Distance from Cairo to Chicago
The great-circle distance between Cairo, Egypt and Chicago, United States is 9,863 km (6,129 mi · 5,326 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,863 km · 6,129 mi · 5,326 nmi
- Initial bearing Cairo → Chicago
- 319° (NW)
- Initial bearing Chicago → Cairo
- 49° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 16 min
- Time zones
- Cairo UTC+03:00 · Chicago UTC-05:00 (-8 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 454 min — the sun rises earlier in Cairo
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Cairo
- 30.0626, 31.2497
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:19 UTC / 16:44 UTC
- Chicago
- 41.8500, -87.6500
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:52 UTC / 01:02 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.