Chicago
United States
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CST · UTC-6 9 hours difference
Moscow
Russia
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GMT+3 · UTC+3 Convert Chicago (CST) to Moscow (GMT+3) Time — 9 hours apart
America/Chicago · CST · UTC-6 | Europe/Moscow · GMT+3 · UTC+3 · 9 hours difference · 850 cities · DST applies
24-Hour Overlap Timeline
❌ No business-hours overlap between Chicago and Moscow (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 |
| 🇷🇺 Moscow UTC+3 | 3a | 4a | 5a | 6a | 7a | 8a | 9a | 10a | 11a | 12p | 1p | 2p | 3p | 4p | 5p | 6p | 7p | 8p | 9p | 10p | 11p | 12a | 1a | 2a |
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Key Facts: Chicago (CST) vs Moscow (GMT+3)
Time Gap
9h
Moscow ahead
May vary ±1h (DST)
DST Status
⏰ Chicago
Observes DST
✅ Moscow: 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 & Moscow Timezones
The CST and GMT+3 timezones are separated by 9 hours. Chicago is the largest city in the America/Chicago zone and Moscow is the largest in Europe/Moscow. 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) ↔ Moscow (GMT+3)
| Chicago (CST) | Moscow (GMT+3) | Quality |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 9:00 AM | ❌ |
| 1:00 AM | 10:00 AM | ❌ |
| 2:00 AM | 11:00 AM | ❌ |
| 3:00 AM | 12:00 PM | ❌ |
| 4:00 AM | 1:00 PM | ❌ |
| 5:00 AM | 2:00 PM | ❌ |
| 6:00 AM | 3:00 PM | ❌ |
| 7:00 AM | 4:00 PM | ⚠️ |
| 8:00 AM | 5:00 PM | ⚠️ |
| 9:00 AM | 6:00 PM | ⚠️ |
| 10:00 AM | 7:00 PM | ⚠️ |
| 11:00 AM | 8:00 PM | ❌ |
| 12:00 PM | 9:00 PM | ❌ |
| 1:00 PM | 10:00 PM | ❌ |
| 2:00 PM | 11:00 PM | ❌ |
| 3:00 PM | 12:00 AM +1 day | ❌ |
| 4:00 PM | 1:00 AM +1 day | ❌ |
| 5:00 PM | 2:00 AM +1 day | ❌ |
| 6:00 PM | 3:00 AM +1 day | ❌ |
| 7:00 PM | 4:00 AM +1 day | ❌ |
| 8:00 PM | 5:00 AM +1 day | ❌ |
| 9:00 PM | 6:00 AM +1 day | ❌ |
| 10:00 PM | 7:00 AM +1 day | ❌ |
| 11:00 PM | 8:00 AM +1 day | ❌ |
Work hours defined as 09:00–18:00 local time. ✅ Both in work hours ⚠️ Borderline ❌ Outside work hours.
CST to GMT+3: Complete 24-Hour Time Conversion Table
| Chicago (CST) | Moscow (GMT+3) | IST (UTC+5:30) |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 9:00 AM | 11:30 AM |
| 1:00 AM | 10:00 AM | 12:30 PM |
| 2:00 AM | 11:00 AM | 1:30 PM |
| 3:00 AM | 12:00 PM | 2:30 PM |
| 4:00 AM | 1:00 PM | 3:30 PM |
| 5:00 AM | 2:00 PM | 4:30 PM |
| 6:00 AM | 3:00 PM | 5:30 PM |
| 7:00 AM | 4:00 PM | 6:30 PM |
| 8:00 AM | 5:00 PM | 7:30 PM |
| 9:00 AM | 6:00 PM | 8:30 PM |
| 10:00 AM | 7:00 PM | 9:30 PM |
| 11:00 AM | 8:00 PM | 10:30 PM |
| 12:00 PM | 9:00 PM | 11:30 PM |
| 1:00 PM | 10:00 PM | 12:30 AM |
| 2:00 PM | 11:00 PM | 1:30 AM |
| ← Date changes in Moscow → | ||
| 3:00 PM | 12:00 AM +1 | 2:30 AM |
| 4:00 PM | 1:00 AM +1 | 3:30 AM |
| 5:00 PM | 2:00 AM +1 | 4:30 AM |
| 6:00 PM | 3:00 AM +1 | 5:30 AM |
| 7:00 PM | 4:00 AM +1 | 6:30 AM |
| 8:00 PM | 5:00 AM +1 | 7:30 AM |
| 9:00 PM | 6:00 AM +1 | 8:30 AM |
| 10:00 PM | 7:00 AM +1 | 9:30 AM |
| 11:00 PM | 8:00 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) & 600 Cities in Moscow (GMT+3) — Page 1 of 3
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
Moscow & 599 more — Moscow (GMT+3, UTC+3)
- Moscow, RU 17.3M
- Istanbul, TR 14.4M
- Dar es Salaam, TZ 8.0M
- Riyadh, SA 7.2M
- Baghdad, IQ 6.2M
- Ankara, TR 5.9M
- Addis Ababa, ET 5.7M
- Saint Petersburg, RU 5.6M
- Nairobi, KE 5.5M
- Jeddah, SA 4.7M
- Amman, JO 4.0M
- Bursa, TR 3.1M
- Kuwait City, KW 3.0M
- Izmir, TR 3.0M
- Damascus, SY 2.6M
Sanaa, YEMecca, SAKonya, TRGaziantep, TRMogadishu, SOAleppo, SYMinsk, BYMosul, IQDiyarbakir, TRAdana, TRKampala, UGKayseri, TRMedina, SASamsun, TRAntalya, TRAl Basrah, IQAntananarivo, MGKazan, RUNizhniy Novgorod, RUMombasa, KEHargeysa, SOBaidoa, SODoha, QAKrasnodar, RURostov, RUMwanza, TZUbungo, TZVoronezh, RUMersin, TRVolgograd, RUEsenyurt, TRKirkuk, IQAsmara, ERCankaya, TRKecioren, TRAd Dammam, SAOsmangazi, TRTabuk, SAAs Sulaymaniyah, IQAr Ramadi, IQAden, YEErbil, IQEskisehir, TRSeyhan, TRHoms, SYErzurum, TRDodoma, TZBaardheere, SOPendik, TRGaalkacyo, SOBagcilar, TRManama, BHAn Najaf, IQUmraniye, TRYenimahalle, TRBoosaaso, SOLatakia, SYHamah, SYSelcuklu, TRKarbala', IQMamak, TRMakhachkala, RUAl Hufuf, SAYildirim, TRDenizli, TRAl Qatif, SAArusha, TZEtimesgut, TRYukarikaraman, TRAr Rayyan, QADjibouti, DJSanliurfa, TRAl Mukalla, YEMelikgazi, TRAl Mafraq, JOAt Ta'if, SASincan, TRKahramanmaras, TRIrbid, JOYaroslavl, RUSevastopol, UANaberezhnyye Chelny, RUK'ebri Beyah, ETMbeya, TZAn Nasiriyah, IQAl Hillah, IQNilufer, TRNansana, UGBalashikha, RUVan, TRBuca, TRRyazan, RUAl `Amarah, IQCadaado, SOHomyel', BYK'ebri Dehar, ETLipetsk, RUCheboksary, RUPenza, RUMalatya, TRGaroowe, SOKartal, TRAz Zarqa', JOBerbera, SOAl Jubayl, SAAr Rusayfah, JOKirov, RUMorogoro, TZBa`qubah, IQBuraydah, SATula, RUTa`izz, YEKagithane, TRBornova, TRKahama, TZBatman, TRDemiryol, TRErkoklu, TRAvcilar, TRStavropol, RUWarder, ETEsenler, TRSochi, RUKursk, RUBurco, SOTver, RUKayapinar, TRBeylikduzu, TRAltindag, TRKisumu, KEKocasinan, TRGebze, TRShashemene, ETBaglar, TRAl Hudaydah, YEYuregir, TRHatay, TRBetsiboka, MGAl Jahra', KWTanga, TZAd Diwaniyah, IQUvinza, TZHafr al Batin, SAElazig, TRManisa, TRCeel Baraf, SOBryansk, RUAz Zubayr, IQSivas, TRQardho, SOAlanya, TRKocaeli, TRGeita, TZIvanovo, RUHrodna, BYBuurhakaba, SOVitsyebsk, BYSultanbeyli, TRMahilyow, BYVladimir, RUArkhangelsk, RUTarsus, TRSariyer, TRGode, ETSawran, IQMeram, TRPamukkale, TRKarsiyaka, TRBrest, BYYesilyurt, TRSimferopol, UAKonak, TRYanbu`, SAKaluga, RUDahuk, IQBelgorod, RUArnavutkoy, TRKucukcekmece, TRNazret, ETKikuyu, KEMekele, ETVolzhskiy, RUBalikesir, TRPodolsk, RUSmolensk, RU
⚠️ Daylight Saving Time Affects This Pair
| Timezone | DST? | Standard | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| America/Chicago | Yes | UTC-6 | UTC-5 |
| Europe/Moscow | No | UTC+3 | — |
During DST periods the time difference between these zones may be 8 hours instead of 9 hours. Always verify the current offset if scheduling calls near clock-change dates.