Best time to fly Chicago to Long Beach

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

Best month

August

92.5% on time · 67 flights

Worst month

June

67.3% on time · 56 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 36 88.9% 0% 50 min
February 28 82.1% 0% 21 min
March 50 77.1% 4% 72 min
April 52 80.4% 1.92% 39 min
May 51 82.4% 0% 37 min
June 56 67.3% 1.79% 36 min
July 85 68.2% 0% 50 min
August 67 92.5% 0% 51 min
September 64 82.8% 0% 47 min
October 62 83.9% 0% 58 min
November 59 89.7% 1.69% 46 min
December 63 71.4% 0% 33 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.