Distance from Chicago to Rome
Chicago (United States) and Rome (Italy) are 7,745 km apart — that's 4,813 miles or 4,182 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,745 km · 4,813 mi · 4,182 nmi
- Initial bearing Chicago → Rome
- 51° (NE)
- Initial bearing Rome → Chicago
- 309° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 46 min
- Time zones
- Chicago UTC-05:00 · Rome UTC+02:00 (+7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 401 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
- Rome
- 41.8919, 12.5113
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:11 UTC / 18:22 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.