Distance from Chicago to Toronto
The great-circle distance between Chicago, United States and Toronto, Canada is 704 km (437 mi · 380 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 704 km · 437 mi · 380 nmi
- Initial bearing Chicago → Toronto
- 70° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Toronto → Chicago
- 256° (WSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 1 h 29 min
- Time zones
- Chicago UTC-06:00 · Toronto UTC-05:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 29 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
- Toronto
- 43.7064, -79.3986
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 12:03 UTC / 22:01 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.