Great1 stop · 14h
SEL to ISTTürkiye
Istanbul
$390
usually $640
−39%
Most monthly lows $515–$679. Cheaper than every other month on record (8).
Flights · SEL → SGN
Seoul to Ho Chi Minh City
Best fare, round trip
$196
−26%
below its usual $265
you keep $69
GoodFound
- Depart
- Tue 20 Oct
- Return
- Wed 28 Oct
- Stay
- 8 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 5.5h
- Airline
Vietjet
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $229 and $270. The drop beats 69% 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 October around $196 and peak in December near $311, 59% dearer, across the 6 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Vietjet nonstop and takes about 5.5 hours outbound, on a 8-night trip. At $196 for 3,601 km each way, that works out to about $27 per 1,000 km flown. That is well under the $43 per 1,000 km that medium-haul fares on this board typically run. Across the 4 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Ho Chi Minh City, this fare ranks 2nd — 14% above the $172 from Shanghai. 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 17% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $221 then versus $259 now, across 17 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 $129, on 7 Sep.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 16 of 111 days priced, from 107 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
November 2026
1Monday 2 November: $242. Compare fares from this day.34567Sunday 8 November: $229. Compare fares from this day.91011Thursday 12 November: $227. Compare fares from this day.13Saturday 14 November: $264. Compare fares from this day.151617181920212223Tuesday 24 November: $257. Compare fares from this day.25Thursday 26 November: $259. Compare fares from this day.27282930
December 2026
1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526Sunday 27 December: $319. Compare fares from this day.28293031
January 2027
Friday 1 January: $307. Compare fares from this day.2345Wednesday 6 January: $298. Compare fares from this day.789101112131415161718192021Friday 22 January: $315. Compare fares from this day.2324Monday 25 January: $338. Compare fares from this day.26Wednesday 27 January: $335. Compare fares from this day.28293031
Cached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Oct, around $196
26% below the $265 typical fare
$196Oct, the cheapest month. Compare October fares.$227Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$311Dec, above the usual price. Compare December fares.$264Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$270Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$233Mar, below the usual price. Compare March fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Seoul to Ho Chi Minh City, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Incheon (ICN) · Gimpo (GMP) ↔ Tan Son Nhat (SGN)
- Flight time
- ≈5.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈3,601 km each way
- Typical price
- $265 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Vietjet
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Dec–Mar
Good to know
SEL → SGN, answered.
Is $196 a good price for Seoul to Ho Chi Minh City?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $265 round-trip. At $196 you're 26% below that, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Seoul to Ho Chi Minh City?
Across 6 months of cached-fare history, Oct 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 SEL → 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, Oct comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Seoul to Ho Chi Minh City?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Vietjet). The outbound leg runs around 5.5 hours.
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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