Distance from Chicago to Madrid
The great-circle distance between Chicago, United States and Madrid, Spain is 6,728 km (4,180 mi · 3,633 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,728 km · 4,180 mi · 3,633 nmi
- Initial bearing Chicago → Madrid
- 60° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Madrid → Chicago
- 302° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 34 min
- Time zones
- Chicago UTC-05:00 · Madrid UTC+02:00 (+7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 333 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
- Madrid
- 40.4165, -3.7026
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:19 UTC / 19:23 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.