HKT to Chicago Time Converter
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8:00 pm20:00 HKT (UTC+8), Oct 18, 2026 = 7:00 am07:00 CDT (UTC-5), Oct 18, 2026
HKT is 13 hours ahead of Chicago.
How the time difference changes
For most of the year, HKT is 13 hours ahead of Chicago. From Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 14, 2027, HKT is 14 hours ahead of Chicago.
For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in HKT correspond to 8:00 pm (previous day) to 5:00 am in Chicago. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in HKT correspond to 7:00 pm (previous day) to 4:00 am in Chicago.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in HKT correspond to 20:00 (previous day) to 05:00 in Chicago. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in HKT correspond to 19:00 (previous day) to 04:00 in Chicago.
Compare HKT time with Chicago time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.
Time Difference
Hong Kong Time is 13 hours ahead of CDT (Central Daylight Time).
8:00 pm20:00 in HKT is 7:00 am07:00 in Chicago, IL, USA
HKT to Chicago call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 7:30am-8:30am07:30-08:30 in HKT which corresponds to 6:30pm-7:30pm18:30-19:30 in Chicago (previous day). Their 9am–6pm09:00–18:00 working hours do not overlap; this is a suggested compromise.
8:00 pm20:00 Hong Kong Time (HKT). Offset UTC +8:00 hours
7:00 am07:00 CDT (Central Daylight Time) (Chicago, IL, USA). Offset UTC -5:00 hours
8:00 pm20:00 HKT / 7:00 am07:00 Chicago, IL, USA
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Hong Kong Time
Offset: HKT is 8 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Countries using this time zone: Hong Kong
Principal Cities: The largest city in the HKT time zone is Hong Kong in Hong Kong, with about 7.396 million people.
Daylight Saving: Clocks in Hong Kong Time (HKT) do not change for daylight saving time, so HKT stays the same throughout the year. Other time zones may set clocks forward in summer and back in winter; see upcoming clock changes worldwide.
HKT representations, usage and related time zones
- +08 - basic short
- +0800 - basic
- +08:00 - extended
- +0800 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the east of the zero meridian.
- Hotel - Military abbreviation for HKT
- H - short form of 'Hotel'
- Asia/Hong_Kong
- Hongkong
- ACT - ASEAN Common Time
- AWST - Australian Western Standard Time
- BNT - Brunei Darussalam Time
- CAST - Casey Time
- CHOT - Choibalsan Time
- CST - China Standard Time
- H - Hotel Time Zone
- HKT - Hong Kong Time
- HOVST - Hovd Summer Time
- IRKT - Irkutsk Time
- KRAST - Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
- MYT - Malaysia Time
- PHT - Philippine Time
- SGT - Singapore Time
- ULAT - Ulaanbaatar Time
- WITA - Central Indonesian Time
Chicago Time Zone and Facts
Time Zone
CST – Central Standard Time, UTC-6 (standard time)