Distance from Chicago to Moscow
Chicago (United States) and Moscow (Russia) are 8,003 km apart — that's 4,973 miles or 4,321 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,003 km · 4,973 mi · 4,321 nmi
- Initial bearing Chicago → Moscow
- 29° (NNE)
- Initial bearing Moscow → Chicago
- 320° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 04 min
- Time zones
- Chicago UTC-06:00 · Moscow UTC+03:00 (+9 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 462 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
- Moscow
- 55.7520, 37.6178
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:50 UTC / 13:38 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.