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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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Ho Chi Minh City for remote work

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 0 / 12 None reach Good; best December–February

Your team's working day, on Ho Chi Minh City's clock

Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in Ho Chi Minh City; 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: Poor (4.9), high 32°C32°JanFebruary: Poor (4.2), high 32°C32°FebMarch: Poor (2.6), high 34°C34°MarApril: Poor (2.0), high 34°C34°AprMay: Poor (0.0), high 34°C34°MayJune: Poor (0.3), high 33°C33°JunJuly: Poor (0.8), high 32°C32°JulAugust: Poor (0.9), high 32°C32°AugSeptember: Poor (1.0), high 32°C32°SepOctober: Poor (1.1), high 32°C32°OctNovember: Poor (3.4), high 32°C32°NovDecember: Fair (5.0), high 31°C31°Dec

GreatGoodFairPoor How the score works

MonthHighLowRainDew pointDaylightScore
Jan32°C23°C16 mm21°C muggy11.4 h4.9
Feb32°C23°C3 mm21°C muggy11.7 h4.2
Mar34°C25°C10 mm22°C oppressive11.9 h2.6
Apr34°C26°C46 mm24°C oppressive12.2 h2.0
May34°C26°C233 mm25°C oppressive12.5 h0.0
Jun33°C25°C270 mm25°C oppressive12.6 h0.3
Jul32°C25°C288 mm24°C oppressive12.6 h0.8
Aug32°C24°C275 mm24°C oppressive12.4 h0.9
Sep32°C24°C289 mm24°C oppressive12.1 h1.0
Oct32°C24°C278 mm24°C oppressive11.8 h1.1
Nov32°C24°C101 mm23°C oppressive11.5 h3.4
Dec31°C23°C36 mm22°C oppressive11.4 h5.0

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

Getting there and settling in

Population
14,002,598 (2024)
Elevation
13 m
Airports
Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN), 2 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
Ho Chi Minh City 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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