Time.is

Time in France now

02:01:19AM

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

France switched to standard time at 03:00AM on Sunday, October 26. The time was set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 07:26AM ↓ 05:46PM (10h 20m) - More info - Make France time default - Add to favorite locations

UTC +1

Central European Time (CET)
now 5 hours ahead of New York

From 29 March 2026: UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST)
The time in France is normally 6 hours ahead of the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in France can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for France is Europe/Paris.

Sunday October 26 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Sunday March 29 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from Météo France.
See showyourstripes.info.