Chicago to São Paulo time
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CDT · UTC−5 → UTC-3 · UTC−3
Chicago is 2 hours behind São Paulo
Chicago · CDT
Wednesday, 7 October 2026
São Paulo · UTC-3
Thursday, 8 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.
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ChicagoCDT · -05:00
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São PauloUTC-3 · -03:00
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Shared working hours: 09:00–16:00 in Chicago is 11:00–18:00 in São Paulo.
Working (09–18) Awake, off the clock Asleep (23–07)
Pick a time and share it
22:04 Wed 7 Oct Chicago = 00:04 Thu 8 Oct São Paulo
Hour-by-hour conversion
| ChicagoEvery 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. | São Paulo | |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 02:00 | |
| 01:00 | 03:00 | |
| 02:00 | 04:00 | |
| 03:00 | 05:00 | |
| 04:00 | 06:00 | |
| 05:00 | 07:00 | |
| 06:00 | 08:00 | |
| 07:00 | 09:00 | |
| 08:00 | 10:00 | |
| 09:00 | 11:00 | Both at work |
| 10:00 | 12:00 | Both at work |
| 11:00 | 13:00 | Both at work |
| 12:00 | 14:00 | Both at work |
| 13:00 | 15:00 | Both at work |
| 14:00 | 16:00 | Both at work |
| 15:00 | 17:00 | Both at work |
| 16:00 | 18:00 | |
| 17:00 | 19:00 | |
| 18:00 | 20:00 | |
| 19:00 | 21:00 | |
| 20:00 | 22:00 | |
| 21:00 | 23:00 | |
| 22:00 | 00:00next day | Now |
| 23:00 | 01:00next day |
Planning between Chicago and São Paulo
Chicago (America/Chicago) is UTC−5 and São Paulo (America/Sao_Paulo) is UTC−3 right now. Working hours are shown as 09:00–18:00 local, sleeping hours as 23:00–07:00.
- 09:00 in Chicago is 11:00 in São Paulo
- 12:00 in Chicago is 14:00 in São Paulo
- 15:00 in Chicago is 17:00 in São Paulo
- 18:00 in Chicago is 20:00 in São Paulo
Reverse: São Paulo to Chicago. Or open both in the meeting planner with more cities.