Time difference between Chicago and Rome
Chicago is 7 h behind Rome.
See the current local time in Chicago and Rome 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 Rome shows 19:00. For meetings within business hours (9:00–17:00), the shared window is 09:00–10:00 Chicago time. As the crow flies, the two cities are about 7,750 km (4,820 mi) apart — roughly 10 h nonstop by plane.