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360 Chicago Observation Deck
360 CHICAGO Observation Deck Ticket
4.5 (3,857) · from $27
360 Chicago tickets start at $27 for the skip-the-line observation deck ticket, which is also the most reviewed option, rated 4.45 from 3,857 reviews. The deck is on the 94th floor, and the official site puts it at 1,030 feet. I’d go about an hour before sunset so you see Chicago in daylight, then lit. The Sip and View entry with a drink costs $44.
| Tour | From | Rating | Length | Free cancellation | Book |
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| 360 CHICAGO Observation Deck Ticket | $27 | ★ 4.5 (3,857) | 45 minutes - 1 hour | Yes | Check availability |
| 360 Chicago Observation Deck Sip and View Ticket | $44 | ★ 4.5 (425) | 1.5 hours | Yes | Check availability |
| 360 CHICAGO Admission and Big Bus Hop-on Hop-off Tour | $84 | ★ 4.2 (33) | 2-day ticket | Yes | Check availability |
| Private Mag Mile Architecture Tour With 360 Chicago | $390 | ★ 5.0 (4) | 2 hours | Yes | Check availability |
I compared every 360 Chicago ticket and combo that GetYourGuide sells right now: two straight entry tickets, one Big Bus hop-on hop-off bundle and one private walking tour. Prices, ratings and inclusions come from the listings, checked in October 2026, in US dollars. Links open GetYourGuide in a new tab, and I earn a commission if you book, at no extra cost to you.
360 Chicago is the observatory on the 94th floor of 875 North Michigan Avenue, the building still commonly called the John Hancock Center. Wikipedia describes a 100-story tower completed in 1969 and designed by Bruce Graham and Fazlur Rahman Khan of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. These are the numbers behind your 360 Chicago tickets, each with its source.
Loved this entire experience. First time to Chicago, it's a great way to get to see the city.
The roof and architectural height is 1,128 ft (344 m) according to Wikipedia, while the deck sits lower, at the 1,030 ft the official site gives. That is the figure I use for the view calculator further down.
| What | Detail |
|---|---|
| Floor | 94th floor of 875 North Michigan Avenue |
| Address | 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, per Google Maps |
| Opening hours | 9 AM to 11 PM every day, per Google Maps |
| Google Maps rating | 4.5 from 21,450 reviews |
| Time to allow | 45 minutes to 1 hour for the standard ticket, 1.5 hours with a drink, per the listings |
The official site lists the last entry as one hour before closing, so if you want a late slot check it for your date before you buy 360 Chicago tickets.
If you want one answer, here it is. The 360 CHICAGO Observation Deck Ticket costs $27, is rated 4.45 from 3,857 reviews and gives you a skip-the-ticket-line entry, access to the 94th floor, the newly renovated lower concourse, the CloudWalk art installation and the CloudBar, where drinks are bought separately. The listing also includes a downloadable app and fast pass entry.
Of all the 360 Chicago tickets I compared, this is the one I’d book for a first visit, because it combines the lowest price with by far the most reviews. The official site quotes the same $27 online and $35 at the gate, so you pay nothing extra for booking here. One thing to know before you go: all guests join the security line at 875 N Michigan, and the listing warns that waits can be longer at busy times. Free cancellation applies up to 24 hours before.
360 Chicago Observation Deck
My pick: My default for a first visit: $27, 4.45 stars from 3,857 reviews, skip-the-line entry to the 94th floor with the CloudBar and the lower exhibit.
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Prices for 360 Chicago tickets run from $27 to $390 on this page, and almost all of that spread comes from what is bundled. The plain ticket is $27, the Sip and View entry is $44, a Big Bus combo is $84 and a private walking tour is $390. The gap between the first two, $17, buys you one drink at the CloudBar plus entry to the 3 of 77 exhibit.
Among 360 Chicago tickets, the Sip and View ticket is rated 4.51 from 425 reviews and lists 1.5 hours, which suits couples and anyone who wants a slower visit. If you would buy a drink on the deck anyway, it is worth comparing with the plain ticket. A reviewer wrote that the staff have an efficient system to guide you up from the ground floor.
360 Chicago Observation Deck
My pick: The slower visit: $44 with one CloudBar drink and the extra exhibits, 4.51 stars from 425 reviews, about 1.5 hours.
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TILT is the experience people ask about most. The official site calls it the highest thrill ride in Chicago, says tickets with TILT start at $35 and says riders must be 42 inches tall. Wikipedia describes floor-to-ceiling windows that slowly tilt outward from the building.
Here is what matters for your 360 Chicago tickets: none of the four products I list include TILT. The standard ticket and the Sip and View ticket both say it can be bought on site, the Big Bus bundle says the same, and the private tour lists it as an upgrade at the deck. So you can book the plain ticket now and decide at the top, or book TILT directly with the official site. I’d decide based on the weather, because a cloudy day makes the lean less interesting.
Buying 360 Chicago tickets online is cheaper than turning up, since the official site lists $27 online against $35 at the gate for general admission, and says online booking saves up to $11 per person. These 360 Chicago tickets match the official online price for the plain entry and the Sip and View ticket, so the reason to use them is the skip-the-ticket-desk entry and the free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
The process for 360 Chicago tickets is short: your barcoded voucher goes straight to security and gets scanned, and you skip the ticket desk. I would still arrive 15 minutes before your time, because everyone joins the same security line. For the plain ticket, the meeting point is at 875 N Michigan, and the Sip and View listing says the entrance is at the base of the building on Michigan Avenue.
If the price of 360 Chicago tickets is your question, the Big Bus bundle is the product to look at after the straight tickets. At $84 it includes 360 CHICAGO admission, 48 hours of unlimited hop-on hop-off bus rides, four self-guided digital tours and hotel pickup and drop-off. It is rated 4.16 from only 33 reviews, so the evidence is thin.
It is a leftover in my ranking for a price search, not the cheapest or the best rated, and I’d be honest about who it suits: someone who would pay for the bus anyway. The route stops include Navy Pier, Millennium Park and the Skydeck and Willis Tower, and a reviewer notes that buses arrive about every half hour but can run late in traffic. The TILT experience is not included.
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My pick: A leftover in my ranking but fair for sightseers: $84 gets 360 Chicago admission plus 48 hours on the Big Bus, though only 33 reviews at 4.16.
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For a family or a group, this calculator works out the total for the product you pick and links to the booking page.
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Prices are the lowest per-person prices on GetYourGuide when I last checked; the final price depends on the date, time slot and age.
I found no promo code for 360 Chicago tickets that I could verify, and I would treat any code site with caution. What the official site does list is a Chicago CityPASS, which includes 50% off 360 CHICAGO Fast Pass admission and costs $144 for an adult, with nine days of validity. It also offers discounted rates for groups of 20 or more.
The closest thing to cheaper 360 Chicago tickets on this page is a bundle. The private Mag Mile Architecture Tour With 360 Chicago costs $390 and includes a guided private walking tour of Michigan Avenue with a professional guide, gratuities and the deck entry ticket. It is rated 5 from only 4 reviews, so I’d treat it as a premium private option rather than a discount. The tour runs about 2 hours and ends at the deck.
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My pick: A leftover in my ranking and the dearest here: $390 for a private 2 hour architecture walk that ends with deck entry, 5 stars from only 4 reviews.
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Google Maps and the official site agree: 360 Chicago is open daily from 9 AM to 11 PM, with last entry one hour before closing. That makes 360 Chicago tickets usable from a morning visit to a late evening one, which is wider than the Skydeck’s 9 AM to 8 PM hours listed on Google Maps for most days.
Hours for 360 Chicago tickets can change for holidays, weather or maintenance, so check the official site for the date you plan to go. If you are choosing between morning and evening, evening gets the better light and the city lights: the planner further down shows the sunset time for your date.
The CloudBar sits on the 94th floor, and the official site says you can order a cocktail, mocktail or snack there. Entry to it is part of the plain ticket, but drinks are bought separately, which is why the Sip and View ticket exists. At $44 it includes one drink from the CloudBar’s curated Sip menu.
I’d call it a bar for a pause, not a place for a meal. The listings promise a drink, not a table by the window, and I found nothing about reserving seats. If you want dinner, plan it nearby and use your 360 Chicago tickets for the hour before sunset.
360 Chicago is at 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, per Google Maps, on the Magnificent Mile just north of the Chicago River. Entry is at the base of the building on Michigan Avenue, and you take an elevator to the 94th floor after security.
The Wrigley Building is 1.04 km (0.65 miles) away and the Chicago Riverwalk is 1.17 km (0.73 miles) away. Millennium Park is 1.83 km (1.14 miles) south, so a walk down Michigan Avenue links them. That is why the private tour and the Big Bus bundle both include the deck as a final or optional stop.
Cloud cover decides how good the view is, so it matters when you book 360 Chicago tickets. In the 2025 weather data from Open-Meteo, the clearest month is September at 33% average cloud cover, followed by August at 45% and October at 46%. The cloudiest is December at 81% and 4 hours of sunshine a day, then February at 69%. Sunset runs from 16:20 in December to 20:27 in June.
| Month | Sunset (Chicago time) | Cloud cover | Sunshine a day | Rainy days |
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| Jan | 16:44 | 56% | 6.8 h | 6 |
| Feb | 17:23 | 69% | 6.3 h | 7 |
| Mar | 18:57 | 61% | 8.5 h | 12 |
| Apr | 19:32 | 66% | 8.8 h | 10 |
| May | 20:04 | 62% | 9.9 h | 10 |
| Jun | 20:27 | 50% | 12 h | 11 |
| Jul | 20:23 | 55% | 11.5 h | 12 |
| Augclearest | 19:50 | 45% | 12.4 h | 5 |
| Sepclearest | 18:59 | 33% | 10.8 h | 6 |
| Octclearest | 18:08 | 46% | 8.5 h | 7 |
| Nov | 16:29 | 64% | 5.8 h | 11 |
| Dec | 16:20 | 81% | 4 h | 12 |
Pick a date and the planner below shows the sunset and the entry time I would book.
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Sunset and cloud cover for the same dates in 2025 at the deck (Open-Meteo historical weather (ERA5), 2025); sunset moves by about a minute between years.
My rule for tickets to 360 Chicago is to arrive 45 to 60 minutes before sunset. With 360 Chicago tickets you spend the security line in daylight, get a spot at the glass for the golden hour and stay for the lights. On this data, September is my favourite month, and August has the longest sunshine at 12.4 hours a day.
On a clear day the horizon is a long way off. The calculator below uses the official 1,030 ft deck height, about 314 m, to show how far you can see.
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Geometric horizon d ≈ 3.57 × √h (km, h in metres); refraction adds about 8%. Haze and clouds usually limit the real view first. Formula: Distance to the horizon.
Distances below are straight-line from the deck, computed from the Google Maps coordinates.
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The Wrigley Building is the nearest at 1.04 km (0.65 miles), and the Chicago Riverwalk follows at 1.17 km (0.73 miles). Navy Pier is 1.70 km (1.06 miles) away, the Marshall Field and Company Building 1.72 km (1.07 miles), Cloud Gate 1.82 km (1.13 miles) and Millennium Park 1.83 km (1.14 miles). Willis Tower is 2.47 km (1.54 miles) off, the Adler Planetarium Skyline Walk is 3.78 km (2.35 miles) away, and Ping Tom Park is the farthest at 4.50 km (2.80 miles).
Because this deck is north of the Loop, you see the Willis Tower in the skyline, and from the Skydeck you see this tower in turn. Ratings and review counts are from Google Maps, and distances are straight-line from the deck.
| Deck | Google rating | Reviews | Distance | Cost |
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| 360 Chicago | 4.5 | 21,450 | the deck itself | Paid |
| Skydeck Chicago, Willis Tower | 4.6 | 37,885 | 2.47 km (1.54 mi) | Paid |
| Navy Pier Observation Deck | 4.8 | 93 | 2.11 km (1.31 mi) | Check locally |
| Adler Planetarium Skyline Walk | 4.8 | 1,193 | 3.78 km (2.35 mi) | Check locally |
The Skydeck is the one I’d pair with these 360 Chicago tickets if you have two days, and you can read my full guide to Willis Tower tickets. The two are not the same attraction: they are in different buildings, and I would choose by the view you want, with the lake and Michigan Avenue here and the Loop and the river from Wacker Drive. The Adler Planetarium Skyline Walk lists hours of 9 AM to 4 PM on Google Maps, so it will not work for a sunset plan.
The GetYourGuide observation deck ticket lists 45 minutes to 1 hour, which fits a quick look at the view and the lower exhibit. The Sip and View ticket lists 1.5 hours because it adds a drink at the CloudBar. If you want to ride TILT as well or wait for sunset, I would allow a full 90 minutes.
Not a full restaurant. The official site describes the CloudBar on the 94th floor, where you can order a cocktail, mocktail or snack. The Sip and View ticket at $44 includes one drink there. If you want a sit-down meal, plan it in the streets around 875 North Michigan Avenue before or after your visit.
No. 360 Chicago is on the 94th floor of 875 North Michigan Avenue, the former John Hancock Center. The Skydeck is in Willis Tower on Wacker Drive, about 2.5 km (1.5 miles) away by Google Maps coordinates. They are separate buildings with separate tickets, and they give you different views of the same skyline.
I think it is, at $27 for a skip-the-line ticket rated 4.45 from 3,857 reviews. Its location on Michigan Avenue gives you the lake and the skyline together. Some reviewers call it overpriced, so I would buy the plain ticket, skip the extras unless you want them, and go on a clear day.
I would book a slot about an hour before sunset and see both. A GetYourGuide reviewer did exactly that and saw the view in daylight and after dark. The deck is open until 11 PM according to the official site, so a later slot is possible, but check the sunset time for your month first.
I found no free ticket. The official site says tickets start at $27 online and lists a Chicago CityPASS that includes 50% off admission with a Fast Pass. It also lists discounted group rates for 20 or more. Booking online is cheaper than the gate price of $35, so I would not wait to buy at the door.
On GetYourGuide, the observation deck ticket costs $27 and the Sip and View ticket with one drink costs $44. The official site lists the same $27 adult price online and $35 at the gate. TILT is extra, with official TILT tickets starting at $35, and a Big Bus combo on this page costs $84.