Vietnam
Time now in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)
Sunrise 05:43Sunset 06:09Time zone UTC +7
Time zone
Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
UTC offset
UTC +7
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
14,002,598
Sunrise
05:43
Sunset
06:09
Day length
12h 26m
Coordinates
10.87, 106.85
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About the time in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)
Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) sits at latitude 10.87, in the tropical band, so day length here swings only a little between midwinter and midsummer — today's 12h 26m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) runs on Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh, which puts the city UTC +7 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Sunrise today lands at 05:43 and sunset at 06:09 local time, giving 12h 26m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (10.87, 106.85) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC).
Frequently asked questions about time in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC)
- Which time zone is Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) in?
- Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) uses Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh, currently UTC +7.
- What are normal business hours in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) runs from 02:00–10:00 UTC today.
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- What time is it in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), updating every second from Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh (UTC +7).
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