Chicago ↔ Los Angeles time converter
Los Angeles is 2 hours behind Chicago.
Type a time in either city — 4pm, 4:30 PM and 16:00 all work — or pick one from the ▾ menu, and the other city updates instantly. The clocks load showing the current time in Chicago, United States and Los Angeles, United States.
Chicago
United States
America/Chicago
Los Angeles
United States
America/Los_Angeles
Business-hours overlap
Working day (9:00–17:00) in each city, drawn on Chicago's clock.
Chicago 9–17
Los Angeles 9–17
Overlap
Zone details
- Chicago
- America/Chicago
- Los Angeles
- America/Los_Angeles
- Offset
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- DST
- Both Chicago and Los Angeles observe daylight saving time, so the gap between them can shift for a few weeks around the spring and autumn transitions.
For example, 4:00 PM in Chicago is 2:00 PM in Los Angeles, while 4:00 PM in Los Angeles is 6:00 PM in Chicago.