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UTC+7 Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh · UTC+7 all year

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US Eastern team 0 h shared 9–5 · their day is 21:00–05:00 here
US Pacific team 0 h shared 9–5 · their day is 00:00–08:00 (next day) here
UK team 1–2 h shared 9–5 · their day is 16:00–00:00 here
Central Europe team 2–3 h shared 9–5 · their day is 15:00–23:00 here
Price level 29 Very low: household prices Vietnam-wide vs US = 100 (2025)
Comfortable months 6 / 12 November–April

Your team's working day, on Hanoi's clock

Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in Hanoi; the shaded column is a local 9–5.

Employer's 9–5 Overlap with your 9–5 Your 9–5 Night (22–7)

US Eastern 21:00–05:00
0 h
US Pacific 00:00–08:00 (next day)
0 h
UK 16:00–00:00
1 h
Central Europe 15:00–23:00
2 h

Vietnam does not change its clocks, so every shift in shared hours comes from your employer's side.

Shared hours through the year

Hours of a 9–5 in both places that coincide, lowest–highest across each month's working days. "Awake" stretches your day to 7:00–22:00.

MonthUS EasternUS PacificUKCentral Europe
Jan0 h awake 1 h0 h awake 1 h1 h awake 6 h2 h awake 7 h
Feb0 h awake 1 h0 h awake 1 h1 h awake 6 h2 h awake 7 h
Mar0 h awake 1–2 h0 h awake 0–1 h1–2 h awake 6–7 h2–3 h awake 7–8 h
Apr0 h awake 2 h0 h awake 0 h2 h awake 7 h3 h awake 8 h
May0 h awake 2 h0 h awake 0 h2 h awake 7 h3 h awake 8 h
Jun0 h awake 2 h0 h awake 0 h2 h awake 7 h3 h awake 8 h
Jul0 h awake 2 h0 h awake 0 h2 h awake 7 h3 h awake 8 h
Aug0 h awake 2 h0 h awake 0 h2 h awake 7 h3 h awake 8 h
Sep0 h awake 2 h0 h awake 0 h2 h awake 7 h3 h awake 8 h
Oct0 h awake 2 h0 h awake 0 h1–2 h awake 6–7 h2–3 h awake 7–8 h
Nov0 h awake 1 h0 h awake 1 h1 h awake 6 h2 h awake 7 h
Dec0 h awake 1 h0 h awake 1 h1 h awake 6 h2 h awake 7 h

Weather for working, month by month

January: Great (9.7), high 20°C20°JanFebruary: Great (9.5), high 21°C21°FebMarch: Great (9.0), high 23°C23°MarApril: Good (7.9), high 27°C27°AprMay: Poor (2.4), high 31°C31°MayJune: Poor (0.5), high 33°C33°JunJuly: Poor (0.4), high 32°C32°JulAugust: Poor (0.6), high 32°C32°AugSeptember: Poor (1.6), high 31°C31°SepOctober: Fair (6.0), high 29°C29°OctNovember: Great (9.0), high 26°C26°NovDecember: Great (10.0), high 22°C22°Dec

GreatGoodFairPoor How the score works

MonthHighLowRainDew pointDaylightScore
Jan20°C14°C18 mm13°C comfortable10.9 h9.7
Feb21°C16°C23 mm16°C sticky11.3 h9.5
Mar23°C18°C39 mm18°C muggy11.9 h9.0
Apr27°C21°C78 mm22°C oppressive12.5 h7.9
May31°C24°C187 mm24°C oppressive13.0 h2.4
Jun33°C26°C206 mm26°C oppressive13.3 h0.5
Jul32°C26°C295 mm25°C oppressive13.2 h0.4
Aug32°C26°C289 mm25°C oppressive12.7 h0.6
Sep31°C25°C226 mm24°C oppressive12.1 h1.6
Oct29°C22°C93 mm22°C oppressive11.5 h6.0
Nov26°C19°C47 mm19°C muggy11.0 h9.0
Dec22°C15°C28 mm14°C comfortable10.7 h10.0

TerraClimate 1991–2020 averages for the ~4 km grid cell. Daylight is computed for mid-month.

Getting there and settling in

Population
8,717,600 (2024)
Elevation
16 m
Airports
Noi Bai International Airport (HAN), 22 km
Time zone
Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
Visas
Rules depend on your passport and change often; NomadCritic does not summarise them. Check Vietnam's official government or embassy website.
Read more
Hanoi on Wikipedia

Travel advice

US: Level 1 Exercise Normal Precautions. State Department

UK FCDO No FCDO advice against travel. Updated 2026-10-07. GOV.UK

Checked 2026-11-01 (US) and 2026-11-01 (UK). Read the official advice before you go.

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