Paris, France
Current time in France
Time zone: CEST (UTC/GMT +02:00) — Europe/Paris
| Paris is the capital and the most populous city of France. It has an area of 105 square kilometres (41 square miles) and a population in 2013 of 2,229,621 within the city limits. Paris is both a commune and department, and forms the centre and headquarters of the Île-de-France, or Paris Region, which has an area of 12,012 square kilometres (4,638 square miles) and a population in 2014 of 12,005,077, comprising 18.2 percent of the population of France. |
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Current Time in other Cities of France
| Nantes |
| Marne La Vallée |
| Strasbourg |
| Montpellier |
| Lille |
| Rennes |
| Reims |
| Le Havre |
| Cergy-Pontoise |
| Toulon |
| Clermont-Ferrand |
| Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines |
| Villeurbanne |
| Lyon 03 |
| Argenteuil |
| Aix-en-Provence |
| Amiens |
| Angers |
| Avignon |
| Besançon |
| Bordeaux |
| Boulogne-Billancourt |
| Brest |
| Caen |
| Dijon |
| Grenoble |
| Le Mans |
| Limoges |
| Lyon |
| Marseille |
Paris clocks, offsets and daylight saving
Paris keeps CEST (2 hours ahead of UTC, UTC+02:00). Its database zone is Europe/Paris — worth knowing if you are scheduling anything that has to survive a daylight saving change.
One date to watch: Sunday, 25 October 2026. That is when Paris goes back 1 hour onto CET — recurring meetings set before then will land an hour out unless the calendar handles zones properly.
Time gaps from Paris right now
How Paris lines up against other major centres at this moment — the numbers move when either side changes its clocks.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Paris is 6 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Paris is 9 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Paris is 1 hour ahead |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Paris is 2 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Paris is 3 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Paris is 6 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Paris is 7 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Paris is 8 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Paris is 5 hours ahead |
When Paris and other cities overlap
Assuming a 09:00–17:00 day at both ends, these windows (in Paris local time) fall inside working hours for both cities.
| London | 10:00–17:00 in Paris | 7 hours overlap |
| Dubai | 09:00–15:00 in Paris | 6 hours overlap |
| Mumbai | 09:00–13:30 in Paris | 4.5 hours overlap |
| Sao Paulo | 14:00–17:00 in Paris | 3 hours overlap |
No shared working window exists with Los Angeles or Sydney, so those calls have to sit outside somebody's normal hours.
Sharing Paris's time zone
Same zone, same time — each of these sits on Europe/Paris alongside Paris, including through any clock change.
Nantes Marne La Vallée Strasbourg Montpellier Lille Rennes Reims Le Havre
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