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

Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh City

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh City. From £45.11, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh City runs about 32 times a day, with the first departure around 06:08 and the last around 20:30. One passenger pays between £45.11 and £54.01, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. Services cover 621 km and are run by 5 operators across 2 modes.

Checked 4 October 2026Priced for 20 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 5 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for 20 October 2026

£45.11 to £54.01

  • 139%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Da Nang

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:08First departure
  • 20:30Last departure
  • 32Services per day
  • 100%Run direct

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Buying this journey

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The price is the one 12Go sets, with every fee shown before you pay.

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about £89.59Mon5
  2. about £77.96Tue6
  3. about £80.99Wed7
  4. about £83.02Thu8
  5. about £77.46Fri9
  6. about £78.98Sat10
  7. about £74.42Sun11
  8. about £54.71Mon12
  9. about £53.19Tue13
  10. about £56.23Wed14
  11. about £69.87Thu15
  12. about £63.31Fri16
  13. about £64.82Sat17
  14. about £61.79Sun18
  15. about £45.61Mon19
  16. about £45.11Tue20
  17. about £47.13Wed21
  18. about £59.26Thu22
  19. about £53.70Fri23
  20. about £56.23Sat24
  21. about £51.68Sun25

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 Da Nang 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. £47.1390 days
  2. £56.7460 days
  3. £40.0545 days
  4. £37.5330 days
  5. £51.6821 days
  6. £61.7914 days
  7. £74.427 days
  8. £80.993 days
  9. £89.591 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at £37.53.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 139 percent. The dearest point is £89.59, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
£89.59£37.53137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

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

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

621 km

608 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.

Who lives at each end

1,276,000 → 14,002,598

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.

How far it really runs
The route covers 621 km against 608 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.

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 Da Nang 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 Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh City?

Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh City covers 621 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

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

The cheapest fare from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh City is £45.11, as of 4 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £77.10. 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 Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh City?

The cheapest way from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh City is by flight, at £45.11 for one passenger on 20 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh City?

Fares from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh City bottom out around 30 days before departure, at £37.53. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 139 percent, measured on 4 October 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

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

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh City, at £53.19. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 4 October 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh City?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh City, at £39.04 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 Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh City?

5 operators sell services from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh City across 2 modes: Jetstar Pacific, Sun PhuQuoc Airways, Vietnam Airlines, Vietravel Airlines, VNR. 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 Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh City?

Every service we sell from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh City is direct. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

How much CO2 does the journey from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh City produce?

Travelling from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh City by train produces about 20.1 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 130.8 kg, roughly 7 times as much for one passenger.

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

Services from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh City by flight leave from Da Nang International Airport DAD 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 Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh City?

1 of the 5 operators we sell from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh City allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs £4.28. 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 Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh City on 4 October 2026: 621 km of route against 608 km in a straight line, 44 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of £45.11, and 4h 22m 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

Da Nang reaches 84 places in 18 countries on services we hold, over distances from 20 to 9,827 km. Ho Chi Minh City reaches 139 places in 35 countries, from 25 to 12,586 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Da Nang

  • 84Places you can leave for
  • 18Countries
  • 34Operators

Arriving in Ho Chi Minh City

Leaving Ho Chi Minh City

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

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