Time difference between Chicago and Los Angeles

See the current local time in Chicago and Los Angeles side by side. The difference updates live and automatically accounts for daylight saving time.

When it is 12:00 noon in Chicago, the clock in Los Angeles shows 10:00. For meetings within business hours (9:00–17:00), the shared window is 11:00–17:00 Chicago time. As the crow flies, the two cities are about 2,800 km (1,740 mi) apart — roughly 4 h nonstop by plane.