There are 5 ways to get from Chicago to Macedonia by plane, train, car, bus, or shuttle
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 Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, train, drive
best- 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
19h 40m$314–1,038Fly to Skopje International Airport, train, drive
cheapest- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane ORD - SKP
- Take the train from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Miravtsitrain
- Drive from Miravtsi to Macedoniacar
22h 22m$284–678Fly to Sofia Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ORD - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Dupnitsa Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Dupnitsa to Petrichtrain
19h 46m$302–524Fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane ORD - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Sofia
- Take the train from Sofia to Petrichtrain
23h 14m$674–2,053Fly to Kavala International Airport, bus, drive
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Kavala International Airport (KVA)plane ORD - KVA
- Take the bus from Xanthi to Serresbus
- Drive from Strymonas to Macedoniacar
23h 40m$446–1,442
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Macedonia is to fly and bus and train which costs $300 - $550 and takes 19h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Macedonia is to fly and train and drive which takes 19h 40m and costs $310 - $1,100.
The distance between Chicago and Macedonia is 8718 km.
It takes approximately 19h 40m to get from Chicago to Macedonia, including transfers.
Macedonia is 8h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 9:16 AM in Chicago and 5:16 PM in Macedonia.
There are 337+ 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 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. Alternatively, you can take the subway to O'Hare, walk to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) airport, fly to Sofia Airport (SOF), walk to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop, take the bus to Dupnitsa Bus Station, walk to Dupnitsa, take the train to Petrich, then take the taxi to Macedonia.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 52m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–460
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Skopje International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–460
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–460
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Skopje International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kavala International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kavala International Airport via Brussels, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kavala International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Skopje International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kavala International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Skopje International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–900
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kavala International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kavala International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Skopje International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Skopje International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,000
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Rodopolis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Dupnitsa to Petrich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $4–6
- 1st Class
- $5–7
Train from Sofia to Petrich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–11
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $6–10
- 1st Class
- $9–11
- Phone
- +389 (2) 3 164 255
- mztransportad@mztransportad.com.mk
- Website
- mzt.mk
Train from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Miravtsi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $9–35
- Schedules at
- mzt.mk
- Phone
- +359 2 493 0191
- info@traventuria.com
- Website
- traventuria.com
Bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Dupnitsa Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Website
- https://traventuria.com/
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $270–430
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +30 23210-22822
- ktelserres@gmail.com
- Website
- ktelserron.gr
Bus from Xanthi to Serres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $12–17
- Schedules at
- ktelserron.gr
- Book at
- ktelserron.e-ticketing.gr
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