If someone were to drive from Chicago across America, it would take approximately 32 hours! Learn more about traveling to Chicago.
5:00 am CST (Central Standard Time) (Chicago, IL, USA). Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-12pm in Chicago which corresponds to 2pm-6pm in UTC. 5:00 am in Chicago, IL, USA is 11:00 am in UTC. Traffic outside of Chicago can vary depending on the work week with neighboring cities including Evanston, Skokie, Oak Park, and Cicero. CST (Central Standard Time) is 6 hours behind Universal Time Coordinated. The respective travel time to the nearest states, Indiana and Wisconsin, is approximately 1 hour and 2.5 hours, respectively. The nearest timezone border is approximately 45 miles west of the city, which is the border between Central and Eastern Time Zones. 5:30:36 PM GMT +00:00 Current time now in Time Zone: America Chicago (USA Central Time) Official City of Chicago Illinois website Chicago, Illinois, Airports. It is 6 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-6). Chicago, located in the state of Illinois, is situated in the Central Time Zone is known for deep dish pizza, Chicgo dogs (it's like a garden on top of a hot dog), and your Chicago Cubs.