Distance from Berlin to Chicago
The great-circle distance between Berlin, Germany and Chicago, United States is 7,087 km (4,404 mi · 3,827 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,087 km · 4,404 mi · 3,827 nmi
- Initial bearing Berlin → Chicago
- 305° (NW)
- Initial bearing Chicago → Berlin
- 42° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 00 min
- Time zones
- Berlin UTC+02:00 · Chicago UTC-05:00 (-7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 435 min — the sun rises earlier in Berlin
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
- Berlin
- 52.5244, 13.4105
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:38 UTC / 18:48 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.