Caen, France
Current time in France
Time zone: CEST (UTC/GMT +02:00) — Europe/Paris
| Local Clock Offset: Yesterday, 2 H |
| Time zone: (UTC/GMT +02:00) Europe/Paris |
Current Time in other Cities of France
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| Strasbourg |
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| Amiens |
| Angers |
| Avignon |
| Besançon |
| Bordeaux |
| Boulogne-Billancourt |
| Brest |
| Dijon |
| Grenoble |
| Le Mans |
| Limoges |
| Lyon |
| Marseille |
| Metz |
What time zone is Caen in?
Clocks in Caen are set to CEST, 2 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+02:00). Software that asks for a region wants Europe/Paris — the IANA identifier for this zone.
Daylight saving applies here. Clocks next move back 1 hour on Sunday, 25 October 2026, putting Caen on CET and changing its gap to every other zone listed below.
Caen compared with major world cities
Live differences from Caen, calculated from each zone's rules as they stand today rather than a fixed table.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Caen is 6 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Caen is 9 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Caen is 1 hour ahead |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Caen is 2 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Caen is 3 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Caen is 6 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Caen is 7 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Caen is 8 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Caen is 5 hours ahead |
Best time to call Caen
Where the two working days actually meet, expressed in Caen local time.
| London | 10:00–17:00 in Caen | 7 hours overlap |
| Dubai | 09:00–15:00 in Caen | 6 hours overlap |
| Mumbai | 09:00–13:30 in Caen | 4.5 hours overlap |
| Sao Paulo | 14:00–17:00 in Caen | 3 hours overlap |
No shared working window exists with Los Angeles or Sydney, so those calls have to sit outside somebody's normal hours.
Cities on the same clock as Caen
These France cities also use Europe/Paris, so their clocks read identically to Caen at every moment of the year.
Nantes Marne La Vallée Strasbourg Montpellier Lille Rennes Reims Le Havre
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