How far is Chicago from Rome?

4,810 miles (7,740 km) as the crow flies, center to center. A direct flight would take roughly 10 hours. That's about 19% of the way around the equator. Chicago and Rome sit at almost the same latitude, about 42° north.

A red kangaroo would need about 970,000 hops of about 26 feet (8 m) each.