Time Difference Between Chicago and Sydney
Chicago is 16 hours behind of Sydney. Live local times, working-hour overlap and a 24-hour meeting suitability table, computed from the IANA time zone database in your browser.
Best time to meet
There is no overlap between a normal 09:00–18:00 working day in Chicago and one in Sydney. 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.
| Chicago | Sydney | Suitability |
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Chicago working hours converted to Sydney
| Chicago time | Sydney time |
|---|---|
| 09:00 | 01:00 |
| 10:00 | 02:00 |
| 12:00 | 04:00 |
| 14:00 | 06:00 |
| 16:00 | 08:00 |
| 18:00 | 10:00 |
Based on a 09:00–18:00 working day and today's UTC offsets (UTC-5 and UTC+11).
Frequently asked questions
What is the time difference between Chicago and Sydney?
Chicago is 16 hours behind of Sydney: UTC-5 versus UTC+11. Both figures include any daylight saving currently in force.
What is the best time to call from Chicago to Sydney?
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 Sydney — and the burden should be explicit rather than assumed.
Is there any way to make Chicago–Sydney 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.