✈ ORD → GRU

CHICAGO → SÃO PAULO IN 10H 47M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.

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.