There are 4 ways to get from Chicago to Macedonia by plane, car, 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 Skopje International Airport, drive
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane ORD - SKP
- Drive from Skopje-Airport-SKP to Macedoniacar
16h 27m$308–845Fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, train, drive
cheapest- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane ORD - SKG
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Rodopolistrain
- Drive from Rodopolis to Macedoniacar
18h 57m$266–691Fly to Sofia Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ORD - SOF
- Take the train from Zaharna Fabrika to Petrichtrain
19h 37m$288–777Fly to Pristina, bus, drive
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Pristina (PRN)plane ORD - PRN
- Take the bus from Pristina to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Dobrejcibus
- Drive from Dobrejci to Macedoniacar
24h 1m
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Skopje International Airport (SKP) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Macedonia is to fly and train and drive which costs $260 - $700 and takes 18h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Macedonia is to fly and drive which takes 16h 27m and costs $300 - $850.
The distance between Chicago and Macedonia is 8506 km.
It takes approximately 16h 27m to get from Chicago to Macedonia, including transfers.
Macedonia is 8h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 10:35 AM in Chicago and 6:35 PM in Macedonia.
There are 382+ hotels available in Macedonia.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Macedonia, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria?
There is no direct connection from Chicago to Macedonia. However, you can take the subway to O'Hare, walk to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) airport, fly to Skopje International Airport (SKP), then drive to Macedonia. Alternatively, you can take the subway to O'Hare, walk to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG), walk to Thessaloniki Airport, take the bus to Thessaloniki Neos Sidirodromikos Stathmos, walk to Thessaloniki, take the train to Rodopolis, then drive to Macedonia.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Pristina via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Pristina via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Skopje International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Pristina via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–950
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Skopje International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Skopje International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Pristina via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–950
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Skopje International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Pristina via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–950
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Skopje International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–750
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Skopje International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Skopje International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Pristina via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $290–750
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Pristina via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Thessaloniki to Rodopolis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–12
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Zaharna Fabrika to Petrich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $4–6
- Phone
- +383 49 166 760
- amalfitours2003@gmail.com
- Website
- Amalfi Tours
Bus from Pristina to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–13
- Website
- Amalfi Tours
- Phone
- +389 76 241 003
- Info@drd.si
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- motoja.ks@gmail.com
- Website
- Motoja
Bus from Pristina to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $8–10
- Website
- Motoja
- Phone
- +389 34 346 030
- Website
- Strumica Ekspres
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Dobrejci
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Strumica Ekspres
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