San Francisco
Exact time synced with atomic clocks (IANA + NTP)
Sunday, April 5, 2026
United States · America/Los_Angeles · PDT
San Francisco and Chicago Time Difference
San Francisco is 2h behind Chicago
11:17:56
Chicago
Exact time synced with atomic clocks (IANA + NTP)
Sunday, April 5, 2026
United States · America/Chicago · CDT
Best time for work calls
If you are scheduling a call between San Francisco and Chicago, the overlap window is limited to typical business hours. When it is 9 am in San Francisco it is 11 am in Chicago — a workable window for scheduling. The latest reasonable overlap is around 3 pm in San Francisco (5 pm in Chicago). Outside this window there is effectively no good overlap for regular office hours.
Best time for family calls
San Francisco and Chicago have a comfortable window for a family call — no awkward alarms required. San Francisco 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 Francisco — 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 Francisco
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Via Nager.Date
🌅 Dawn6:22:48 AM
☀️ Sunrise6:49:25 AM
🌞 Solar Noon1:13:27 PM
🌇 Golden Hour7:02:43 PM
🌆 Sunset7:37:29 PM
🌃 Dusk8:04:06 PM
Day length12:48:04
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Condition☁️ Overcast
Temperature19°C
Feels like18°C
Humidity56%
Wind6 mph N
Data via Open-Meteo · Updates every 30 min
Phase🌖 Waning Gibbous
Illumination87%
CycleWaning
Moon age18.3 days
Moonrise22:46
Moonset08:28
New87% illuminatedFull
Chicago
Truman Day
Memorial Day
Juneteenth National Independence Day
Via Nager.Date
🌅 Dawn5:56:53 AM
☀️ Sunrise6:25:15 AM
🌞 Solar Noon12:54:19 PM
🌇 Golden Hour6:46:26 PM
🌆 Sunset7:23:23 PM
🌃 Dusk7:51:45 PM
Day length12:58:08
Data via sunrisesunset.io
Condition🌤️ Mainly clear
Temperature7°C
Feels like4°C
Humidity65%
Wind12 mph W
Data via Open-Meteo · Updates every 30 min
Phase🌖 Waning Gibbous
Illumination87%
CycleWaning
Moon age18.3 days
Moonrise22:34
Moonset07:53
New87% illuminatedFull