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🇺🇸 Chicago (UTC−5) · 🇨🇳 Beijing (UTC+8) · 13 hours difference — Beijing is ahead
Best Time to Meet
No standard business-hours overlap. Extended window: 19:00–19:00 in ChicagoAt least one city will be in early morning or evening hours.
24-Hour Schedule
| City | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
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| 🇺🇸 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 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing | 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 | 02:00 | 03:00 | 04:00 | 05:00 | 06:00 | 07:00 |
Quick Reference
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Open Meeting Planner →Chicago's finance and derivatives and logistics and Beijing's government and technology are different worlds, which is exactly why they call each other. The gap is 13 hours, with Beijing the one whose clock reads later — and whose date has often already turned.
The working week is Monday to Friday on both sides: roughly 08:30–17:30 in Chicago and 09:00–18:00 in Beijing. Watch for Thanksgiving (fourth Thursday of November, with the Friday) and Independence Day (4 July) in Chicago and Chinese New Year (seven days in January or February) and National Day Golden Week (1–7 October) in Beijing.
There is no hour when both offices are open, only the edges: an early start in Chicago meets a late finish in Beijing. Alternate who stretches, and keep those calls short. Only Chicago changes its clocks, so the gap shifts by an hour twice a year while Beijing stays put.
Beijing is 13 hours ahead of Chicago. The gap changes by an hour around the clock changes.
There is no hour when both offices are open. The closest is early morning in Chicago against the end of the day in Beijing; alternate which side takes the awkward slot.
Alternate. A standing call that is always 07:00 for Chicago or always 19:00 for Beijing is resented within a month; rotating it keeps both sides in the room.
Not always. At 09:00 in Chicago it is already the next calendar day in Beijing, so every invitation should carry the date in both cities.
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