Rare2 stops · 12.5h
NYC to HNLUnited States
Honolulu
$410
usually $820
−50%
Most monthly lows $576–$946. Cheaper than every other month on record (8).
Flights · NYC → SGN
New York to Ho Chi Minh City
Best fare, round trip
$497
−9%
below its usual $545
you keep $48
Found
- Depart
- Mon 1 Feb
- Return
- Sat 6 Feb
- Stay
- 5 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 20.5h
- Airline
Air India
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $520 and $879. The drop beats 18% of measured fares on the board, over 6 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 February around $497 and peak in December near $1,335, 169% dearer, across the 6 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 20.5 hours outbound, on a 5-night trip — ticketed under Air India, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $497 for 14,284 km each way, that works out to about $17 per 1,000 km flown. That is well under the $42 per 1,000 km that ultra-long-haul fares on this board typically run. Across the 14 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Ho Chi Minh City, this fare ranks 2nd — 37% above the $362 from Los Angeles. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 30 routes of similar length we watch out of New York, where the middle fare is $868. The best time to be in Ho Chi Minh City: Dec–Mar.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 20% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $804 then versus $963 now, across 19 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 $497, on 1 Feb '27.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 12 of 109 days priced, from 36 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
1516171819202122232425262728Thursday 29 October: $547. Compare fares from this day.Friday 30 October: $899. Compare fares from this day.31
November 2026
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December 2026
123456789101112131415161718Saturday 19 December: $2.1k. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 20 December: $2.1k. Compare fares from this day.Monday 21 December: $1.3k. Compare fares from this day.22Wednesday 23 December: $1.9k. Compare fares from this day.24Friday 25 December: $1.5k. Compare fares from this day.262728293031
January 2027
Friday 1 January: $1k. Compare fares from this day.23Monday 4 January: $900. Compare fares from this day.5678910Monday 11 January: $852. Compare fares from this day.121314Friday 15 January: $575. Compare fares from this day.1617Monday 18 January: $531. Compare fares from this day.19202122232425262728293031
Cached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Feb, around $497
9% below the $545 typical fare
$547Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$879Nov, above the usual price. Compare November fares.$1335Dec, above the usual price. Compare December fares.$531Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$497Feb, the cheapest month. Compare February fares.$520Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, New York to Ho Chi Minh City, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- JFK · Newark (EWR) · LaGuardia (LGA) ↔ Tan Son Nhat (SGN)
- Flight time
- ≈20.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈14,284 km each way
- Typical price
- $545 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Air India
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Dec–Mar
Good to know
NYC → SGN, answered.
Is $497 a good price for New York to Ho Chi Minh City?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $545 round-trip and this fare is 9% 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 New York to Ho Chi Minh City?
Across 6 months of cached-fare history, Feb 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 NYC → 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 6 months of cached fares, Feb comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from New York to Ho Chi Minh City?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Air India. 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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