Distance from Chicago to Moscow
The great-circle distance between Chicago, United States and Moscow, Russia is 8,003 km (4,973 mi · 4,321 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
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-05:00 · Moscow UTC+03:00 (+8 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 503 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
- Moscow
- 55.7520, 37.6178
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:17 UTC / 15:29 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.