.29.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 226 percent. The most expensive point is €548.84, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Shanghai to Ho Chi Minh City and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
2,816 km
2,734 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
24,874,500 → 14,002,598
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
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
- 83% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 17% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 2,816 km against 2,734 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 Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Hangzhou. 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.
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 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 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 Gò Vấp railway station
Most of the points near Gò Vấp railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Shanghai to Ho Chi Minh City
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 Shanghai to Ho Chi Minh City?
The fastest journey from Shanghai to Ho Chi Minh City takes 7h 6m door to door, of which 3h 56m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 7h 24m, 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 Shanghai to Ho Chi Minh City?
The cheapest fare from Shanghai to Ho Chi Minh City is €207.23, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €373.02. 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 Shanghai to Ho Chi Minh City?
The cheapest way from Shanghai to Ho Chi Minh City is by flight, at €207.23 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 7h 6m 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 Shanghai to Ho Chi Minh City?
Fares from Shanghai to Ho Chi Minh City bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €168.29. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 226 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 Shanghai to Ho Chi Minh City?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Shanghai to Ho Chi Minh City, at €262.69. 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 Shanghai to Ho Chi Minh City?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Shanghai to Ho Chi Minh City, at €177.73 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 Shanghai to Ho Chi Minh City?
No operator record names Shanghai to Ho Chi Minh City directly. China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Spring Airlines, Vietnam 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 Shanghai to Ho Chi Minh City?
83 percent of the services we sell from Shanghai to Ho Chi Minh City are direct. The rest connect at Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, 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 Shanghai to Ho Chi Minh City use?
Services from Shanghai to Ho Chi Minh City by flight leave from Shanghai PVG and arrive at Ho Chi Minh City 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 Shanghai to Ho Chi Minh City?
0 of the 4 operators we sell from Shanghai 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.
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 Shanghai to Ho Chi Minh City on September 19, 2026: 2816 km of route against 2734 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €207.23, and 7h 6m 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. We do not sell those either.
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
Shanghai reaches 232 places in 48 countries on services we hold, over distances from 40 to 11,859 km. Ho Chi Minh City reaches 76 places in 28 countries, from 51 to 10,194 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Shanghai
- 232Places you can leave for
- 48Countries
- 88Operators
Arriving in Ho Chi Minh City
Leaving Ho Chi Minh City
- 76Places you can leave for
- 28Countries
- 60Operators