Shanghai to Chicago time
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UTC+8 · UTC+8 → CDT · UTC−5
Shanghai is 13 hours ahead of Chicago
Shanghai · UTC+8
Thursday, 8 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.
No overlap in standard working hours. Closest workable window: 09:00–12:00 in Shanghai, which is 20:00–23:00 in Chicago.
Working (09–18) Awake, off the clock Asleep (23–07)
Pick a time and share it
10:47 Thu 8 Oct Shanghai = 21:47 Wed 7 Oct Chicago
Hour-by-hour conversion
| ShanghaiEvery 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 | 11:00prev. day | |
| 01:00 | 12:00prev. day | |
| 02:00 | 13:00prev. day | |
| 03:00 | 14:00prev. day | |
| 04:00 | 15:00prev. day | |
| 05:00 | 16:00prev. day | |
| 06:00 | 17:00prev. day | |
| 07:00 | 18:00prev. day | |
| 08:00 | 19:00prev. day | |
| 09:00 | 20:00prev. day | |
| 10:00 | 21:00prev. day | Now |
| 11:00 | 22:00prev. day | |
| 12:00 | 23:00prev. day | |
| 13:00 | 00:00 | |
| 14:00 | 01:00 | |
| 15:00 | 02:00 | |
| 16:00 | 03:00 | |
| 17:00 | 04:00 | |
| 18:00 | 05:00 | |
| 19:00 | 06:00 | |
| 20:00 | 07:00 | |
| 21:00 | 08:00 | |
| 22:00 | 09:00 | |
| 23:00 | 10:00 |
Planning between Shanghai and Chicago
Shanghai (Asia/Shanghai) is UTC+8 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 Shanghai is 20:00 in Chicago
- 12:00 in Shanghai is 23:00 in Chicago
- 15:00 in Shanghai is 02:00 in Chicago
- 18:00 in Shanghai is 05:00 in Chicago
Reverse: Chicago to Shanghai. Or open both in the meeting planner with more cities.