Time in Chicago now
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Saturday, September 5, 2026
Chicago time zone info
UTC −5
Central Daylight Time (CDT)
now 6 hours behind London
- Chicago is currently observing daylight saving time.
- The IANA time zone identifier for Chicago is America/Chicago.
Chicago's sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time
- Sunrise: 6:40 PM
- Sunset: 7:38 AM
- Day length: 12h 58m
- Culmination: 1:09 AM
- Currently Chicago time is 651 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.
Time difference
Compared with Chicago
UTC
+5 hours
Chicago on the map
- Chicago is in United States.
- Latitude: 41.88. Longitude: -87.63.
- Population: 2,746,388
- United States: Population: 335,000,000
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