# Ho Chi Minh City for Digital Nomads

> Fast & inexpensive

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Asia

Canonical page: https://nomadbase.com/destinations/ho-chi-minh-city
Last reviewed: 2026-08-05

Every figure below carries its source and measurement date. Where no reliable source exists the field is left out rather than estimated.

## Ho Chi Minh City at a glance

Ho Chi Minh City is momentum with traffic lights: Vietnam's commercial engine, running on iced coffee and a café economy — 1,591 cafés mapped within 15 km (OpenStreetMap: July 2026, within 15 km) — where the national price level of 28.9 against a US benchmark of 100 (World Bank: price level of household consumption, US = 100) makes ambition affordable. The measured internet holds a 43.7 Mbps median download (M-Lab: median download speed), and the plant-based economy is unusually deep for the region (OpenStreetMap: vegan-friendly share, July 2026).

The terms are tropical-urban: no month lands in the mild band (Nomadbase comfort index: from 2025 data), the wet season runs on afternoon monsoon bursts, and the modelled air sits at 27.9 µg/m³ PM2.5 (Copernicus CAMS: modelled annual figure — no station reports here). Most EU passports get 45 visa-free days (Government sources: checked 2026-07-29); everyone else e-visas from day one, and no nomad route exists to pretend otherwise (Government sources: checked 2026-07-29).

It suits you if energy is a nutrient, your budget likes Vietnamese maths, and you can love a city that never pretends to be pretty. It suits you less if you need calm, green or regulatory certainty — Saigon is a current you join, not a pool you float in.

| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| National price level 28.9 (US = 100) (World Bank: household consumption price level) | No month in the mild band (Nomadbase comfort index: from 2025 data) — heat is the constant |
| 1,591 cafés mapped within 15 km (OpenStreetMap: July 2026) — the workspace is ambient | Modelled PM2.5 of 27.9 µg/m³ (Copernicus CAMS: no station reports here) |
| Median download of 43.7 Mbps (M-Lab: median download speed) | 45 visa-free days for EU passports only (Government sources: checked 2026-07-29); no nomad visa |
| A vegan-friendly food layer rare for the region (OpenStreetMap: July 2026) | Tap water is not drinkable (Nomadbase country research: country tap-water tier); the scooter tide takes learning |

## Key figures

| Figure | Value | Source | Measured |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air quality PM2.5 (modelled) | 27.9 µg/m³ | Copernicus CAMS via Open-Meteo, modelled 30-day mean | 2026-08-17 |
| Airports within 100 km | 1 within 100km | OurAirports, major and regional airports with scheduled service | 2026-07-29 |
| Nearest major airport | 2 km | OurAirports — nearest major airport is Tan Son Nhat International Airport | 2026-07-29 |
| Cafés mapped | 1591 count | OpenStreetMap, within 15km | 2026-08-05 |
| Coworking spaces mapped | 1 count | OpenStreetMap, within 15km | 2026-08-05 |
| Gyms mapped | 72 count | OpenStreetMap, within 15km | 2026-08-05 |
| Queer venues mapped | 1 count | OpenStreetMap, within 15km | 2026-08-05 |
| Bars, pubs and clubs mapped | 209 count | OpenStreetMap, within 15km | 2026-08-05 |
| Nightlife share of cafés | 5.4 per 100 restaurants & cafés | OpenStreetMap, within 15km | 2026-08-05 |
| Restaurants mapped | 2253 count | OpenStreetMap, within 15km | 2026-08-05 |
| Vegan-friendly places mapped | 317 count | OpenStreetMap, within 15km | 2026-08-05 |
| Vegan share of cafés | 8.2 per 100 restaurants & cafés | OpenStreetMap, within 15km | 2026-08-05 |
| Vegetarian-friendly places mapped | 367 count | OpenStreetMap, within 15km | 2026-08-05 |
| Vegetarian share of cafés | 9.5 per 100 restaurants & cafés | OpenStreetMap, within 15km | 2026-08-05 |
| Yoga studios mapped | 6 count | OpenStreetMap, within 15km | 2026-08-05 |
| Banking access index (country) | 5.25 score 0-10 | Nomadbase business rubric (country level), checked 2026-07-31 | 2026-07-31 |
| Banking in practice (country) | A registered company gets an account without much friction. Personal accounts for non-residents are hard, and the capital-contribution account for the foreign investment is a separate, mandatory thing that trips people up. | Nomadbase business rubric (country level), checked 2026-07-31 | 2026-07-31 |
| Company setup index (country) | 4 score 0-10 | Nomadbase business rubric (country level), checked 2026-07-31 | 2026-07-31 |
| Company setup in practice (country) | This changed on 1 March 2026: the Law on Investment 2025 introduced ERC-first incorporation, so a foreign investor now registers the company first and files the Investment Registration Certificate within 12 months — but may only run the investment project once the IRC is issued. Statutory times are 3 working days for the ERC and 15 for the IRC; realistically 6–10 weeks with document legalisation. No statutory minimum capital, though the authority assesses whether the stated capital fits the project. | Nomadbase business rubric (country level), checked 2026-07-31 | 2026-07-31 |
| Average cloud cover | 79 % | Copernicus ERA5, 2025 annual average | 2025-12-31 |
| Nomadbase climate comfort index | 1.6 index 0-10 | Nomadbase comfort index from Copernicus ERA5 2025 monthly means | 2025-12-31 |
| Mild months (felt 18–27 °C) | 0 months/year | Nomadbase comfort index from Copernicus ERA5 2025 monthly means | 2025-12-31 |
| climate monthly profile | [{"m":1,"t":30.2,"r":0.1,"c":0.8},{"m":2,"t":31.7,"r":0.32,"c":0.68},{"m":3,"t":33,"r":0.19,"c":0.6},{"m":4,"t":35,"r":0.37,"c":0.62},{"m":5,"t":35.5,"r":0.87,"c":0.82},{"m":6,"t":33.9,"r":0.93,"c":0.89},{"m":7,"t":33.5,"r":0.9,"c":0.79},{"m":8,"t":33.5,"r":0.94,"c":0.86},{"m":9,"t":33.1,"r":1,"c":0.94},{"m":10,"t":33.9,"r":0.94,"c":0.85},{"m":11,"t":32,"r":0.73,"c":0.87},{"m":12,"t":32.2,"r":0.23,"c":0.76}] | Copernicus ERA5, 2025 monthly means (felt temperature, rain-day share, cloud share) | 2025-12-31 |
| Rain days per year | 229 days/year | Copernicus ERA5, 2025 full-year count | 2025-12-31 |
| Dry days per year | 136 days/year | Copernicus ERA5, 2025 full-year count | 2025-12-31 |
| Average temperature (year) | 27.8 C | Copernicus ERA5, 2025 annual average | 2025-12-31 |
| Average temperature (summer) | 28 C | Copernicus ERA5, 2025 summer average (Jun-Aug) | 2025-12-31 |
| Average temperature (winter) | 26.9 C | Copernicus ERA5, 2025 winter average (Dec-Feb) | 2025-12-31 |
| cost bigmac | 2.51 EUR | Published price: The Economist Big Mac Index, national average (76,000 VND = 2.89 USD), July 2026 release — data CC BY 4.0 | 2026-07-01 |
| Café latte | 1.99 EUR | Published price: The Coffee House, "Latte Classic" (size Nho) — the chain's own live menu endpoint (59,000 VND), Same chain menu and same reading as Hanoi: product "Latte Classic", base_price 59000, variants Nho 59000 / Vua 65000 / Lon 69000. The chain default menu carries no branch parameter, so this figure is national rather than city-specific — the two Vietnamese cities showing the same latte price is a property of the source, not of the cities., checked 2026-07-30. Converted at the Vietcombank rate for 2026-07-30 ("Transfer" (chuyển khoản) rate for EUR from Vietcombank's published daily rate feed, timestamped 30/07/2026 21:08 — the non-cash rate, which is what a card payment or bank transfer realises. Vietnam's largest bank by FX turnover and the country's reference quote. The State Bank of Vietnam's "tỷ giá trung tâm" of 25,320/USD for the same day is a policy anchor, not a transactable quote, and is not used.). ⚠️ A transfer rate, not a cash rate. Vietcombank the same day: EUR buy 29,327.47 / transfer 29,623.71 / sell 30,873.62 — so changing EUR cash realises the buy side, about 1.0% below this figure, and buying EUR back costs the sell side. Converting at the SBV central rate instead, as this entry did until 2026-07-30, read 2.7% dearer than the market. | 2026-07-30 |
| Coliving room per month | 434 EUR/month | Published price: Kolab Living, private room with private bathroom from-rate, Da Kao District 1 (500 USD), all utilities, wifi, weekly cleaning and laundry incl.; min stay 1 month, checked 2026-08-05 | 2026-08-05 |
| Country price level (US = 100) | 28.9 US=100 | World Bank price level index for Vietnam, 2025 (US = 100) | 2025-12-31 |
| Coworking desk per month | 78 EUR/month | Published price: the Hive Thao Dien and the Hive District 1 — median of 2 published monthly hot-desk rates (2,300,000 VND), REPLACES the earlier Dreamplex figure (~USD 115), one chain-wide price that stood in for both Vietnamese cities and hid the local spread this pair shows. Published strings: the Hive Thao Dien (District 2) "Hot Desk from 1,800,000 VND per person/month"; the Hive District 1 "Hot Desk from 2,800,000 VND per person/month". Median of 2 = 2,300,000. Same pages: Dedicated Desk from 3,500,000 (Thao Dien) / 3,800,000 (D1); Private Office from 5,500,000 — both excluded. DISCREPANCY noted: thehive.com.vn's homepage still shows an older 1,500,000 hot desk, so the dedicated /membership/ page was taken as authoritative. No VAT statement. WeWork HCMC returns 403; CirCO publishes only a virtual-office price and has no flexible-desk page in its sitemap; Toong publishes none., checked 2026-07-30. Converted at the Vietcombank rate for 2026-07-30 ("Transfer" (chuyển khoản) rate for EUR from Vietcombank's published daily rate feed, timestamped 30/07/2026 21:08 — the non-cash rate, which is what a card payment or bank transfer realises. Vietnam's largest bank by FX turnover and the country's reference quote. The State Bank of Vietnam's "tỷ giá trung tâm" of 25,320/USD for the same day is a policy anchor, not a transactable quote, and is not used.). ⚠️ A transfer rate, not a cash rate. Vietcombank the same day: EUR buy 29,327.47 / transfer 29,623.71 / sell 30,873.62 — so changing EUR cash realises the buy side, about 1.0% below this figure, and buying EUR back costs the sell side. Converting at the SBV central rate instead, as this entry did until 2026-07-30, read 2.7% dearer than the market. | 2026-07-30 |
| cost eating out monthly modelled | 24 EUR/month | Modelled eating out for Vietnam (country level, not city): Eurostat DE reference 2022 scaled by World Bank price level 28.9 vs 81.2 (2025) and ICP 2021 category structure | 2025-12-31 |
| eSIM data, 30 days | 16.5 EUR | Published price: Airalo Vietnam eSIM ("Xinchao", 10 GB / 30 days), Country-level price, same source and reading as Hanoi: slug xinchao-in-30days-10gb, published {"amount":"16.50","formatted":"16.50 €"}. Unlimited 30 days on the same page is 62.50 €., checked 2026-07-30 | 2026-07-30 |
| cost food monthly modelled | 135 EUR/month | Modelled groceries for Vietnam (country level, not city): Eurostat DE reference 2022 scaled by World Bank price level 28.9 vs 81.2 (2025) and ICP 2021 category structure | 2025-12-31 |
| 3-star hotel per night | 21 EUR/night | Published price: Booking.com, 3-star Ho Chi Minh City, night 12-13 Aug 2026, 2 adults, Page heading verbatim: "Ho Chi Minh City: 873 properties found. Applied filters: 3 stars." Median of the first 3 listed, each "3 out of 5" and "Includes taxes and charges": Lovera Hotel Airport EUR 21, Lotus Airport Hotel Saigon EUR 21, Nicecy Hotel Truong Quyen EUR 22. Unlike Hanoi none is a strike-through promo, so this is a clean snapshot. Two of the three are airport-area hotels, which Booking's top-picks ordering surfaced — not city-centre rates., checked 2026-07-30 | 2026-07-30 |
| cost leisure monthly modelled | 65 EUR/month | Modelled leisure for Vietnam (country level, not city): Eurostat DE reference 2022 scaled by World Bank price level 28.9 vs 81.2 (2025) and ICP 2021 category structure | 2025-12-31 |
| Ride-hailing, ~5 km ride | 2.91 EUR/ride | Published price: Vinasun Taxi, own fare notification (Vios / Yaris Cross Hybrid, 5 seats), VAT included (86,200 VND), The freshest official fare source found for either Vietnamese city: "Bang gia cuoc ap dung tu ngay 14/07/2026", stating "Muc gia tren da bao gom thue VAT". Arithmetic: the 16,000 VND opening fare covers the first 500 m, so 4.5 km x 15,600 = 70,200; total 86,200 VND. 7-seat 95,300; VIP 99,800. First 5 minutes of waiting free, then 3,000 VND per 3 min. Vinasun does NOT serve Hanoi (own service area: HCMC, Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Dong Thap, Da Nang), which is why the two cities carry different taxi sources. G7 Taxi HCMC brackets it at 99,120 VND., checked 2026-07-30. Converted at the Vietcombank rate for 2026-07-30 ("Transfer" (chuyển khoản) rate for EUR from Vietcombank's published daily rate feed, timestamped 30/07/2026 21:08 — the non-cash rate, which is what a card payment or bank transfer realises. Vietnam's largest bank by FX turnover and the country's reference quote. The State Bank of Vietnam's "tỷ giá trung tâm" of 25,320/USD for the same day is a policy anchor, not a transactable quote, and is not used.). ⚠️ A transfer rate, not a cash rate. Vietcombank the same day: EUR buy 29,327.47 / transfer 29,623.71 / sell 30,873.62 — so changing EUR cash realises the buy side, about 1.0% below this figure, and buying EUR back costs the sell side. Converting at the SBV central rate instead, as this entry did until 2026-07-30, read 2.7% dearer than the market. | 2026-07-30 |
| cost transport monthly modelled | 12 EUR/month | Modelled local transport for Vietnam (country level, not city): Eurostat DE reference 2022 scaled by World Bank price level 28.9 vs 81.2 (2025) and ICP 2021 category structure | 2025-12-31 |
| English proficiency (EF EPI) | 500 EF EPI score | EF EPI 2025 (country level, transcribed via Wikipedia) | 2025-11-01 |
| Hospitals and clinics mapped | 271 count | OpenStreetMap, within 15km | 2026-07-31 |
| Pharmacies mapped | 364 count | OpenStreetMap, within 15km | 2026-07-31 |
| Internet download (median) | 43.7 Mbps | M-Lab median of 6,751 tests within 50 km, last 7 days | 2026-08-11 |
| LGBTQ+ legal index (country) | 4 score 0-10 | Nomadbase legal-position rubric (country level), checked 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-29 |
| LGBTQ+ in practice (country) | Never criminalised and increasingly tolerant in urban areas; a 2014 law removed the ban on same-sex weddings but grants no legal recognition. The 2015 Civil Code recognises a right to gender change after reassignment, but the implementing Gender Affirmation Law is still pending, so marker changes remain largely unobtainable in practice. | Nomadbase legal-position rubric (country level), checked 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-29 |
| Kitesurf spots mapped nearby | 0 count | OpenStreetMap, within 30km | 2026-08-05 |
| Surf spots mapped nearby | 0 count | OpenStreetMap, within 30km | 2026-08-05 |
| Getting by in English (0–10) | 4 score 0-10 | EF EPI 2025 (country level, transcribed via Wikipedia) | 2025-11-01 |
| Beaches mapped within 30 km | 1 count | OpenStreetMap, within 30km | 2026-07-31 |
| Mapped coastline within 30 km | 0 count | OpenStreetMap, within 30km | 2026-07-31 |
| Nature reserves and parks within 30 km | 1 count | OpenStreetMap, within 30km | 2026-07-31 |
| Hiking routes within 30 km | 0 count | OpenStreetMap, within 30km | 2026-07-31 |
| Population | 14002598 people | Wikidata population figure, 2024 | 2024-12-31 |
| Women, Peace and Security index (country) | 7.07 score 0-10 | Georgetown WPS Index 2023 (country level, transcribed via Wikipedia) | 2023-10-01 |
| Tap water in practice (country) | Tap water is not potable anywhere, including Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City; locals boil it and visitors should use bottled or filtered water. | Nomadbase tap-water tier (country level), checked 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-29 |
| Tap water index (country) | 1 score 0-10 | Nomadbase tap-water tier (country level), checked 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-29 |
| Working-hours overlap with Central Europe | 2 hours/day | Nomadbase overlap of a 09:00-17:00 day against Open-Meteo time zone (Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh), standard time; Europe reference UTC+1 | 2026-08-17 |
| Working-hours overlap with US East | 0 hours/day | Nomadbase overlap of a 09:00-17:00 day against Open-Meteo time zone (Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh), standard time; US East reference UTC-5 | 2026-08-17 |
| UTC offset | 7 hours from UTC | Open-Meteo time zone (Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh), standard time | 2026-08-17 |
| Remote-work visa route (0–10) | 0 score 0-10 | No remote-work visa route (checked 2026-07-29) | 2026-07-29 |
| Visa-free days (Australian passport) | 0 days | Editorial visa research, checked 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-29 |
| Visa-free days (Canadian passport) | 0 days | Editorial visa research, checked 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-29 |
| Visa-free days (EU passport) | 45 days | Editorial visa research, checked 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-29 |
| Visa-free days (UK passport) | 45 days | Editorial visa research, checked 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-29 |
| Visa-free days (US passport) | 0 days | Editorial visa research, checked 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-29 |

## Scores (0–10, blend of public data and community reports)

| Category | Score | Public data | Community | Reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fun | 1.19 | 1.19 | — | 0 |
| internet | 5.22 | 5.22 | — | 0 |
| climate | 1.07 | 1.07 | — | 0 |
| amenity | 1.77 | 1.77 | — | 0 |
| vegan | 9.71 | 9.71 | — | 0 |
| lgbtq | 4 | 4 | — | 0 |
| water | 1 | 1 | — | 0 |
| flights | 9.9 | 9.9 | — | 0 |
| vegetarian | 9.22 | 9.22 | — | 0 |
| nightlife | 0.93 | 0.93 | — | 0 |
| nature | 0.88 | 0.88 | — | 0 |
| health | 0.44 | 0.44 | — | 0 |
| locals | 4 | 4 | — | 0 |
| business | 4.63 | 4.63 | — | 0 |
| women | 7.07 | 7.07 | — | 0 |
| cost | 9.04 | 9.04 | — | 0 |
| visa | 1.33 | 1.33 | — | 0 |
| lifestyle | 1.77 | 1.77 | — | 0 |

## Visa & entry (Vietnam)

Most EU passports get 45 days visa-free — guaranteed until 2028 under two government resolutions — while US, Canadian and Australian passports need the 90-day e-visa (US$25). There is no nomad visa; the much-hyped 10-year golden visa was still only a draft as of spring 2026.

### How long you can stay

- **45 days visa-free** for 13 unilaterally exempt nationalities — Germany, France, Italy, Spain, UK, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Russia, Belarus, Japan, South Korea — locked in until **14 March 2028** (Resolution 44/NQ-CP).
- Another 12 European countries — Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Czechia, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia (tourism entries) — get **45 days** until **14 August 2028** under the tourism-stimulus Resolution 229/NQ-CP.
- Everyone else — including US, Canada, Australia, Ireland, Portugal — needs the **e-visa**: open to all nationalities, **90 days per stay**, single (US$25) or multiple entry (US$50), issued online in a few working days. Entry points expanded to 83 in late 2025.
- Back-to-back exempt entries and visa runs are common and rarely blocked, but nothing in the rules guarantees them — officers can question frequent returns.

### Staying longer as a remote worker

- There is **no digital-nomad visa and no legal remote-work status**. Working online while on a tourist exemption or e-visa is the standard practice and a genuine grey area — tolerated in Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City, never formally permitted.
- The realistic long-stay pattern is stringing 90-day multiple-entry e-visas together with border runs.
- ⚠️ **Pending, not law:** a 5-to-10-year "golden visa" for investors, talent and nomads has been proposed to the Prime Minister, but as of April 2026 it had no decree and no application channel. The only enacted long-term routes are DT investor visas, which require real capital in a Vietnamese company.
- A digital arrival card pilot started at Ho Chi Minh City airport on 15 April 2026 — expect more pre-arrival paperwork, not fewer checks.

> Visa rules change frequently. This information was last checked on 2026-07-29. It is not legal advice — confirm with the official source before booking: https://evisa.xuatnhapcanh.gov.vn/

## Living in Ho Chi Minh City

### Where to stay

**District 1** is the centre at full volume; **District 3** softens it with tree-lined streets and the best café density per block. **Thảo Điền** (District 2) is the expat village — international groceries, gyms, river breeze — connected by the new metro line. **Bình Thạnh** offers local-priced towers between the two worlds, and **Phú Nhuận** is the quiet professional pick. The city is a heat map of micro-neighbourhoods; the alley (hẻm) you live in matters more than the district number.

### Finding a place

Serviced apartments and studio towers move through Facebook groups and local agents at speed — furnished, flexible, negotiable with a month's commitment. The stock is deep and the churn constant. Check the window situation (interior rooms exist and are cheaper for reasons), the water heater, and the alley's flood history in wet season — locals answer honestly.

### Working from here

The café is the city's operating system: floors of them, purpose-built for hours of laptop residency, air-conditioned and open late. Coworking spaces add call booths and community across D1, D3 and Thảo Điền. Fibre at home is cheap and fast when the building cooperates. The practical craft is thermal and electrical: backup battery, downloaded maps, and calls scheduled around the monsoon hour in season.

### Getting around

The scooter tide is the city — join it via Grab and Be on the back seat first, and only graduate to riding if you accept the physics honestly. The first metro line finally runs and helps its corridor; taxis fill the gaps cheaply. Walking works within neighbourhoods before the heat and after dark; crossing streets is the famous act of faith, performed steadily.

### Money

Cash and local transfer apps run the alleys; cards cover the modern tier. ATMs are everywhere with modest caps. The economics are the quiet luxury: street food that costs pocket change and towers that cost a fraction of their skyline equivalents anywhere else.

### Staying safe

Violent crime against foreigners is rare; the city's signature risk is the snatch — phones and bags lifted from pavement hands by passing riders. The counter-habits become automatic: phone away at kerbs, bag strap across, valuables on the building side. The traffic itself is the bigger daily hazard, wet-season flooding turns select streets into rivers on schedule, and the nightlife wants the standard drink awareness. None of it dents the city's basic late-night workability.

### Seasons

Two seasons, both hot: dry from roughly December to April, building to the furnace weeks before the rains; wet from May to November, when afternoon monsoon bursts flood the usual suspects and cool nothing for long. The daily architecture matters more than the calendar: early mornings are golden, midday belongs to air conditioning, and the city's second life starts at dusk. There is no month that needs a jacket, ever.

### Meeting people

The expat-and-nomad scene is large, fast-turning and easy to enter — coworking events, run clubs, the Thảo Điền brunch circuit — while Vietnamese professional culture meets you halfway through the startup and English-practice worlds. The city's social currency is shared tables and iced coffee; accepting the invitation to sit is the whole protocol.

### Staying active

Dawn is the sports hour: the parks fill with aerobics, badminton and joggers before the heat claims the day, and Landmark's riverside path adds kilometres with a skyline. Gyms run from local iron basements to international chains, the climbing and CrossFit scenes are established, and Thảo Điền's studios cover yoga and everything adjacent. Swimming pools in the tower blocks are the midday cheat code.

### Time off

The Mekong Delta's canals and floating markets sit two hours south; Vũng Tàu is the quick sea fix. Flights fan out cheaply — Đà Nẵng and Hội An, Nha Trang's bay, Phú Quốc's beaches, Đà Lạt's pine-hill coolness as the local altitude escape. Cambodia's Phnom Penh is a bus ride, and the whole region prices like a suggestion.

## Frequently asked questions

### How much does it cost to live in Ho Chi Minh City per month?

Between €687 and €786 a month, housing and everyday spending together. Housing is a coliving room at €434. Everyday spending — food, local transport, leisure — is modelled from national price levels rather than measured in the city, so it is an indication and not a quote. A coworking desk is extra at €78. Every figure carries its source on the destination page.

### How fast is the internet in Ho Chi Minh City?

Median download speed is about 43.7 Mbps. Source: M-Lab median of 6,751 tests within 50 km, last 7 days.

### What visa do I need for Ho Chi Minh City?

Most EU passports get 45 days visa-free — guaranteed until 2028 under two government resolutions — while US, Canadian and Australian passports need the 90-day e-visa (US$25). There is no nomad visa; the much-hyped 10-year golden visa was still only a draft as of spring 2026. Last checked 2026-07-29. Always confirm with the official source before booking.

### What is the weather like in Ho Chi Minh City?

Winters average 26.9 °C and summers 28 °C. 0 of 12 months average a comfortable 18–27 °C (felt temperature). Source: Copernicus ERA5, 2025 annual average.

### Can I work European or US hours from Ho Chi Minh City?

A 09:00–17:00 working day in Ho Chi Minh City overlaps 2 hours with Central European time and 0 hours with US Eastern time, at standard time.

### Are there coworking spaces in Ho Chi Minh City?

1 coworking spaces are mapped in Ho Chi Minh City, plus 1591 cafés to work from. Source: OpenStreetMap, within 15km. Counts are a floor, not a census — coverage depends on local mappers.

### How do you get to Ho Chi Minh City?

The nearest major airport is about 2 km away. 1 airport with scheduled service within 100 km. Source: OurAirports — nearest major airport is Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

## Sources

- **Copernicus CAMS** (© ECMWF/Copernicus) — Modelled air quality, used only where no ground station exists. A 40km model cell, not a measurement on the corner — the page says which of the two you are looking at. https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/
- **OurAirports** (Public domain) — Airport locations and types. Distances are to the nearest major airport with scheduled service. https://ourairports.com/
- **OpenStreetMap** (ODbL) — Community-mapped places: coworking, cafés, gyms and diet options within 15km. Counts are a floor rather than a census — coverage depends on local mappers. https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright
- **Copernicus ERA5** (Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information) — ECMWF’s ERA5 reanalysis, retrieved through Open-Meteo. Temperatures, rainfall, cloud cover and wind are daily values for the last complete calendar year. https://open-meteo.com/
- **Nomadbase comfort index** — Our own reading of ERA5 data, not a measurement: a month-by-month score for how comfortable the felt temperature is, damped for rain and cloud. The formula is published. https://nomadbase.com/destinations#how-we-score
- **Published prices** — Prices read by hand from the operator’s or authority’s own published price list — a transit tariff, a coworking rate card, an eSIM store — on the date shown. Checked quarterly; the linked page is the source. https://nomadbase.com/destinations#how-we-score
- **World Bank** (CC BY 4.0) — Price level of household consumption at market exchange rates (US = 100) — a national figure that anchors the cost score where no city-level source exists yet. It measures what arriving with foreign income feels like, which is why a weak currency lowers it. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.PRVT.PLI
- **M-Lab** (CC BY-SA 4.0) — Internet speed from real speed tests run by people in the city, aggregated over a seven-day window. https://www.measurementlab.net/
- **Nomadbase country research** — Hand-maintained country tables for the LGBTQ+ legal position and tap-water safety, compiled from advocacy databases (ILGA World, Human Dignity Trust), national authorities and government travel advice, and scored with a published rubric. Country-level by nature — city reality can differ, which is what the practical note is for. https://nomadbase.com/destinations#how-we-score
- **Wikidata** (CC0) — Structural facts taken from the place’s Wikidata entity — resident population, which mirrors a national census figure, and elevation above sea level. The year is the one Wikidata records for that figure; where the entity was the wrong scale for the place we describe, the number has been replaced by a hand-sourced one from the statistics office instead. https://www.wikidata.org/
- **Government sources** — Visa and entry rules come from the responsible authority for each country, linked in the visa section and re-checked by hand on the date shown.

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