Distance from Chicago to Mexico City
Chicago (United States) and Mexico City (Mexico) are 2,718 km apart — that's 1,689 miles or 1,468 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 2,718 km · 1,689 mi · 1,468 nmi
- Initial bearing Chicago → Mexico City
- 207° (SSW)
- Initial bearing Mexico City → Chicago
- 21° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 3 h 51 min
- Time zones
- Chicago UTC-05:00 · Mexico City UTC-06:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 47 min — the sun rises earlier 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
- Mexico City
- 19.4285, -99.1277
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 12:26 UTC / 00:33 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.