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San Diego and Chicago Time Difference

San Diego is 2h behind Chicago

San Diego

Exact time synced with atomic clocks (IANA + NTP)

Sunday, July 5, 2026

United States · America/Los_Angeles · PDT

Chicago

Exact time synced with atomic clocks (IANA + NTP)

Sunday, July 5, 2026

United States · America/Chicago · CDT

Best time for work calls

If you are scheduling a call between San Diego and Chicago, the overlap window is limited to typical business hours. When it is 9 am in San Diego it is 11 am in Chicago — a workable window for scheduling. The latest reasonable overlap is around 3 pm in San Diego (5 pm in Chicago). Outside this window there is effectively no good overlap for regular office hours.

Best time for family calls

San Diego and Chicago have a comfortable window for a family call — no awkward alarms required. San Diego is 2 hours behind Chicago, which gives you about an hour of genuine overlap when both sides are free. Aim for between 6 pm and 7 pm in San Diego — that lands at 8 pm to 9 pm in Chicago, after the school run and before anyone's ready for bed. For a Sunday catch-up or a midweek check-in, this is the sweet spot.

San Diego

  • Labour Day

    Sep 7in 64d
  • Columbus Day

    Oct 12in 99d
  • Columbus Day

    Oct 12in 99d

Daylight Cycle

🌅 Dawn5:18:56 AM
☀️ Sunrise5:47:18 AM
🌞 Solar Noon12:54:20 PM
🌇 Golden Hour7:25:21 PM
🌆 Sunset8:01:23 PM
🌃 Dusk8:29:45 PM
Day length14:14:04

Data via sunrisesunset.io

Current Weather

Condition
Temperature
Feels like
Humidity
Wind

Data via Open-Meteo · Updates every 30 min

Moon Phase

Phase🌖 Waning Gibbous
Illumination75%
CycleWaning
Moon age19.7 days
Moonrise23:04
Moonset11:08

Chicago

  • Labour Day

    Sep 7in 64d
  • Columbus Day

    Oct 12in 99d
  • Columbus Day

    Oct 12in 99d

Daylight Cycle

🌅 Dawn4:48:32 AM
☀️ Sunrise5:22:29 AM
🌞 Solar Noon12:56:12 PM
🌇 Golden Hour7:48:02 PM
🌆 Sunset8:29:55 PM
🌃 Dusk9:03:53 PM
Day length15:07:26

Data via sunrisesunset.io

Current Weather

Condition
Temperature
Feels like
Humidity
Wind

Data via Open-Meteo · Updates every 30 min

Moon Phase

Phase🌖 Waning Gibbous
Illumination75%
CycleWaning
Moon age19.7 days
Moonrise23:09
Moonset11:02

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