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✈ ORD → GRU

10H 47M FROM CHICAGO TO SÃO PAULO. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE NOW.

Flight time
10h 47m
Distance
5,237 mi
Or
8,428 km
Jet lag
2h

Flight from Chicago to São Paulo

From O'Hare (ORD), USA North America  →  Guarulhos (GRU), Brazil South America

↔ Flying the other way? São Paulo → Chicago

How long is the flight from Chicago to São Paulo?

A nonstop flight from Chicago (ORD) to São Paulo (GRU) takes about 10 hours 47 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,237 miles (8,428 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 47m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,237 mi

8,428 km · great-circle

Avg speed

782 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Chicago timezone

UTC-5

America/Chicago

São Paulo timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Time difference

+2h

2 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~2d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1247 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1441 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 346 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.

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Nearest origins

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