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