Distance from Buenos Aires to Chicago
Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Chicago (United States) are 9,011 km apart — that's 5,599 miles or 4,866 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,011 km · 5,599 mi · 4,866 nmi
- Initial bearing Buenos Aires → Chicago
- 338° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Chicago → Buenos Aires
- 156° (SSE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 16 min
- Time zones
- Buenos Aires UTC-03:00 · Chicago UTC-05:00 (-2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 10 min — the sun rises earlier in Buenos Aires
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
- Buenos Aires
- -34.6131, -58.3772
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:42 UTC / 21:18 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.