There are 5 ways to get from Chicago to Munich by plane or train
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Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane ORD - MUC
11h 57m€289–435Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane MDW - MUC
13h 52m€399–1,415Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Nuremberg Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Nuremberg Airport (NUE)plane ORD - NUE
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbftrain
14h 29m€374–1,338Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Salzburg Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)plane ORD - SZG
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain
15h 30m€422–1,588Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane ORD - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to München Hbftrain
14h 58m€327–744
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Munich International Airport (MUC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Munich is to fly which costs €280 - €440 and takes 11h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Munich is to fly which takes 11h 57m and costs €280 - €440.
The distance between Chicago and Munich is 7334 km.
It takes approximately 11h 57m to get from Chicago to Munich, including transfers.
Munich is 7h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 4:52 AM in Chicago and 11:52 AM in Munich.
There are 1375+ hotels available in Munich.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Munich, Germany?
Lufthansa, United Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Munich International Airport (MUC) every 3 hours.
Airlines
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–400
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Munich International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €450–1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €390–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Salzburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €450–1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Salzburg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €400–1,800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–400
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Munich International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €450–1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €390–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–1,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Munich International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 41m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Munich International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 41m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Nuremberg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Salzburg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €400–1,800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €310–440
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Munich International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 41m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–400
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €400–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Frankfurt via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,300
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Munich International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Salzburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €400–1,400
Train operators
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–300
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–9
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22–80
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €25–40
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- info@msm-gruppe.de
- Website
- msm-gruppe.de
Train from Frankfurt to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- msm-gruppe.de
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