There are 4 ways to get from Chicago to Lecce by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Brindisi Airport
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Brindisi Airport (BDS)ORD - BDS
16h 7m€362–621Fly to Lamezia Terme International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)ORD - SUF
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Lecce
20h 19m€297–907Fly to Naples Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Naples Airport (NAP)ORD - NAP
- Take the train from Caserta to Lecce
19h 22m€334–786Fly to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI)ORD - BRI
- Take the bus from Bari Airport to Matera piazza Matteotti
- Take the train from Altamura to Bari Centrale
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Lecce
21h 49m€364–847
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Brindisi Airport (BDS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Lecce is to fly which costs €360 - €650 and takes 16h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Lecce is to fly which takes 16h 7m and costs €360 - €650.
The distance between Chicago and Lecce is 8262 km.
It takes approximately 16h 7m to get from Chicago to Lecce, including transfers.
Lecce is 7h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 9:58 PM in Chicago and 4:58 AM in Lecce.
There are 2847+ hotels available in Lecce.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Lecce, Italy?
Lufthansa, Airbus France, and six other airlines fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Brindisi Airport (BDS) twice daily.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Brindisi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Brindisi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Naples Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Naples Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–850
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Brindisi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Naples Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–850
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Brindisi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Naples Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–850
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Naples Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Naples Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Naples Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–950
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Brindisi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €270–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–850
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €230–800
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Brindisi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–850
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Brindisi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Naples Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–850
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €250–950
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Brindisi Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–950
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Brindisi Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €250–950
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–800
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Lecce
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bari Centrale to Lecce
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Caserta to Lecce
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bari Centrale to Lecce
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Altamura to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://ferrovieappulolucane.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bari Centrale to Lecce
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 080 5790111
- info@cotrap.it
- Website
- cotrap.it
Bus from Bari Airport to Matera piazza Matteotti
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Schedules at
- biglietteria.cotrap.it
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