Time difference: Chennai vs Paris

Quick answer

Paris is 3.5 hours behind Chennai.

Chennai is in the IST time zone (UTC+05:30) while Paris uses CEST (UTC+02:00).

The offset between these two cities changes during the year because they do not share the same daylight saving schedule.

Chennai
20:27:29
IST UTC+05:30
-3.5h
Paris is 3.5 hours behind Chennai.
Time offset changes during the year due to different DST schedules.
Paris
16:57:29
CEST UTC+02:00

Paris is 3.5 hours behind Chennai.

Chennai is in the IST time zone (UTC+05:30) while Paris uses CEST (UTC+02:00).

Because Chennai and Paris do not share the same daylight saving schedule, the time difference between them changes during the year.

Hour-by-hour conversion

When it's the given hour in Chennai, here are the local times elsewhere.

Chennai Paris
00:00 20:30 -1
01:00 21:30 -1
02:00 22:30 -1
03:00 23:30 -1
04:00 00:30
05:00 01:30
06:00 02:30
07:00 03:30
08:00 04:30
09:00 05:30
10:00 06:30
11:00 07:30
12:00 08:30
13:00 09:30
14:00 10:30
15:00 11:30
16:00 12:30
17:00 13:30
18:00 14:30
19:00 15:30
20:00 16:30
21:00 17:30
22:00 18:30
23:00 19:30

Frequently Asked Questions

Paris is 3.5 hours behind Chennai.

A good window is 12:30–17:00 in Chennai, which is 09:00–13:30 in Paris. Both sides are inside 9:00–17:00 working hours.

Paris is 3.5 hours behind Chennai.

Chennai and Paris do not share the same DST schedule, so the time offset between them changes by an hour during parts of the year.

Chennai uses Asia/Kolkata and Paris uses Europe/Paris. These are the identifiers used by operating systems and APIs to compute local time.

A good reverse window is 09:00–13:30 in Paris, which is 12:30–17:00 in Chennai. Both sides are inside 9:00–17:00 working hours.