Time difference

Los Angeles and Chicago

Compare the current local time in Los Angeles and Chicago side by side, with the live time difference, a quick conversion table, and the overlapping working hours for scheduling calls.

Los Angeles is 2 hours behind Chicago.
21:09:00
Wed, Jul 1
UTC-7
23:09:00
Wed, Jul 1
UTC-5

Time conversion: Los Angeles to Chicago

Los AngelesChicago
06:0008:00
09:0011:00
12:0014:00
15:0017:00
18:0020:00
21:0023:00

There are about 6 hours of overlapping 9–5 working hours — the easiest window to schedule a call.

Planning a call between Los Angeles and Chicago

Los Angeles is 2 hours behind Chicago. The clocks above are live and adjust automatically for daylight saving time, so the difference is always current. For a full visual overlap across more cities, use the meeting planner, or view each city on its own page: time in Los Angeles and time in Chicago.