Distance from Chicago to Delhi
Flying the shortest possible route, Delhi lies 12,023 km (7,471 miles, 6,492 nautical miles) from Chicago — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 12,023 km · 7,471 mi · 6,492 nmi
- Initial bearing Chicago → Delhi
- 14° (NNE)
- Initial bearing Delhi → Chicago
- 348° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 48 min
- Time zones
- Chicago UTC-06:00 · Delhi UTC+05:30 (+11.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 683 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
- 12:32 UTC / 22:38 UTC
- Delhi
- 28.6519, 77.2315
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:09 UTC / 12:02 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.