Chicago and Miami are approximately 2,165 km / 1,345 miles / 1,169 nautical miles apart.

Travel Time by Pace

• 🚗 Driving: 25 hours 21 minutes, typically split across 2-3 days on the road
• 🚶 Walking: 433 hours, or about 18 days of continuous walking
• 🚴 Cycling: 135 hours, or about 5.6 days of continuous cycling

About This Route

This is one of the most heavily traveled seasonal routes in the country, largely following Interstate 75 south through Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and the length of Florida. It’s often called the “snowbird route,” named for the wave of Midwesterners who drive it every fall to spend winter in Florida’s warmer climate, then reverse the trip each spring. The route crosses from Central to Eastern time, so travelers gain an hour heading into Florida.

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