Distance from Chicago to Tokyo
Chicago (United States) and Tokyo (Japan) are 10,140 km apart — that's 6,300 miles or 5,475 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,140 km · 6,300 mi · 5,475 nmi
- Initial bearing Chicago → Tokyo
- 323° (NW)
- Initial bearing Tokyo → Chicago
- 33° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 35 min
- Time zones
- Chicago UTC-05:00 · Tokyo UTC+09:00 (+14 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 910 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
- Tokyo
- 35.6895, 139.6917
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 20:30 UTC / 08:39 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.