Best time to fly Chicago to Cleveland

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

Best month

September

93.5% on time · 108 flights

Worst month

July

67.5% on time · 114 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 71 79.7% 2.82% 43 min
February 71 85.7% 0% 41 min
March 87 72.3% 4.6% 44 min
April 86 80% 1.16% 37 min
May 87 85.1% 0% 46 min
June 109 76.6% 1.83% 69 min
July 114 67.5% 0% 52 min
August 108 78.5% 0.93% 57 min
September 108 93.5% 0% 62 min
October 94 79.8% 0% 49 min
November 84 76.3% 4.76% 68 min
December 89 74.7% 0% 81 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.