Current time in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Tuesday, 22 September 2026
Time zone information for Chicago
UTC -5
Central Time (CT) , currently 12 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Part of the year: UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST)
▪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.March8Sunday2026
Latest change: Daylight saving time started
- ▪Switched to UTC -5 / Central Daylight Time (CDT).
- ▪The time was set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.
November1Sunday2026
Next change: Standard time begins
- ▪Switch to UTC -6 / Central Standard Time (CST).
- ▪The time will be set backward one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Chicago
- ▪Sunrise: 06:38
- ▪Sunset: 18:47
- ▪Day length: 12h 9m
- ▪Solar noon: 12:43
- ▪Current time in Chicago is currently 43 minutes ahead of solar time.
Chicago on map
- ▪Location: Illinois, United States
- ▪Latitude: 41,85. Longitude: -87,65
- ▪Population: 2,664,452
- ▪Elevation: 179 m
Time difference
from Chicago
Sun cycle
Sunrise 06:38
Solar noon 12:43Sunset 18:47
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
America/Chicago- Abbreviation
- CDT
- UTC offset
- UTC-05:00
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- DST Ends
- 1 Nov 2026in 39 days, 20 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1790072317
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 06:38
- Sunset
- 18:47
- Solar noon
- 12:43
- Day length
- 12h 09m
- Night length
- 11h 50m
- Civil twilight
- 06:10 – 19:15
Geography & country
- Country
- United States
- Region / State
- Illinois
- Coordinates
- 41.850°, -87.650°
- Elevation
- 179 m
- Population
- 2,664,452
Nearby places
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