Sydney to Chicago time
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AEDT · UTC+11 → CDT · UTC−5
Sydney is 16 hours ahead of Chicago
Sydney · AEDT
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.
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SydneyAEDT · +11:00
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ChicagoCDT · -05:00
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Shared working hours: 09:00–10:00 in Sydney is 17:00–18:00 in Chicago.
Working (09–18) Awake, off the clock Asleep (23–07)
Pick a time and share it
13:43 Thu 8 Oct Sydney = 21:43 Wed 7 Oct Chicago
Hour-by-hour conversion
| SydneyEvery 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 | 08:00prev. day | |
| 01:00 | 09:00prev. day | |
| 02:00 | 10:00prev. day | |
| 03:00 | 11:00prev. day | |
| 04:00 | 12:00prev. day | |
| 05:00 | 13:00prev. day | |
| 06:00 | 14:00prev. day | |
| 07:00 | 15:00prev. day | |
| 08:00 | 16:00prev. day | |
| 09:00 | 17:00prev. day | Both at work |
| 10:00 | 18:00prev. day | |
| 11:00 | 19:00prev. day | |
| 12:00 | 20:00prev. day | |
| 13:00 | 21:00prev. day | Now |
| 14:00 | 22:00prev. day | |
| 15:00 | 23:00prev. day | |
| 16:00 | 00:00 | |
| 17:00 | 01:00 | |
| 18:00 | 02:00 | |
| 19:00 | 03:00 | |
| 20:00 | 04:00 | |
| 21:00 | 05:00 | |
| 22:00 | 06:00 | |
| 23:00 | 07:00 |
Planning between Sydney and Chicago
Sydney (Australia/Sydney) is UTC+11 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 Sydney is 17:00 in Chicago
- 12:00 in Sydney is 20:00 in Chicago
- 15:00 in Sydney is 23:00 in Chicago
- 18:00 in Sydney is 02:00 in Chicago
Reverse: Chicago to Sydney. Or open both in the meeting planner with more cities.