Distance from Chicago to London
Flying the shortest possible route, London lies 6,356 km (3,950 miles, 3,432 nautical miles) from Chicago — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,356 km · 3,950 mi · 3,432 nmi
- Initial bearing Chicago → London
- 48° (NE)
- Initial bearing London → Chicago
- 298° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 08 min
- Time zones
- Chicago UTC-05:00 · London UTC+01:00 (+6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 351 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
- 11:40 UTC / 23:48 UTC
- London
- 51.5085, -0.1257
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:48 UTC / 17:59 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.