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
17h 11m$318–995Fly to Sofia Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ORD - SOF
- Take the train from Zaharna Fabrika to Petrichtrain
20h 17m$288–877Fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, train, drive
- 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 32m$296–892Fly 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
23h 50m
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 which costs $280 - $900 and takes 20h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Macedonia is to fly and drive which takes 17h 11m and costs $310 - $1,000.
The distance between Chicago and Macedonia is 8506 km.
It takes approximately 17h 11m to get from Chicago to Macedonia, including transfers.
Macedonia is 8h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 5:24 PM in Chicago and 1:24 AM in Macedonia.
There are 385+ 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 Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Friday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Pristina via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Pristina via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Skopje International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 27m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 11m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $250–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Pristina via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Skopje International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Pristina via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Skopje International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–850
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Skopje International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Pristina via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Skopje International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Pristina via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Pristina via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
- 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
- $9–10
- 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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