United States
Time now in Chelsea
Monday, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 06:13Sunset 07:54Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Chicago
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
113
Sunrise
06:13
Sunset
07:54
Day length
13h 41m
Coordinates
45.29, -90.31
Time difference from Chelsea
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Chelsea right now.
Chelsea on the map
About the time in Chelsea
The zone identifier America/Chicago is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but America/Chicago keeps pointing at Chicago time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Chelsea runs on America/Chicago, which puts the city UTC −5 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Chelsea day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 14:00–22:00 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
Frequently asked questions about time in Chelsea
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/Chicago, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Chelsea?
- Chelsea is UTC −5 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Which time zone is Chelsea in?
- Chelsea uses America/Chicago, currently UTC −5.
- What time is it in Chelsea right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Chelsea, updating every second from America/Chicago (UTC −5).
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