Distance from Chicago to Melbourne
Chicago (United States) and Melbourne (Australia) are 15,570 km apart — that's 9,675 miles or 8,407 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 15,570 km · 9,675 mi · 8,407 nmi
- Initial bearing Chicago → Melbourne
- 258° (WSW)
- Initial bearing Melbourne → Chicago
- 67° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 18 h 59 min
- Time zones
- Chicago UTC-05:00 · Melbourne UTC+10:00 (+15 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 818 min — the sun rises later in Chicago
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
- Chicago
- 41.8500, -87.6500
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:52 UTC / 01:02 UTC
- Melbourne
- -37.8140, 144.9633
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:15 UTC / 07:39 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.