Time difference · America/Chicago ↔ America/New_York
Time difference between Chicago and New York
In short
New York is 1 hour ahead of Chicago throughout the next 12 months.
Only for about an hour on each clock-change night is the gap different, because the two places change their clocks at different moments.
When it is 09:00 in Chicago, it is 10:00 in New York.
Computed from IANA tzdb 2026e UTC offsets for America/Chicago and America/New_York.
Data updated
Right now
- Chicago
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- New York
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Current local times appear here.
Usual difference
+1 h
New York ahead, 365 of the next 365 days
Through the year
All year
New York relative to Chicago
Working hours overlap
7 h
09:00–16:00 in Chicago
Straight-line distance
1,155 km
718 mi between city centres
How the difference changes over the next 12 months
Positive values mean New York is ahead of Chicago.
| From | Until | New York vs Chicago |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Nov 2026 | 1 Nov 2026 | +1 h |
| 1 Nov 2026 | 1 Nov 2026 | same timechanged |
| 1 Nov 2026 | 14 Mar 2027 | +1 h |
| 14 Mar 2027 | 14 Mar 2027 | +2 hchanged |
| 14 Mar 2027 | 31 Oct 2027 | +1 h |
Dates are UTC days; clocks change at local times listed below.
When the clocks change
Chicago
America/Chicago
Sun, 1 November 2026
At 02:00 clocks go back 1 hour to 01:00 (CST, UTC−06:00)
Sun, 14 March 2027
At 02:00 clocks go forward 1 hour to 03:00 (CDT, UTC−05:00)
New York
America/New_York
Sun, 1 November 2026
At 02:00 clocks go back 1 hour to 01:00 (EST, UTC−05:00)
Sun, 14 March 2027
At 02:00 clocks go forward 1 hour to 03:00 (EDT, UTC−04:00)
Hour by hour (+1 h)
At the usual difference. Arrival time = departure time in Chicago + flight time + 1 hour. On dates with a different gap, shift every row by the change.
| Chicago | New York | Both awake / working |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 01:00 | — |
| 01:00 | 02:00 | — |
| 02:00 | 03:00 | — |
| 03:00 | 04:00 | — |
| 04:00 | 05:00 | — |
| 05:00 | 06:00 | — |
| 06:00 | 07:00 | — |
| 07:00 | 08:00 | both awake |
| 08:00 | 09:00 | both awake |
| 09:00 | 10:00 | working hours |
| 10:00 | 11:00 | working hours |
| 11:00 | 12:00 | working hours |
| 12:00 | 13:00 | working hours |
| 13:00 | 14:00 | working hours |
| 14:00 | 15:00 | working hours |
| 15:00 | 16:00 | working hours |
| 16:00 | 17:00 | both awake |
| 17:00 | 18:00 | both awake |
| 18:00 | 19:00 | both awake |
| 19:00 | 20:00 | both awake |
| 20:00 | 21:00 | both awake |
| 21:00 | 22:00 | both awake |
| 22:00 | 23:00 | — |
| 23:00 | 00:00next day | — |
Calling and meeting windows
| Difference | Days | Both awake (07–23), Chicago time | Both working (09–17), Chicago time |
|---|---|---|---|
| +1 h | 365 | 07:00–22:00 | 09:00–16:00 |
| same time | 0 | 07:00–23:00 | 09:00–17:00 |
| +2 h | 0 | 07:00–21:00 | 09:00–15:00 |
What the data shows
Over the next 12 months New York is 1 hour ahead for 365 days, level for 0 days, 2 hours ahead for 0 days relative to Chicago, because the two places change their clocks on different dates.
How we calculated this: Days per distinct difference across the period.
For two short spells (1 Nov 2026 and 14 Mar 2027) New York is level of Chicago instead of the usual 1 hour ahead, because the two places change their clocks on different weekends. Re-check meeting and call times then.
How we calculated this: Intervals shorter than six weeks whose difference is not the typical one (UTC dates of the clock changes that start and end them).
Chicago and New York have summer time in opposite halves of the year, so the difference swings by two hours: New York goes from level to 2 hours ahead of Chicago.
How we calculated this: Range of the difference when both zones change clocks in opposite directions.
At the usual difference, 09:00–17:00 working days overlap for 7 hours: 09:00–16:00 in Chicago, 10:00–17:00 in New York.
How we calculated this: Intersection of 09:00–17:00 local in both places at the typical difference.
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These places keep exactly the same clocks over the period, so every number above applies to them too.
Same clock as Chicago
- Matamoros, Mexico
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- Houston, United States
- Minneapolis, United States
- St. Louis, United States
- San Antonio, United States
- Kansas City, United States
- Ft. Worth, United States
Same clock as New York
- Toronto, Canada
- Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- Nassau, Bahamas
- Miami, United States
- Philadelphia, United States
- Atlanta, United States
- Boston, United States
- Washington, D.C., United States
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