ExceptionalNonstop · 3.5h
LON to RAKMorocco
Marrakech
$48
usually $130
−63%
Most monthly lows $74–$164. Cheaper than every other month on record (6).
Flights · LON → SGN
London to Ho Chi Minh City
Best fare, round trip
$493
−3%
below its usual $510
you keep $17
Found
- Depart
- Sat 16 Jan
- Return
- Tue 16 Feb
- Stay
- 31 nights
- Flight
- 2 stops · 18h
- Airline
Air China
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $502 and $573. The drop beats 1% of measured fares on the board, over 5 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
VietnamHo Chi Minh CityFaster and richer than Hanoi, and the usual door to the Mekong Delta and the southern coast.Best windowDec–MarAirportsTan Son Nhat (SGN)Every route into Ho Chi Minh CityFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in January around $493 and peak in December near $964, 96% dearer, across the 5 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes 2 stops and takes about 18 hours outbound, on a 31-night trip — ticketed under Air China, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $493 for 10,194 km each way, that works out to about $24 per 1,000 km flown. That is well under the $44 per 1,000 km that long-haul fares on this board typically run. Of the 21 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Ho Chi Minh City, this is the cheapest right now — 7% under the next one, Madrid. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 34 routes of similar length we watch out of London, where the middle fare is $647. The best time to be in Ho Chi Minh City: Dec–Mar.
The 7 days we hold a cached fare for
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 17% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $786 then versus $652 now, across 18 recorded snapshots. This is a calendar-level trend, so an individual deal above can be lower. The lowest single day we have seen here is $471, on 25 Jan '27.
- Wed 11 Nov$548
- Fri 27 Nov$531
- Fri 18 Dec$964
- Fri 25 Dec$1,232
- Sun 3 Jan$725
- Mon 4 Jan$652
- Sat 16 Jan$493lowest
These are the only days we have a cached price for on this route so far — not the only days it flies. The search above covers any date.
Cached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Jan, around $493
3% below the $510 typical fare
$502Nov, around the usual price. Compare November fares.$964Dec, above the usual price. Compare December fares.$493Jan ’27, the cheapest month. Compare January fares.$573Feb, above the usual price. Compare February fares.$512Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, London to Ho Chi Minh City, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Heathrow (LHR) · Gatwick (LGW) · Stansted (STN) · Luton (LTN) ↔ Tan Son Nhat (SGN)
- Flight time
- ≈18 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈10,194 km each way
- Typical price
- $510 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Air China
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Dec–Mar
Good to know
LON → SGN, answered.
Is $493 a good price for London to Ho Chi Minh City?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $510 round-trip and this fare is 3% under it. We do not call a drop notable until 20%, so this is an ordinary price for the route rather than a reason to hurry.
What is the cheapest month to fly from London to Ho Chi Minh City?
Across 5 months of cached-fare history, Jan comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Ho Chi Minh City are Dec–Mar — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book LON → Ho Chi Minh City?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet. Answering it honestly means watching the same departure date on this route over many weeks as it approaches, and that archive is still filling up — so any "book N days ahead" figure here would be borrowed from somewhere else rather than measured. What we can measure is which month is cheap: across 5 months of cached fares, Jan comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from London to Ho Chi Minh City?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Air China. We hold no nonstop fare on this route right now, which does not mean none flies — search your exact dates to see what does.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on 17 October). Airlines reprice constantly, so the booking search re-checks the live price before you pay. Fresher finds are far more likely to still be available.
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