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Time difference between Chicago and San Francisco

San Francisco is 2 hours behind Chicago.

Chicago is UTC-5 and San Francisco is UTC-7 right now. Both places observe daylight saving separately, so this gap can shift by an hour around DST changeovers — use the live planner for the exact current times.

Quick conversion
ChicagoSan Francisco
9:00am7:00am
12:00pm10:00am
3:00pm1:00pm
6:00pm4:00pm
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