Chicago
United States
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CST · UTC-6 11 hours difference
Karachi
Pakistan
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GMT+5 · UTC+5 Convert Chicago (CST) to Karachi (GMT+5) Time — 11 hours apart
America/Chicago · CST · UTC-6 | Asia/Karachi · GMT+5 · UTC+5 · 11 hours difference · 577 cities · DST applies
24-Hour Overlap Timeline
❌ No business-hours overlap between Chicago and Karachi (9–18 local)
⚠ Chicago observes daylight saving time — offset may vary by up to 1 hour seasonally
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| 🇺🇸 Chicago UTC-6 | 6p | 7p | 8p | 9p | 10p | 11p | 12a | 1a | 2a | 3a | 4a | 5a | 6a | 7a | 8a | 9a | 10a | 11a | 12p | 1p | 2p | 3p | 4p | 5p |
| 🇵🇰 Karachi UTC+5 | 5a | 6a | 7a | 8a | 9a | 10a | 11a | 12p | 1p | 2p | 3p | 4p | 5p | 6p | 7p | 8p | 9p | 10p | 11p | 12a | 1a | 2a | 3a | 4a |
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Key Facts: Chicago (CST) vs Karachi (GMT+5)
Time Gap
11h
Karachi ahead
May vary ±1h (DST)
DST Status
⏰ Chicago
Observes DST
✅ Karachi: No DST
Cities in CST
250
Largest: Chicago
8,489,066 pop.
Overlap Window
None
No work-hour overlap
Consider early/late meetings
Find Cities in Chicago & Karachi Timezones
The CST and GMT+5 timezones are separated by 11 hours. Chicago is the largest city in the America/Chicago zone and Karachi is the largest in Asia/Karachi. Chicago observes daylight saving time — the difference may change by 1 hour seasonally. For scheduling between these regions, the key fact is: there is no comfortable overlap during standard business hours.
Best Times to Schedule Calls: Chicago (CST) ↔ Karachi (GMT+5)
| Chicago (CST) | Karachi (GMT+5) | Quality |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 11:00 AM | ❌ |
| 1:00 AM | 12:00 PM | ❌ |
| 2:00 AM | 1:00 PM | ❌ |
| 3:00 AM | 2:00 PM | ❌ |
| 4:00 AM | 3:00 PM | ❌ |
| 5:00 AM | 4:00 PM | ❌ |
| 6:00 AM | 5:00 PM | ❌ |
| 7:00 AM | 6:00 PM | ⚠️ |
| 8:00 AM | 7:00 PM | ⚠️ |
| 9:00 AM | 8:00 PM | ❌ |
| 10:00 AM | 9:00 PM | ❌ |
| 11:00 AM | 10:00 PM | ❌ |
| 12:00 PM | 11:00 PM | ❌ |
| 1:00 PM | 12:00 AM +1 day | ❌ |
| 2:00 PM | 1:00 AM +1 day | ❌ |
| 3:00 PM | 2:00 AM +1 day | ❌ |
| 4:00 PM | 3:00 AM +1 day | ❌ |
| 5:00 PM | 4:00 AM +1 day | ❌ |
| 6:00 PM | 5:00 AM +1 day | ❌ |
| 7:00 PM | 6:00 AM +1 day | ❌ |
| 8:00 PM | 7:00 AM +1 day | ❌ |
| 9:00 PM | 8:00 AM +1 day | ❌ |
| 10:00 PM | 9:00 AM +1 day | ❌ |
| 11:00 PM | 10:00 AM +1 day | ❌ |
Work hours defined as 09:00–18:00 local time. ✅ Both in work hours ⚠️ Borderline ❌ Outside work hours.
CST to GMT+5: Complete 24-Hour Time Conversion Table
| Chicago (CST) | Karachi (GMT+5) | IST (UTC+5:30) |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 11:00 AM | 11:30 AM |
| 1:00 AM | 12:00 PM | 12:30 PM |
| 2:00 AM | 1:00 PM | 1:30 PM |
| 3:00 AM | 2:00 PM | 2:30 PM |
| 4:00 AM | 3:00 PM | 3:30 PM |
| 5:00 AM | 4:00 PM | 4:30 PM |
| 6:00 AM | 5:00 PM | 5:30 PM |
| 7:00 AM | 6:00 PM | 6:30 PM |
| 8:00 AM | 7:00 PM | 7:30 PM |
| 9:00 AM | 8:00 PM | 8:30 PM |
| 10:00 AM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM |
| 11:00 AM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM |
| 12:00 PM | 11:00 PM | 11:30 PM |
| ← Date changes in Karachi → | ||
| 1:00 PM | 12:00 AM +1 | 12:30 AM |
| 2:00 PM | 1:00 AM +1 | 1:30 AM |
| 3:00 PM | 2:00 AM +1 | 2:30 AM |
| 4:00 PM | 3:00 AM +1 | 3:30 AM |
| 5:00 PM | 4:00 AM +1 | 4:30 AM |
| 6:00 PM | 5:00 AM +1 | 5:30 AM |
| 7:00 PM | 6:00 AM +1 | 6:30 AM |
| 8:00 PM | 7:00 AM +1 | 7:30 AM |
| 9:00 PM | 8:00 AM +1 | 8:30 AM |
| 10:00 PM | 9:00 AM +1 | 9:30 AM |
| 11:00 PM | 10:00 AM +1 | 10:30 AM |
IST (India Standard Time, UTC+5:30) shown as reference for Indian users. +1/−1 indicates a different calendar day.
250 Cities in Chicago (CST) & 327 Cities in Karachi (GMT+5) — Page 1 of 2
Chicago & 249 more — Chicago (CST, UTC-6)
- Chicago, US 8.5M
- Houston, US 6.0M
- Dallas, US 5.8M
- Minneapolis, US 2.9M
- St. Louis, US 2.1M
- San Antonio, US 2.1M
- Austin, US 1.9M
- Kansas City, US 1.7M
- Milwaukee, US 1.3M
- Nashville, US 1.2M
- Memphis, US 1.0M
- Oklahoma City, US 1.0M
- Fort Worth, US 941K
- New Orleans, US 919K
- Omaha, US 826K
McAllen, USBirmingham, USWinnipeg, CATulsa, USBaton Rouge, USReynosa, MXDes Moines, USHeroica Matamoros, MXWichita, USLittle Rock, USMadison, USDenton, USFayetteville, USPensacola, USArlington, USNuevo Laredo, MXHuntsville, USCorpus Christi, USJackson, USMobile, USSt. Paul, USLincoln, USSpringfield, USPlano, USLubbock, USDavenport, USShreveport, USRockford, USPeoria, USKilleen, USLaredo, USIrving, USRound Lake Beach, USMontgomery, USGarland, USAppleton, USGulfport, USLafayette, USGreen Bay, USFargo, USBrownsville, USClarksville, USCollege Station, USFrisco, USSioux Falls, USEvansville, USAmarillo, USGalveston, USMcKinney, USGrand Prairie, USWaco, USOverland Park, USCedar Rapids, USMurfreesboro, USAurora, USPanama City, USPiedras Negras, MXTuscaloosa, USOdessa, USCiudad Acuna, MXTopeka, USJoliet, USNaperville, USPasadena, USMesquite, USChampaign, USHouma, USBeaumont, USLake Charles, USOlathe, USMidland, USColumbia, USMetairie, USRacine, USBloomington, USCarrollton, USTyler, USIowa City, USNorman, USFort Smith, USLewisville, USAbilene, USPearland, USKenosha, USRound Rock, USTemple, USRochester, USIndependence, USDuluth, USRichardson, USMonroe, USThe Woodlands, USSt. Cloud, USBroken Arrow, USHarlingen, USMandeville, USLeague City, USPort Arthur, USElgin, USWaterloo, USSioux City, USLongview, USSugar Land, USEau Claire, USAuburn, USAllen, USLee's Summit, USEdinburg, USWichita Falls, USBowling Green, USCiudad Rio Bravo, MXSan Angelo, USBismarck, USNew Braunfels, USConroe, USLawrence, USEdmond, USSlidell, USAtascocita, USLa Crosse, USO'Fallon, USHoover, USLawton, USWaukegan, USJoplin, USSpringdale, USMission, USBryan, USFranklin, USDecatur, USBaytown, USBrooklyn Park, USCicero, USHattiesburg, USOwensboro, USFlorence, USPharr, USPlymouth, USJonesboro, USGeorgetown, USTexarkana, USFlower Mound, USAlton, USCedar Park, USHammond, USWoodbury, USSchaumburg, USEvanston, USSt. Joseph, USWausau, USAnniston, USArlington Heights, USOshkosh, USMansfield, USMissouri City, USJanesville, USSan Marcos, USDothan, USSherman, USBolingbrook, USAlexandria, USSheboygan, USLakeville, USRogers, USBlaine, USSt. Charles, USWaukesha, USAnkeny, USMaple Grove, USNorth Richland Hills, USConway, USWest Des Moines, USSpring Hill, USGrand Forks, USMichigan City, USGary, USValle Hermoso, MXDubuque, USShawnee, USEagan, USKankakee, USLeander, USSpring, USPalatine, USVictoria, US
Karachi & 326 more — Karachi (GMT+5, UTC+5)
- Karachi, PK 20.2M
- Lahore, PK 12.3M
- Kotla Qasim Khan, PK 3.2M
- Faisalabad, PK 3.2M
- Tashkent, UZ 3.1M
- Almaty, KZ 2.2M
- Rawalpindi, PK 2.1M
- Gujranwala, PK 2.0M
- Peshawar, PK 2.0M
- Multan, PK 1.9M
- Hyderabad City, PK 1.7M
- Dushanbe, TJ 1.6M
- Yekaterinburg, RU 1.5M
- Shymkent, KZ 1.2M
- Chelyabinsk, RU 1.2M
Ufa, RUAstana, KZAshgabat, TMPerm, RUIslamabad, PKNamangan, UZQuetta, PKTyumen, RUKumila, PKKhujand, TJBahawalpur, PKAndijon, UZParachinar, PKSargodha, PKSialkot City, PKOrenburg, RUQaraghandy, KZSamarkand, UZSukkur, PKPindi Bhattian, PKLarkana, PKChiniot, PKShekhupura, PKShah Latif Town, PKSanghar, PKRahimyar Khan, PKJhang City, PKMagnitogorsk, RUOskemen, KZDera Ghazi Khan, PKSurgut, RUGujrat, PKAqtobe, KZCantonment, PKBhawana, PKMalakwal, PKMardan, PKTaraz, KZThari Mir Wah, PKSemey, KZPavlodar, KZVahdat, TJKhipro, PKNukus, UZChak Jhumra, PKNizhniy Tagil, RUHafizabad, PKKasur, PKKurgan, RUHisor, TJPanjakent, TJKhairpur Tamewah, PKChakwal, PKFarg`ona, UZTursunzoda, TJNizhnevartovsk, RUKhanewal, PKBukhara, UZMarot, PKMingaora, PKQarshi, UZSterlitamak, RUIsfara, TJMehrabpur, PKIstaravshan, TJTurbat, PKKhwazakhela, PKNawabshah, PKSkardu, PKQo`qon, UZKotri, PKTurkistan, KZSahiwal, PKMarg`ilon, UZQyzylorda, KZMirpur Khas, PKOral, KZOkara, PKTurkmenabat, TMThatta, PKKonibodom, TJQostanay, KZKulob, TJChilas, PKMirpur Bhtoro, PKMandi Burewala, PKJizzax, UZPetropavl, KZDasoguz, TMJacobabad, PKKokshetau, KZAngren, UZJhelum, PKSaddiqabad, PKBalkanabat, TMOrsk, RUTemirtau, KZKuchlagh, PKAqtau, KZTermiz, UZKhapalu, PKTalhar, PKKohat, PKMary, TMMuridke, PKMuzaffargarh, PKChirchiq, UZKamensk-Ural'skiy, RUZiarat, PKKhanpur, PKEkibastuz, KZZlatoust, RUGojra, PKPanjgur, PKMandi Bahauddin, PKEminabad, PKJaranwala, PKAbbottabad, PKZhangaozen, KZMiass, RUSalavat, RUDadu, PKUrganch, UZKopeysk, RUKhairpur Mir's, PKLodhran, PKNavoiy, UZShahrisabz, UZBahawalnagar, PKKhuzdar, PKPakpattan, PKTaxila, PKZafarwal, PKBerezniki, RUTando Allahyar, PKOlmaliq, UZMale, MVNeftekamsk, RUAtyrau, KZSarhari, PKRudnyy, KZAhmadpur East, PKWazirabad, PKVihari, PKBokhtar, TJNefteyugansk, RUNew Mirpur, PKKamalia, PKKot Addu, PKGhotki, PKNowshera, PKBadin, PKOktyabr'skiy, RUSwabi, PKXiva, UZTando Muhammad Khan, PKShahdadpur, PKJauharabad, PKGoth Tando Sumro, PKPervouralsk, RUKhushab, PKDera Ismail Khan, PKBagu Na Mohra, PKChaman, PKPishin, PKKogon Shahri, UZNovyy Urengoy, RUKhanty-Mansiysk, RUCharsadda, PKKandhkot, PKGujar Khan, PKNoyabrsk, RUBahrain, PKKot Radha Kishan, PKChishtian, PKChust, UZRenala Khurd, PKUrgut Shahri, UZTobolsk, RUHasilpur, PKUch Sharif, PKKoytendag, TMKambar, PKAttock Khurd, PKHarnai, PK
⚠️ Daylight Saving Time Affects This Pair
| Timezone | DST? | Standard | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| America/Chicago | Yes | UTC-6 | UTC-5 |
| Asia/Karachi | No | UTC+5 | — |
During DST periods the time difference between these zones may be 10 hours instead of 11 hours. Always verify the current offset if scheduling calls near clock-change dates.