Convert Central Time to Cape Verde Time
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CST · UTC−6 → CVT · UTC−1
CST is 5 hours behind CVT
Today Chicago is on CDT (UTC−5) and Praia on UTC-1 (UTC−1), so right now Chicago is 4 hours behind Praia.
Chicago · CDT
Wednesday, 7 October 2026
Praia · UTC-1
Wednesday, 7 October 2026
When are both sides at work?Each column is one hour of the day in the first city; the second row shows the same moment in the other city. Gold means office hours (09:00–18:00), dusk means awake but off work, night means asleep (23:00–07:00). Columns where both rows are gold are good meeting times.
Shared working hours: 09:00–14:00 in Chicago is 13:00–18:00 in Praia.
Working (09–18) Awake, off the clock Asleep (23–07)
Pick a time and share it
06:27 Wed 7 Oct Chicago = 10:27 Wed 7 Oct Praia
Hour-by-hour conversion
| Chicago (CST)Every hour of today in the first city, with the matching time in the second. “Next day” means the calendar date is already tomorrow there. The highlighted row is right now. | Praia (CVT) | |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 04:00 | |
| 01:00 | 05:00 | |
| 02:00 | 06:00 | |
| 03:00 | 07:00 | |
| 04:00 | 08:00 | |
| 05:00 | 09:00 | |
| 06:00 | 10:00 | Now |
| 07:00 | 11:00 | |
| 08:00 | 12:00 | |
| 09:00 | 13:00 | Both at work |
| 10:00 | 14:00 | Both at work |
| 11:00 | 15:00 | Both at work |
| 12:00 | 16:00 | Both at work |
| 13:00 | 17:00 | Both at work |
| 14:00 | 18:00 | |
| 15:00 | 19:00 | |
| 16:00 | 20:00 | |
| 17:00 | 21:00 | |
| 18:00 | 22:00 | |
| 19:00 | 23:00 | |
| 20:00 | 00:00next day | |
| 21:00 | 01:00next day | |
| 22:00 | 02:00next day | |
| 23:00 | 03:00next day |
About this conversion
CST here means Central Time, represented by Chicago (America/Chicago), currently UTC−5. CVT means Cape Verde Time, represented by Praia (Atlantic/Cape_Verde), currently UTC−1.
CST is used by 15 zones, including United States. If you meant a different one, see every meaning of CST.
Working hours are shown as 09:00–18:00 local, and sleeping hours as 23:00–07:00. The hour table is anchored on the current day in Chicago; day boundaries are marked where the date differs.
Quick answers
- 09:00 CST is 13:00 CVT
- 12:00 CST is 16:00 CVT
- 15:00 CST is 19:00 CVT
- 18:00 CST is 22:00 CVT
Related conversions
- Central Time to Christmas Island TimeCST → CXT
- Central Time to Dumont-d’Urville TimeCST → DDUT
- Central Time to Falkland Islands TimeCST → FKST
- Central Time to Line Islands TimeCST → LINT
- Cape Verde Time to Christmas Island TimeCVT → CXT
- Cape Verde Time to Dumont-d’Urville TimeCVT → DDUT
- Cape Verde Time to Falkland Islands TimeCVT → FKST
- Cape Verde Time to Line Islands TimeCVT → LINT
- Central Time to India TimeCST → IST
- Cape Verde Time to India TimeCVT → IST
- Time in Chicagonow, DST, offset
- Time in Praianow, DST, offset