What is CST in AWST?
Australian Western Standard Time is 13 hours ahead
Central Time is on UTC−5:00 and Australian Western Standard Time is on UTC+8:00 right now. Central Time is on daylight saving, so its clocks read CDT. The gap changes during the year — see below.
- Time in Chicago
- 9:56 pm
- Time in Perth
- 10:56 am
- Difference
- +13 h
- Next clock change
- November 1, 2026
Convert a time
AWST — Australian Western Standard Time
10:00 am
Wed, the next day
When the difference changes
Central Time and Australian Western Standard Time do not change their clocks on the same dates, so the gap between them is not the same all year. Most converters show only today’s figure. These are the periods ahead:
- Now – November 1, 2026Australian Western Standard Time is 13 hours ahead
- November 1, 2026 – March 14, 2027Australian Western Standard Time is 14 hours ahead
- March 14, 2027 – onwardsAustralian Western Standard Time is 13 hours ahead
Periods shorter than a day are not listed: both zones change at 2am in their own local time, so there are a few hours on each transition date when the gap is briefly something else.
Daylight saving
Central Time
Clocks go back one hour at 2am local time, becoming CST.
Australian Western Standard Time
Australian Western Standard Time stays on AWST all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.
CST to AWST conversion table
Every hour of Tuesday, September 22, 2026, converted from Central Time to Australian Western Standard Time. 13 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Perth, which is marked.
- 12:00 am CDT
- 1:00 pm AWST
- 1:00 am CDT
- 2:00 pm AWST
- 2:00 am CDT
- 3:00 pm AWST
- 3:00 am CDT
- 4:00 pm AWST
- 4:00 am CDT
- 5:00 pm AWST
- 5:00 am CDT
- 6:00 pm AWST
- 6:00 am CDT
- 7:00 pm AWST
- 7:00 am CDT
- 8:00 pm AWST
- 8:00 am CDT
- 9:00 pm AWST
- 9:00 am CDT
- 10:00 pm AWST
- 10:00 am CDT
- 11:00 pm AWST
- 11:00 am CDT
- 12:00 am AWST+1 day
- 12:00 pm CDT
- 1:00 am AWST+1 day
- 1:00 pm CDT
- 2:00 am AWST+1 day
- 2:00 pm CDT
- 3:00 am AWST+1 day
- 3:00 pm CDT
- 4:00 am AWST+1 day
- 4:00 pm CDT
- 5:00 am AWST+1 day
- 5:00 pm CDT
- 6:00 am AWST+1 day
- 6:00 pm CDT
- 7:00 am AWST+1 day
- 7:00 pm CDT
- 8:00 am AWST+1 day
- 8:00 pm CDT
- 9:00 am AWST+1 day
- 9:00 pm CDT
- 10:00 am AWST+1 day
- 10:00 pm CDT
- 11:00 am AWST+1 day
- 11:00 pm CDT
- 12:00 pm AWST+1 day
Scheduling between the two
There is no overlap between a nine-to-six working day in Chicago and one in Perth — the gap is too wide. A call has to sit early or late for one side. Early morning in Chicago is the usual compromise, since that is late afternoon or evening in Perth.
A note on CST: it can also mean China Standard Time (UTC+8) and Cuba Standard Time (UTC−5). This page means US Central Time.
Central Time (CDT) is used in Dallas, Houston, Mexico City and Winnipeg
Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) is used in Western Australia, which does not observe daylight saving