Distance from Chicago to São Paulo
Flying the shortest possible route, São Paulo lies 8,406 km (5,223 miles, 4,539 nautical miles) from Chicago — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,406 km · 5,223 mi · 4,539 nmi
- Initial bearing Chicago → São Paulo
- 142° (SE)
- Initial bearing São Paulo → Chicago
- 330° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 33 min
- Time zones
- Chicago UTC-05:00 · São Paulo UTC-03:00 (+2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 74 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
- São Paulo
- -23.5475, -46.6361
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 09:38 UTC / 20:48 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.