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Time in France now

04:57:47AM

Sunday, March 29, 2026

Palm Sunday (Easter) / Piano Day

France switched to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, March 29. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 07:37AM ↓ 08:16PM (12h 39m) - More info - Make France time default - Add to favorite locations

UTC +2

Central European Summer Time (CEST)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

From 25 October 2026: UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET)
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 March 29 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

Sunday October 25 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

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