Best time to fly Cleveland to Chicago

Every month pooled across the years on record, so "July" means July generally rather than one particular July. Full CLE to ORD record →

Best month

September

81.3% on time · 403 flights

Worst month

July

66.5% on time · 429 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 318 69.3% 2.83% 70 min
February 346 78% 0% 81 min
March 446 70.5% 4.71% 97 min
April 481 73.9% 3.33% 94 min
May 468 79.9% 2.14% 94 min
June 383 75.3% 5.22% 81 min
July 429 66.5% 5.13% 118 min
August 421 81% 4.28% 74 min
September 403 81.3% 0.25% 100 min
October 440 76.3% 0.45% 49 min
November 401 73.7% 7.98% 68 min
December 361 66.6% 4.71% 76 min

What a seasonal pattern can and cannot tell you

Months differ for reasons that repeat — summer thunderstorms in the American interior, winter fog and de-icing in northern Europe, school holidays filling every seat and leaving no slack in the schedule. Those are real and they come back each year.

What the pattern cannot do is forecast a particular flight. A quiet month has late days and a bad month has punctual ones. Treat this as a way to choose between two dates you are indifferent about, not as a promise.