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Where to stay in Illinois
This guide covers 102 destinations in Illinois, a first-level administrative division of United States, with 205 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Chicago, Aurora and Rockford Township. Across its destinations, September is the month comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD).
- Destinations in this guide
- 102
- Places to stay
- 205
- Comfortable in the most places
- September
- Main airport
- ORDChicago O'Hare International Airport
- Currency
- USDUnited States dollar
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
Destinations
Destinations in Illinois
Every destination in this guide in Illinois, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago | 2,746,388 | 73 | MDW · 15 km |
| Near North Side | 107,331 | 33 | MDW · 16 km |
| Chicago Lawn | 55,628 | 14 | MDW · 6 km |
| Leyden Township | 93,096 | 6 | ORD · 5 km |
| Northfield Township | 91,565 | 6 | ORD · 16 km |
| York Township | 128,425 | 5 | ORD · 14 km |
| Springfield | 114,394 | 5 | SPI · 6 km |
| Near West Side | 68,165 | 5 | MDW · 13 km |
| Peoria | 113,150 | 4 | PIA · 9 km |
| Lincoln Park | 67,987 | 4 | MDW · 18 km |
| Aurora Township | 126,929 | 3 | ORD · 42 km |
| Lake View | 94,368 | 3 | MDW · 19 km |
| Champaign | 88,302 | 3 | CMI · 9 km |
| Schaumburg | 78,723 | 3 | ORD · 16 km |
| Vernon Township | 71,377 | 3 | ORD · 25 km |
| Edgewater | 56,521 | 3 | ORD · 20 km |
| Uptown | 56,362 | 3 | ORD · 20 km |
| St. Charles Township | 51,902 | 3 | ORD · 35 km |
| Rockford | 148,655 | 2 | RFD · 8 km |
| Evanston | 78,110 | 2 | ORD · 20 km |
| Skokie | 67,824 | 2 | ORD · 16 km |
| Rockford Township | 170,478 | 1 | RFD · 6 km |
| Thornton Township | 157,865 | 1 | GYY · 17 km |
| Wheeling Township | 157,487 | 1 | ORD · 15 km |
| Joliet | 150,362 | 1 | MDW · 40 km |
| Maine Township | 140,600 | 1 | ORD · 7 km |
| Milton Township | 120,237 | 1 | ORD · 20 km |
| Lisle Township | 119,040 | 1 | ORD · 28 km |
| Bloomingdale Township | 111,875 | 1 | ORD · 16 km |
| Naperville Township | 104,765 | 1 | ORD · 34 km |
| Hanover Township | 100,092 | 1 | ORD · 25 km |
| Elk Grove Township | 95,508 | 1 | ORD · 8 km |
| Waukegan | 89,321 | 1 | ORD · 43 km |
| Plainfield Township | 82,236 | 1 | MDW · 42 km |
| South Lawndale | 79,288 | 1 | MDW · 8 km |
| Logan Square | 71,192 | 1 | MDW · 16 km |
| Avon Township | 63,708 | 1 | ORD · 44 km |
| Humboldt Park | 56,323 | 1 | MDW · 11 km |
| Oswego Township | 55,771 | 1 | ORD · 48 km |
| Oak Park Township | 54,583 | 1 | MDW · 12 km |
| Libertyville Township | 54,192 | 1 | ORD · 34 km |
| Aurora | 180,542 | ORD · 41 km | |
| Worth Township | 152,934 | MDW · 11 km | |
| Proviso Township | 151,209 | ORD · 13 km | |
| Downers Grove Township | 149,921 | MDW · 19 km | |
| Naperville | 149,540 | ORD · 34 km | |
| Schaumburg Township | 134,809 | ORD · 16 km | |
| Lyons Township | 115,105 | MDW · 9 km | |
| Elgin | 114,797 | ORD · 32 km | |
| Palatine Township | 114,403 | ORD · 20 km | |
| Niles Township | 112,407 | ORD · 14 km | |
| Capital Township | 112,219 | SPI · 9 km | |
| Bremen Township | 107,149 | MDW · 20 km | |
| Elgin Township | 104,493 | ORD · 35 km | |
| Austin | 98,514 | MDW · 13 km | |
| Orland Township | 98,246 | MDW · 22 km | |
| Town of the City of Peoria | 97,823 | PIA · 11 km | |
| Waukegan Township | 90,386 | ORD · 44 km | |
| Wheatland Township | 88,894 | MDW · 40 km | |
| Addison Township | 88,351 | ORD · 7 km | |
| West Town | 88,164 | MDW · 14 km | |
| Algonquin Township | 87,633 | ORD · 39 km | |
| Du Page Township | 87,348 | MDW · 30 km | |
| Bloom Township | 86,018 | GYY · 19 km | |
| Joliet Township | 85,427 | MDW · 41 km | |
| Cicero | 85,268 | MDW · 7 km | |
| Cicero Township | 85,268 | MDW · 7 km | |
| Belmont Cragin | 78,743 | ORD · 13 km | |
| Bloomington | 78,680 | BMI · 7 km | |
| Bloomington City Township | 78,680 | BMI · 5 km | |
| Arlington Heights | 77,676 | ORD · 14 km | |
| Rich Township | 76,138 | GYY · 29 km | |
| Evanston Township | 74,486 | ORD · 19 km | |
| Bolingbrook | 73,922 | MDW · 30 km | |
| West Ridge | 71,942 | ORD · 18 km | |
| Decatur | 70,522 | DEC · 7 km | |
| Palatine | 67,908 | ORD · 19 km | |
| Warren Township | 65,883 | ORD · 44 km | |
| Dundee Township | 64,722 | ORD · 36 km | |
| Wayne Township | 64,427 | ORD · 25 km | |
| Portage Park | 64,124 | ORD · 12 km | |
| Des Plaines | 60,675 | ORD · 7 km | |
| Frankfort Township | 59,796 | MDW · 32 km | |
| Lockport Township | 58,844 | MDW · 35 km | |
| Orland Park | 58,703 | MDW · 21 km | |
| Oak Lawn | 58,362 | MDW · 8 km | |
| New Trier Township | 57,371 | ORD · 19 km | |
| Berwyn | 57,250 | MDW · 7 km | |
| Berwyn Township | 57,250 | MDW · 7 km | |
| Mount Prospect | 56,852 | ORD · 10 km | |
| Palos Township | 56,836 | MDW · 14 km | |
| Grafton Township | 56,446 | ORD · 48 km | |
| Tinley Park | 55,971 | MDW · 24 km | |
| Rogers Park | 54,991 | ORD · 20 km | |
| Oak Park | 54,583 | MDW · 12 km | |
| Wheaton | 53,970 | ORD · 22 km | |
| Irving Park | 53,359 | ORD · 15 km | |
| Normal | 52,736 | BMI · 7 km | |
| Hoffman Estates | 52,530 | ORD · 20 km | |
| Normal Township | 52,008 | BMI · 9 km | |
| Albany Park | 51,542 | ORD · 15 km | |
| Downers Grove | 50,247 | MDW · 22 km |
Where to stay
Hotels in Illinois
205 hotels in Illinois recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
When to go
Best time to visit Illinois
From the climate of 102 destinations in Illinois with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The month comfortable in the most places: September.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 102 | -0 °C | 55 mm |
| February | 0 of 102 | 2 °C | 48 mm |
| March | 0 of 102 | 8 °C | 61 mm |
| April | 0 of 102 | 15 °C | 104 mm |
| May | 0 of 102 | 22 °C | 104 mm |
| June | 0 of 102 | 27 °C | 116 mm |
| July | 0 of 102 | 29 °C | 101 mm |
| August | 0 of 102 | 28 °C | 101 mm |
| September | 23 of 102 | 24 °C | 82 mm |
| October | 0 of 102 | 17 °C | 84 mm |
| November | 0 of 102 | 9 °C | 65 mm |
| December | 0 of 102 | 3 °C | 55 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Illinois
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Illinois name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
ORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport
MDW · Chicago Midway International Airport
BMI · Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal
GYY · Gary/Chicago International Airport
RFD · Chicago Rockford International Airport
PIA · General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport
SPI · Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport
DEC · Decatur Airport
CMI · University of Illinois Willard Airport
MKE · General Mitchell International Airport
MSN · Dane County Regional Truax Field
Good to know
Public holidays in Illinois, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in United States
Regional holidays observed in Illinois
Nearby
Regions near Illinois
Other regions of United States with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.