Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Current time in United States
Time zone: CDT (UTC/GMT -05:00) — America/Chicago
| Local Clock Offset: Yesterday, -5 H |
| Time zone: (UTC/GMT -05:00) America/Chicago |
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Kansas City time zone and UTC offset
Local time here is CDT, which sits 5 hours behind UTC, written UTC-05:00. The canonical zone name is America/Chicago, and that is what to pick from a time zone dropdown.
This zone does shift. On Sunday, 01 November 2026 the clocks go back 1 hour and Kansas City moves to CST, so anything booked across that date needs checking.
Kansas City is one of 419 United States cities here, spread over 10 time zones; do not assume the rest of the country reads the same clock.
How far ahead or behind is Kansas City?
Current gap between Kansas City and cities people most often need to coordinate with. These figures already account for daylight saving where it applies.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Kansas City is 1 hour behind |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Kansas City is 2 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Kansas City is 6 hours behind |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | Kansas City is 7 hours behind |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Kansas City is 9 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Kansas City is 10 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Kansas City is 13 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Kansas City is 14 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Kansas City is 15 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Kansas City is 2 hours behind |
Scheduling calls with Kansas City
Where the two working days actually meet, expressed in Kansas City local time.
| New York | 09:00–16:00 in Kansas City | 7 hours overlap |
| Los Angeles | 11:00–17:00 in Kansas City | 6 hours overlap |
| Sao Paulo | 09:00–15:00 in Kansas City | 6 hours overlap |
| London | 09:00–11:00 in Kansas City | 2 hours overlap |
No shared working window exists with Dubai, Mumbai, Shanghai or Tokyo, so those calls have to sit outside somebody's normal hours.
Sharing Kansas City's time zone
No difference at all from Kansas City: the cities below share the America/Chicago zone.
Chicago San Antonio Fort Worth Oklahoma City New South Memphis Milwaukee Omaha Kansas City
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