New York City to Chicago time
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EDT · UTC−4 → CDT · UTC−5
New York City is 1 hour ahead of Chicago
New York City · EDT
Wednesday, 7 October 2026
Chicago · CDT
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: 10:00–18:00 in New York City is 09:00–17:00 in Chicago.
Working (09–18) Awake, off the clock Asleep (23–07)
Pick a time and share it
22:52 Wed 7 Oct New York City = 21:52 Wed 7 Oct Chicago
Hour-by-hour conversion
| New York CityEvery 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. | Chicago | |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 23:00prev. day | |
| 01:00 | 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 | Both at work |
| 11:00 | 10:00 | Both at work |
| 12:00 | 11:00 | Both at work |
| 13:00 | 12:00 | Both at work |
| 14:00 | 13:00 | Both at work |
| 15:00 | 14:00 | Both at work |
| 16:00 | 15:00 | Both at work |
| 17:00 | 16:00 | Both at work |
| 18:00 | 17:00 | |
| 19:00 | 18:00 | |
| 20:00 | 19:00 | |
| 21:00 | 20:00 | |
| 22:00 | 21:00 | Now |
| 23:00 | 22:00 |
Planning between New York City and Chicago
New York City (America/New_York) is UTC−4 and Chicago (America/Chicago) is UTC−5 right now. Working hours are shown as 09:00–18:00 local, sleeping hours as 23:00–07:00.
- 09:00 in New York City is 08:00 in Chicago
- 12:00 in New York City is 11:00 in Chicago
- 15:00 in New York City is 14:00 in Chicago
- 18:00 in New York City is 17:00 in Chicago
Reverse: Chicago to New York City. Or open both in the meeting planner with more cities.