Hanoi to Quy Nhon Drive: Road Trip Tips & Info

Quy Nhơn (Vietnamese: [kwi ɲəːŋ] ( listen)) is a coastal city in Bình Định Province in central Vietnam. It is composed of 16 wards and five communes with a total of 284 km². Quy Nhơn is the capital of Bình Định Province. As of 2009 its population was 280,535 Historically, the commercial activities of the city focused on agriculture and fishing. In recent years, however, there has been a significant shift towards service industries and tourism. There is also a substantial manufacturing sector.

If you’re planning this same drive and want to know all about it – how long it is, how long it takes, and where to stop along the way – read on. By the end of this post, you’ll know everything about the drive between Hanoi and Quy Nhon.

How far is Quy Nhon from Hanoi?

As the crow flies, it’s roughly 549 miles between Hanoi and Quy Nhon. Luckily, we can’t skip over all the good stuff and have to drive – that means seeing some of the sights and countryside between these two points.

For driving, it is roughly 658 miles or 1060 km between Hanoi and Quy Nhon. This may vary slightly depending on your start and end points.

Hanoi to Quy Nhon drive hours

In terms of travel time by car, the 658 miles drive from Hanoi to Quy Nhon takes 14 hours 25 minutes. Again, your final drive time depends on where you start in Hanoi and end in Quy Nhon.

This is a really long drive, so it's not very realistic to drive nonstop. To get a better idea of how long this road trip would actually take, scroll down to calculate how many hours it would be if you drive with stops.

Hanoi to Quy Nhon road trip

Realistically, you're not going to want to drive without stopping all the way from Hanoi to Quy Nhon, especially if you're the main driver. So let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Quy Nhon, and you need to stop along the way to rest. Plus if it's a real road trip, you might want to check out interesting stops along the way, eat at great restaurants, and find a hotel to stay overnight. That's what we are perfect for, helping you figure out travel plans in detail.

Based on the length of this trip, we think you could spread out this fun road trip over a number of days.

Road trip: 3 days of driving

With the full itinerary planned out, we can estimate your total travel time for this trip.

Travel time: 14 hours 25 minutes hours on the road with 3 overnights

Itinerary

Start at Hanoi.

Drive for about 3 hours, then stop in Đường Trần Phú and stay for about 2 hours. Next, drive for another 4 hours then stop in Đường tránh lũ -QL.1A, QL.1A. Stay overnight.

The next day, drive for about 3 hours, then stop in Quốc lộ 1A, QL.1A and stay for about 2 hours. Next, drive for another 4 hours then stop in Ba Tháng Hai, QL.1A. Stay overnight.

Finally, drive for about 0.4 hours and arrive in Quy Nhon.

Hanoi to Quy Nhon airports and flights

To give you a better estimate of real-life travel, we've put together a flight itinerary with actual airports. Eventually you'll be able to customize this plan, choosing your own airports and flights. But for now, here's an example we've selected to give you an idea of how traveling might work between airports.

Departure airport: Noi Bai International Airport (HAN)

Arrival airport: Phu Cat Airport (UIH)

With the airports selected, we can estimate the travel time to and from the airport, based on how far the airport is from downtown.

Getting to the airport: 32 minutes

Getting to your destination: 33 minutes

Now finally, let's look at an example flight from HAN to UIH and figure out how long it would take to fly including take-off and landing, and time to taxi on the runway.

Commercial flight time: 1 hour 6 minutes

So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time from Hanoi to Quy Nhon including time spent getting to/from the airports, an estimated wait time of 2 hours at the airport for TSA security lines and waiting at the gate, and the actual flight itself.

Total travel time: 4 hours 10 minutes

Flying non-stop from Hanoi to Quy Nhon

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Hanoi and Quy Nhon. Because of the curvature of the Earth, the shortest distance is actually the "great circle" distance, or "as the crow flies" which is calculated using an iterative Vincenty formula.

Flight time from Hanoi to Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh Province is 1 hour 6 minutes under avarage conditions.

Our flight time calculator assumes an average flight speed for a commercial airliner of 500 mph, which is equivalent to 805 km/hr or 434 knots.

Actual flight times may vary depending on aircraft type, cruise speed, routing, weather conditions, passenger load, and other factors.