Best time to fly Houston to Chicago

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

There is not yet enough of the year on record for this route to say anything about seasons. The months below are shown as recorded.

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 21 70% 4.76% 93 min
February 21 81% 0% 197 min
March 24 60.9% 4.17% 61 min
April 17 58.8% 0% 101 min
May 12 50% 0% 84 min
June 9 55.6% 0% 37 min
July 72 71% 2.78% 62 min
August 44 70.5% 0% 130 min
September 41 70.7% 0% 54 min
October 50 78% 0% 51 min
November 54 67.9% 1.85% 109 min
December 29 55.2% 0% 88 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.