Sioux Falls to Chicago bus

Buses from Sioux Falls to Chicago start at €40.33 and take 10h 41m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Sioux Falls to Chicago starts at €40.33 and takes 10h 41m door to door, run by 1 operator over 765 km, with around 11 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 10h 41mDoor to door
  • 9h 57mMoving
  • €40.33From
  • 20.7 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€33.73
  1. PARTA PA128716:369h 57m02:33Sioux Area MetroChicago Union Station

Door to door 10h 41mCO2 20.7 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
PARTA€33.7310h 40m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
  • PARTA

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Rooms within reach of Chicago Union Station

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Booking window

When to book Sioux Falls to Chicago

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €33.7390 days
  2. €27.1360 days
  3. €31.5345 days
  4. €35.3830 days
  5. €41.4321 days
  6. €45.8314 days
  7. €52.437 days
  8. €56.283 days
  9. €76.631 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €27.13.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 182 percent. The most expensive point is €76.63, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €51.33Sun
  2. €40.88Mon
  3. €40.33Tue
  4. €42.53Wed
  5. €45.83Thu
  6. €53.53Fri
  7. €49.13Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Sioux Falls

Bus
  • Sioux Area Metro

Chicago

Bus
  • Chicago Union Station
  • Chicago & Austin Terminal
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 765 km against 765 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Sioux Falls at 06:43 and the last at 21:08, across 11 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 34m1h 24m3h 10m€80.38193.8 kg40
Coach10h 41m9h 57m44m€40.3320.7 kg11

Questions about Sioux Falls to Chicago

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Coach from Sioux Falls to Chicago take?

The Coach from Sioux Falls to Chicago takes 10h 41m door to door, of which 9h 57m is spent moving. The route runs 765 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Coach from Sioux Falls to Chicago cost?

The Coach from Sioux Falls to Chicago starts at €40.33 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €40.88. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Sioux Falls to Chicago?

1 operators run the Coach from Sioux Falls to Chicago: PARTA. Between them they file around 11 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Coach from Sioux Falls to Chicago use?

The Coach from Sioux Falls to Chicago leaves from Sioux Area Metro and arrives at Chicago Union Station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Coach the best way from Sioux Falls to Chicago?

Traveling from Sioux Falls to Chicago by Flight costs €80.38 and takes 4h 34m door to door, against 10h 41m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Coach from Sioux Falls to Chicago?

Fares for the Coach from Sioux Falls to Chicago bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €27.13. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 182 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Sioux Falls to Chicago produce?

The Coach from Sioux Falls to Chicago produces about 20.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 765 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Sioux Falls to Chicago?

Operators on the Coach from Sioux Falls to Chicago publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 10h 41m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Sioux Falls to Chicago on September 10, 2026: 765 km of route against 765 km in a straight line, 11 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €40.33, and 10h 41m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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