Distance from Chicago to Paris
Chicago (United States) and Paris (France) are 6,654 km apart — that's 4,135 miles or 3,593 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,654 km · 4,135 mi · 3,593 nmi
- Initial bearing Chicago → Paris
- 50° (NE)
- Initial bearing Paris → Chicago
- 301° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 29 min
- Time zones
- Chicago UTC-05:00 · Paris UTC+02:00 (+7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 378 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
- Paris
- 48.8534, 2.3488
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:34 UTC / 19:20 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.