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Chicago, Illinois

Current time in Chicago, Illinois

Local Clock Offset: Today, -6 H

Time zone: (UTC/GMT -05:00) America/Chicago

Standard Time Zone: Central Standard Time (CST) = UTC-6

Daylight Saving Time Zone: Central Daylight Time (CDT) = UTC-5

About Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388 in the 2020 census, it is also the third-most populous city in the United States.

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