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Time in San Diego and Chicago

The time difference between San Diego, California, and Chicago, Illinois, is 2 hours. Chicago is 2 hours ahead of San Diego.

San Diego

  • The current local time in San Diego is 5:06 am (March 29, 2024)
  • San Diego is in the Pacific Daylight Time Zone
  • The time zone offset for San Diego, United States, is UTC-07:00

Chicago

  • The current local time in Chicago is 7:06 am (March 29, 2024)
  • Chicago is in the Central Daylight Time Zone
  • The time zone offset for Chicago, United States, is UTC-05:00

How to convert San Diego time to Chicago time?

Add 2 hours to San Diego time to get Chicago time.

Time in San Diego

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Time in Chicago

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Use the slider above to convert San Diego time to Chicago time and view the day and night map at different times.

Day–night colors on the map:
Day colors Day
Civil twilight colors Civil twilight
Nautical twilight colors Nautical twilight
Astronomical twilight colors Astronomical twilight
Night colors Night

Time Conversion Chart

San DiegoChicago
12am2am
1am3am
2am4am
3am5am
4am6am
5am7am
6am8am
7am9am
8am10am
9am11am
10am12pm
11am1pm
12pm2pm
1pm3pm
2pm4pm
3pm5pm
4pm6pm
5pm7pm
6pm8pm
7pm9pm
8pm10pm
9pm11pm
10pm12am
11pm1am

Time difference from San Diego (UTC-07:00)

-3 hours
+2 hours
+3 hours
+2 hours
+3 hours
+3 hours
+7 hours
+3 hours