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Ho Chi Minh City
Plan Ho Chi Minh City with worthwhile museums, Cholon walks, Vietnamese food, restaurant ideas, travel-health advice and monthly climate averages.
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Hanoi
Explore Hanoi at your own pace: Old Quarter walks, seven worthwhile sights, five local dishes, airport advice and official monthly weather averages.
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Compare the separate Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City climate tables before choosing travel dates. Each guide uses its own station data; neither describes the weather throughout Vietnam. Leave time for transfers if you combine north and south.
Monthly climate, city by city
Ho Chi Minh City monthly weatherHo Chi Minh City — Viet Nam Meteorological and Hydrological Administration via WMO WWIS · 1991–2020 normalsHanoi monthly weatherHanoi — WMO WWIS city 308, Viet Nam Meteorological and Hydrological Administration · 1991–2020 as labelled in the WMO station feed normalsThe journey starts here
Current fares to Vietnam
BEST DIRECT FARE18% belowSydney (SYD) to
Ho Chi Minh City (SGN)
Round trip30 Dec – 9 Jan10 days
From A$2,007.00
Nonstop both ways12h out · 8h 35m back
RECENTLY FOUNDMelbourne (MEL) to
Ho Chi Minh City (SGN)
Round trip20 Jan – 27 Jan7 days
From A$1,169.00
Nonstop both ways8h 25m out · 8h 20m back
RECENTLY FOUNDPerth (PER) to
Ho Chi Minh City (SGN)
Round trip31 Dec – 9 Jan9 days
From A$1,214.00
Nonstop both ways6h 35m out · 6h 55m back
RECENTLY FOUNDNew York (JFK) to
Hanoi (HAN)
Round trip5 Apr – 12 Apr7 days
From US$900.00
1 stop each way19h 15m out · 21h 10m back
RECENTLY FOUNDLondon (LON) to
Ho Chi Minh City (SGN)
Round trip29 Dec – 16 Jan18 days
From £541.00
1 stop each way15h 5m out · 15h 40m back
RECENTLY FOUNDSan Francisco (SFO) to
Ho Chi Minh City (SGN)
Round trip20 Jan – 3 Feb14 days
From US$730.00
1 stop each way19h 35m out · 17h 5m back
Before you travel
Travel Health
Health review overdue. Previous medical assertions are withheld; consult the current official guidance before departure. Advice depends on your full itinerary and personal circumstances; a city guide is not a medical consultation.
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