Time in Chicago, United States of America | Chicago Now
Friday, 6 November 2026
CST (UTC-06:00)
Time zone information for Chicago
UTC -6
Central Time (CT) , currently 13 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Part of the year: UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT)
▪Time in Chicago is 13 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on standard time, and 12 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on daylight saving time.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Chicago is
America/Chicago.November1Sunday2026
Latest change: Standard time began
- ▪Switched to UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST).
- ▪The time was set backward one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.
March14Sunday2027
Next change: Daylight saving time begins
- ▪Switch to UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT).
- ▪The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Chicago
- ▪Sunrise: 06:29
- ▪Sunset: 16:38
- ▪Day length: 10h 9m
- ▪Solar noon: 11:34
- ▪Current time in Chicago is currently 26 minutes behind solar time.
Chicago on map
- ▪Location: Illinois, United States of America
- ▪Latitude: 41,85. Longitude: -87,65
- ▪Population: 2,664,452
- ▪Elevation: 179 m
Time difference
from Chicago
Sun cycle
Sunrise 06:29
Solar noon 11:34Sunset 16:38
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
America/Chicago- Abbreviation
- CST
- UTC offset
- UTC-06:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in effect
- DST Starts
- 14 Mar 2027in 127 days, 3 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1794026429
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 06:29
- Sunset
- 16:38
- Solar noon
- 11:34
- Day length
- 10h 09m
- Night length
- 13h 50m
- Civil twilight
- 05:59 – 17:07
Geography & country
- Country
- United States of America
- Region / State
- Illinois
- Coordinates
- 41.850°, -87.650°
- Elevation
- 179 m
- Population
- 2,664,452
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