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United States · GMT-5
Chicago runs on CDT (GMT-5). Subtract 5 hours from Coordinated Universal Time to get the current time in Chicago.
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24h schedule
Sunrise
06:47
Sunset
18:24
Timezone
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Chicago is located in United States and uses the America/Chicago timezone, currently CDT (GMT-5) from UTC. The clocks change on 1 November 2026 to GMT-6. Sunrise is at 06:47 and sunset at 18:24 local time. The coordinates of Chicago are 41.88°N, 87.63°W.
Today Chicago gets 11 hours 37 minutes of daylight. Solar noon — when the sun is highest — falls at 12:35, about 35 minutes after clock noon.
Right now Chicago shares its CDT (GMT-5) offset with Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Minneapolis, Austin, Nashville. Clocks in these places read the same, even where the calendar date differs.
Offices in Chicago work Monday to Friday, typically 08:30–17:30 local time. Lunch is usually 12:00–13:00, and a meeting proposed inside it will be moved. The city's economy runs on finance and derivatives, logistics, manufacturing and consulting, which is who you are most likely to be calling. The trading day sets the tempo, and early-morning meetings are more welcome than late ones.
The dates that most often break a cross-border schedule are Thanksgiving (fourth Thursday of November, with the Friday), Independence Day (4 July), Labor Day (first Monday of September) and Christmas Day (25 December). Expect slow replies during Thanksgiving week and the last week of December.
| From | Gap | Call at (Chicago time) |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Milwaukee | same time | 09:00–17:00 |
| 🇭🇳 Tegucigalpa | −1h | 10:00–17:00 |
| 🇲🇽 Cancún | same time | 09:00–17:00 |
| 🇺🇸 Nashville | same time | 09:00–17:00 |
| 🇬🇧 London | +5h | 09:00–12:00 |
| 🇺🇸 New York | +1h | 09:00–16:00 |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore | +13h | 19:00–19:00 (early or late for one side) |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai | +9h | 07:00–11:00 (early or late for one side) |
Office hours taken as 09:00–17:00 on both sides. A row opens the meeting page for the two cities where one exists, otherwise the converter.
Chicago is in the America/Chicago timezone, currently CDT (GMT-5).
Yes. Chicago observes daylight saving time. The clocks change on 1 November 2026 to GMT-6.
Chicago is currently GMT-5 from UTC (CDT (GMT-5)). Clocks change on 1 November 2026.
Right now Chicago is 5 hours behind London and 1 hour behind New York. The gaps move by an hour when either side changes its clocks.
09:00 in Chicago is 14:00 UTC today, because the city is GMT-5 from UTC.
Today the sun rises in Chicago at 06:47 and sets at 18:24 local time. These times were calculated when this page was built and drift by a few minutes a week.
Times on this page were calculated on .
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