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Chicago or Toronto?

719 km apart, in United States and Canada. Each is scored month by month on the same ten years of climate readings, the public holidays that crowd it, and what the flight costs. This is where they part, and when.

Chicago is the better pick in March to November. December to February are best avoided at both.

Month by month

Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Chicago 0° 8d 3° 7d 9° 9d 14° 12d 20° 11d 27° 10d 28° 11d 27° 10d 24° 8d 17° 10d 8° 6d 4° 7d
Toronto 0° 7d 1° 7d 5° 8d 11° 10d 17° 8d 24° 9d 27° 8d 25° 9d 22° 7d 15° 9d 8° 7d 3° 8d
Pick neitherneitherChicagoChicagoChicagoChicagoChicagoChicagoChicagoChicagoChicagoneither

Each cell is that destination's own verdict for the month — sweet spot, ok or avoid — with its typical daily high and its rainy days ("11d"). The pick goes to the better verdict; with the same verdict, to the higher score, unless the two are within a whisker of each other, when it is either. A month both would avoid is neither. A dot marks a busy month.

Before you go

Facts from Wikidata (CC0), the UK Foreign Office (Open Government Licence) and the World Bank. The advisory is written for British travellers; entry rules depend on your passport.

Between them

719 km as the crow flies, about 1h 48m in the air.By train, about 15h 03m · 350 · FlixBus 2701. By bus, about 15h 17m · Greyhound US0164 · FlixBus 2701.

The flight time is estimated from the distance. A road, train or bus is named only where it was measured — flights from AeroDataBox, roads from OpenRouteService, timetables via Transitous — and none of it is a fare; the searches on each destination's page are where prices live.

Also compared

Every verdict here is the destination's own: ten years of climate readings, the public holidays that crowd it, and what the flight costs. The comparison is the difference between two pages, not a third opinion.