Time in Ho Chi Minh City
It is 09:30 on Thursday, 17 September 2026 in Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh City is in Vietnam. Civil time uses the IANA zone Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh at +07:00 from UTC (not in effect). Use the live clock below for the current local time, then jump to a difference or conversion when you need meeting math.
Ho Chi Minh City uses Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh at UTC+07:00 year-round. Vietnam does not observe daylight saving and shares Indochina Time with Bangkok.
Business hours often fall near 08:00–17:00. China is one hour ahead; US West Coast mornings land deep in the Vietnamese evening.
Vietnam is UTC+07:00 with no DST. Ho Chi Minh City has no separate zone from Hanoi; Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh is the civil clock for both on this site’s data.
Ho Chi Minh City time zone
- UTC offset
- UTC+07:00
- Abbreviation
- ICT
- IANA
- Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
- DST
- not in effect
Daylight saving in Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City is currently on its standard offset. Ho Chi Minh City does not change its clocks. The offset stays +07:00 all year, so the gap to other cities only moves when the other side changes.
Daylight in Ho Chi Minh City today
The sun rises at 05:42 and sets at 17:52, giving 12 h 10 m of daylight. Solar noon falls at 11:47, 12 minutes before the clock reads twelve, because Ho Chi Minh City sits east of the 105° E meridian its current offset is built on.
- Sunrise
- 05:42
- Sunset
- 17:52
- Daylight
- 12 h 10 m
- Solar noon
- 11:47Solar noon is when the sun sits highest in the sky. It drifts from clock noon across a time zone, which is why one clock can span very different days.
Best time to call Ho Chi Minh City
Overlap between a 09:00–17:00 working day in Ho Chi Minh City and the same hours in other major cities.
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About Ho Chi Minh City
- Population
- 14,002,598The administrative city figure recorded by Wikidata. The surrounding urban area is larger.
- Coordinates
- 10.7756° N, 106.7019° ELatitude is what drives the sunrise and sunset times above.
- Currency
- Vietnamese Dong (VND)
- Calling code
- +84Dial this after your international access prefix, and check the overlap table above before you call.
- Languages
- Vietnamese
- Airports
- SGNTan Son Nhat InternationalArrival and departure boards at these airports quote Ho Chi Minh City local time, not the time where you booked.
Frequently asked questions about time in Ho Chi Minh City
- What time is it in Ho Chi Minh City right now?
- It is 09:30 in Ho Chi Minh City as this page was generated, and the clock above keeps ticking in your browser. Ho Chi Minh City uses the IANA zone Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh, currently +07:00.
- Which time zone is Ho Chi Minh City in?
- Ho Chi Minh City is in the ICT time zone (Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh), currently +07:00. Always store the identifier rather than the offset — the offset changes with daylight saving, the identifier does not.
- Does Ho Chi Minh City observe daylight saving time?
- No. Ho Chi Minh City stays on +07:00 all year. Any change in the gap to another city comes from that city changing its own clocks.
- Is Ho Chi Minh City ahead of or behind UTC?
- Ho Chi Minh City is currently at +07:00. When it is 12:00 UTC, the local time in Ho Chi Minh City is 19:00.
Well-known places in Ho Chi Minh City
If you are checking the time in Ho Chi Minh City because you are heading there, these are the most widely documented places to see.
- Saigon Notre-Dame BasilicaRead more on Wikipedia
- War Remnants MuseumRead more on Wikipedia
- Independence PalaceRead more on Wikipedia