What time is it in Chicago, Illinois?
7:03:45 AM
Friday, September 25, 2026. Central Daylight Time, UTC−5:00.
- Time zone
- Central Daylight Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−5:00
- Daylight saving
- In force now
- Population
- 2,721,308
Daylight saving in Chicago
Chicago is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Chicago sits at 41.84°N, 87.68°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Chicago.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Central Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Chicago it is highest at 12:42 pm today — 42 minutes after clock noon.
At 87.7°W, Chicago sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Chicago today
- Sunrise
- 6:41 am
- Sunset
- 6:43 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 1 minute
- Longest day
- 15 hours 13 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Chicago, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 6 minutes, from 15 hours 13 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 8 minutes in December.
At 41.8°N that puts Chicago between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.