Elevation of Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America is 195 m (640 ft) above sea level.
Chicago's height from sea level is 195 metres, or 640 feet. Wikidata records 179 m.
Ground within 4 km
Mean 181 m across the 8.9 km square centred on the town, 20 m from its lowest cell to its highest.
Rank by elevation
among the towns of Illinois, and 373rd of 1,000 in United States of America.
Cross-section through Chicago
Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 25.1 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Chicago; the vertical scale is the same on both.
Shading is a north-west light over the grid's own slopes. Colour follows elevation: sea level and below, 0–200 m, 500 m, 1,000 m, 2,000 m, 3,500 m, 5,000 m and above.
Towns near Chicago
| Town | Distance | Direction | Elevation | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cicero | 10.9 km | W | 185 m (607 ft) | −10 m |
| Oak Park | 12.8 km | W | 193 m (633 ft) | −2 m |
| Berwyn | 13.9 km | W | 190 m (623 ft) | −5 m |
| Evanston | 18.8 km | N | 190 m (623 ft) | −5 m |
| Skokie | 19.3 km | NW | 188 m (617 ft) | −7 m |
Where Chicago is
Latitude 41.8781136, longitude -87.6297982. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.
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About this reading
The elevation is the value of the GMTED2010 terrain grid (USGS/NGA, 30 arc-second cells of about 1 km) at Chicago's recorded coordinates. It is the height of the ground in that cell, not of any building; a town on a slope spans several cells, and the range above says how much that matters here. Wikidata's figure is the one its editors cite for the town, often from a survey marker or the town hall.