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🇳🇱 Amsterdam (UTC+2) · 🇺🇸 Chicago (UTC−5) · 7 hours difference — Amsterdam is ahead
Best Time to Meet
🇳🇱 16:00–17:00 in Amsterdam = 🇺🇸 09:00–10:00 in Chicago1 hour of overlap within standard business hours (09:00–17:00)
24-Hour Schedule
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| 🇳🇱 Amsterdam | 02:00 | 03:00 | 04:00 | 05:00 | 06:00 | 07:00 | 08:00 | 09:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 18:00 | 19:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 23:00 | 00:00 | 01:00 |
| 🇺🇸 Chicago | 19:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 23:00 | 00:00 | 01:00 | 02:00 | 03:00 | 04:00 | 05:00 | 06:00 | 07:00 | 08:00 | 09:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 18:00 |
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Open Meeting Planner →Both cities run on logistics, so most calls between Amsterdam and Chicago are between people in the same trade. Amsterdam runs 7 hours ahead of Chicago.
The working week is Monday to Friday on both sides: roughly 09:00–17:30 in Amsterdam and 08:30–17:30 in Chicago. Watch for King's Day (27 April) and Easter Monday (March or April) in Amsterdam and Thanksgiving (fourth Thursday of November, with the Friday) and Independence Day (4 July) in Chicago. Replies slow in Amsterdam during late July and August and in Chicago during Thanksgiving week and the last week of December.
The shared window is short: 16:00–17:00 Amsterdam time, 09:00–10:00 in Chicago. Guard it for the conversations that need everyone, and let the rest happen in writing. Both cities change their clocks, on different dates, so the gap is an hour off for a few weeks each spring and autumn.
Amsterdam is 7 hours ahead of Chicago. The gap changes by an hour around the clock changes.
16:00–17:00 Amsterdam time, which is 09:00–10:00 in Chicago — the 1-hour stretch when both are inside 09:00–17:00.
Both work Monday to Friday, so any weekday works.
For the working day, yes — the gap is not wide enough to push office hours across midnight.
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