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Chicago from Istanbul
8,812 km, about 11h 40m in the air. Every month scored for the weather at Chicago and for the holidays that crowd it out at both ends.
- JanJChicago in January: avoid
- FebFChicago in February: avoid
- MarMChicago in March: ok
- AprAChicago in April: good
- MayMChicago in May: sweet spot
- JunJChicago in June: sweet spot
- JulJChicago in July: good, busy
- AugAChicago in August: good, busy
- SepSChicago in September: sweet spot
- OctOChicago in October: good
- NovNChicago in November: ok
- DecDChicago in December: avoid
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Month by month from Istanbul
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| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Crowds | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0° | 8d | 80 | avoid | bitter cold: 0C daily max |
| Feb | 3° | 7d | 80 | avoid | bitter cold: 3C daily max |
| Mar | 9° | 9d | 80 | ok | 9C max, 9 rainy days |
| Apr | 14° | 12d | 100 | good | 14C max, 12 rainy days |
| May | 20° | 11d | 80 | sweet spot | 20C max, 11 rainy days |
| Jun | 27° | 10d | 89 | sweet spot | 27C max, 10 rainy days |
| Jul | 28° | 11d | 65 | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Aug | 27° | 10d | 65 | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Sep | 24° | 8d | 75 | sweet spot | 24C max, 8 rainy days |
| Oct | 17° | 10d | 80 | good | 17C max, 10 rainy days |
| Nov | 8° | 6d | 80 | ok | 8C max, 6 rainy days |
| Dec | 4° | 7d | 80 | avoid | bitter cold: 4C daily max |
Rain days are the days with at least 2 mm of rain.
Crowds is a score out of 100 where higher is quieter. It counts public-holiday clusters in TR as well as at Chicago, which is why this table differs from the same one read from another country. A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. Crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
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Getting there
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Nonstop routes from Wikipedia's airport articles (CC BY-SA 4.0), roads from OpenRouteService, ferries from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Times are typical, not a schedule, and none of this is a fare — the searches below are where prices live.
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