Time Difference Between Chicago and Dhaka

Chicago is 11 hours behind of Dhaka. Live local times, working-hour overlap and a 24-hour meeting suitability table, computed from the IANA time zone database in your browser.

Chicago · United States
02:39
Thu, October 8, 2026
UTC-5
Dhaka · Bangladesh
13:39
Thu, October 8, 2026
UTC+6
Chicago is 11 hours behind of Dhaka.

Best time to meet

There is no overlap between a normal 09:00–18:00 working day in Chicago and one in Dhaka. Any live meeting will ask one side to take the call outside working hours. For a recurring slot, use an async written update or rotate a recording instead of rotating the inconvenience.

Next 24 hours

Scored against a 09:00–18:00 weekday working day in both cities. Updates live.

ChicagoDhakaSuitability
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Chicago working hours converted to Dhaka

Chicago timeDhaka time
09:0020:00
10:0021:00
12:0023:00
14:0001:00
16:0003:00
18:0005:00

Based on a 09:00–18:00 working day and today's UTC offsets (UTC-5 and UTC+6).

Frequently asked questions

What is the time difference between Chicago and Dhaka?

Chicago is 11 hours behind of Dhaka: UTC-5 versus UTC+6. Both figures include any daylight saving currently in force.

What is the best time to call from Chicago to Dhaka?

There is no hour that is comfortable for both. If the meeting is unavoidable, the least-bad options are the edges of each side's day — late morning in Chicago or early morning in Dhaka — and the burden should be explicit rather than assumed.

Is there any way to make Chicago–Dhaka meetings work?

Not through scheduling. With no overlap, the workable options are async written handoffs, recorded updates, or splitting coverage into two regional pods so that each pod works its own daylight hours.

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