Chicago
City in United States: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
2010-02-19 3000x2000 chicago skyline: J. Crocker, Attribution (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Chicago is a city in United States, in Illinois. About 2.7 million people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of United States in our atlas.
It lies at 41.85° N, 87.65° W, about 179 m (587 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Chicago time zone.
Location
Red dot: Chicago. Green dots: other major cities of United States. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Chicago has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 25°C (77°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about -5°C (23°F). Around 981 mm (39 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in United StatesNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Washington · 937 km
- Philadelphia · 1,054 km
- New York City · 1,135 km
- Manhattan · 1,138 km
- Brooklyn · 1,141 km
- The Bronx · 1,145 km
- Queens · 1,149 km
- Dallas · 1,259 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 4887398 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1297 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- 2010-02-19 3000x2000 chicago skyline: J. Crocker, Attribution (Wikimedia Commons)
- United Center 060716: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 20090518 Trump International Hotel and Tower, Chicago: https://www.flickr.com/photos/solarwind-chicago/, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 20120929 Franklin Center: TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- A public square in Chicago (9326033069): orangemania from Montréal, QC, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 2006-08-16 1580x2800 chicago two pru: J. Crocker, Attribution (Wikimedia Commons)
- Aqua8april09: Urbaneddie, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Uscellular: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 311 South Wacker Drive 060528: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
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