In the title mol-ecule, C(7)H(6)ClNO(2), the plane of the nitro group and the direction of the chloro-methyl group are twisted away from the benzene ring, forming dihedral angles of 8.2 (3) and 67.55 (12)°, respectively. In the crystal structure, weak inter-molecular C-H⋯O inter-actions link the mol-ecules into corrugated sheets parallel to the bc plane.