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CURRENT LOCAL TIME

Time in Chicago, United States

· Central Daylight Time

CDT · UTC−5—— H FROM YOUAMERICA/CHICAGO

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Chicago against your time zone

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Chicago compared with your time zone, hour by hour, with the working-hour overlap shaded
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Chicago time zone facts

IANA time zoneAmerica/Chicago
Offset nowUTC−5 (CDT)
Standard offsetUTC−6 (CST)
Next clock change1 Nov 2026, 02:00 → 01:00
CountryUnited States (US)
Population2,720,546
Coordinates41.85, -87.65
Places in this zone92

Next clock change: Sunday 1 November 2026, when Chicago moves to UTC−6. Regions change on their own schedules, so the gap between Chicago and cities elsewhere is not fixed — daylight saving explained covers the weeks it goes strange.

Best hours to reach Chicago

From New York
1 hour ahead of Chicago · their morning
09:00–17:00
10:00–18:00 EDT
From San Francisco
2 hours behind Chicago · their morning
11:00–18:00
09:00–16:00 PDT
From Bengaluru
10½ hours ahead of Chicago · their morning
23:00–01:00
09:00–11:00 IST

Local times in Chicago on the left, the caller’s own clock on the right. Computed from the working-hour overlap for today’s offsets.

About time in Chicago

Chicago keeps Central Daylight Time, UTC−5 from UTC at the moment. Clocks move twice a year, so the same wall-clock time is a different instant in summer and winter — this page reads the offset in force today rather than an average.

Chicago shares the zone America/Chicago with Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, so a time here is also the time there. One canonical page per zone keeps the difference honest: the settlement name changes, the clock does not.

Offsets and daylight saving rules come from the IANA time zone database — see IANA time zone notes for what that data does and does not promise about future dates.

Chicago converted to other zones

Each opens a comparison page with both cities on one timeline.

Cities on the same offset today

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COMMON QUESTIONS

What time is it in Chicago right now?

The clock at the top of this page reads the current time in Chicago to the second. Chicago is on Central Daylight Time, UTC−5 — the same clock as every other place in the zone America/Chicago.

Does Chicago observe daylight saving time?

Yes. Chicago is on UTC−5 now and UTC−6 outside daylight saving. The next change is Sunday 1 November 2026, when clocks go back.

What time zone is Chicago in?

Chicago uses the IANA zone America/Chicago, currently CDT (UTC−5). Abbreviations are for reading — the zone identifier is the unambiguous name, and it is what you should store in your own systems.

Which other places read the same time as Chicago?

Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, Fort Worth all sit in America/Chicago, so they read exactly the same clock, daylight saving changes included.