UTC Offset
UTC+02:00
Current time in Paris, France
Clocks shift twice a year — UTC+01:00 in winter, UTC+02:00 in summer.
Current time in Paris, France
16:35 31
IANA time zone
Europe/Paris
Daylight saving
DST in effect
CET / CEST
Next DST change
October 25
backward -1h
Quick answer
The current local time in Paris, France is 16:35 (CEST), which is UTC+02:00.
Paris is the capital of France, located at 48.853, 2.349.
The current time zone for Paris is CEST, whose offset is UTC+02:00 from UTC. The IANA identifier is Europe/Paris.
The next daylight saving transition is October 25, 2026, when clocks move backward by 1 hour.
Timezone in Paris
Central European Time (CET)
IANA time zone:
Europe/Paris During winter
CET
Central European Time
UTC+01:00
Currently active
CEST
Central European Summer Time
UTC+02:00
Daylight in Paris today
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Sunset
Day length
14h 56m
Paris, France
- Country
- France
- Role
- Capital city
- ISO code
- FR
- Coordinates
- 48.8534° N, 2.3488° E
- IANA zone
- Europe/Paris
- Population
- 2,138,551
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Paris on the map · time zone
Paris, France
- Local time16:35
- UTC offsetUTC+02:00
- Time zoneEurope/Paris
- StatusDaylight saving
- Coordinates
- 48.85°, 2.35°
World clock
Compared with Paris
Daylight saving time in Paris
Clocks shift twice a year — UTC+01:00 in winter, UTC+02:00 in summer.
Next DST change October 25, 2026
Direction backward
Amount 1h
DST schedule — recent & upcoming years
Spring-forward and fall-back dates in Paris.
- 2025DST start (spring forward)Mar 30, 2025,DST end (fall back)Oct 26, 2025,
- 2026DST start (spring forward)Mar 29, 2026,DST end (fall back)Oct 25, 2026,
- 2027DST start (spring forward)Mar 28, 2027,DST end (fall back)Oct 31, 2027,
- 2028DST start (spring forward)Mar 26, 2028,DST end (fall back)Oct 29, 2028,
| Year | DST start (spring forward) | DST end (fall back) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mar 30, 2025, | Oct 26, 2025, |
| 2026 | Mar 29, 2026, | Oct 25, 2026, |
| 2027 | Mar 28, 2027, | Oct 31, 2027, |
| 2028 | Mar 26, 2028, | Oct 29, 2028, |
Hour-by-hour conversion
When it's the given hour in Paris, here are the local times elsewhere.
| Paris | New York | Mexico City | São Paulo | London | Berlin | Dubai | Mumbai | Singapore |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 18:00 -1 | 16:00 -1 | 19:00 -1 | 23:00 -1 | 00:00 | 02:00 | 03:30 | 06:00 |
| 01:00 | 19:00 -1 | 17:00 -1 | 20:00 -1 | 00:00 | 01:00 | 03:00 | 04:30 | 07:00 |
| 02:00 | 20:00 -1 | 18:00 -1 | 21:00 -1 | 01:00 | 02:00 | 04:00 | 05:30 | 08:00 |
| 03:00 | 21:00 -1 | 19:00 -1 | 22:00 -1 | 02:00 | 03:00 | 05:00 | 06:30 | 09:00 |
| 04:00 | 22:00 -1 | 20:00 -1 | 23:00 -1 | 03:00 | 04:00 | 06:00 | 07:30 | 10:00 |
| 05:00 | 23:00 -1 | 21:00 -1 | 00:00 | 04:00 | 05:00 | 07:00 | 08:30 | 11:00 |
| 06:00 | 00:00 | 22:00 -1 | 01:00 | 05:00 | 06:00 | 08:00 | 09:30 | 12:00 |
| 07:00 | 01:00 | 23:00 -1 | 02:00 | 06:00 | 07:00 | 09:00 | 10:30 | 13:00 |
| 08:00 | 02:00 | 00:00 | 03:00 | 07:00 | 08:00 | 10:00 | 11:30 | 14:00 |
| 09:00 | 03:00 | 01:00 | 04:00 | 08:00 | 09:00 | 11:00 | 12:30 | 15:00 |
| 10:00 | 04:00 | 02:00 | 05:00 | 09:00 | 10:00 | 12:00 | 13:30 | 16:00 |
| 11:00 | 05:00 | 03:00 | 06:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 13:00 | 14:30 | 17:00 |
| 12:00 | 06:00 | 04:00 | 07:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 14:00 | 15:30 | 18:00 |
| 13:00 | 07:00 | 05:00 | 08:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 15:00 | 16:30 | 19:00 |
| 14:00 | 08:00 | 06:00 | 09:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 16:00 | 17:30 | 20:00 |
| 15:00 | 09:00 | 07:00 | 10:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 17:00 | 18:30 | 21:00 |
| 16:00 | 10:00 | 08:00 | 11:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 18:00 | 19:30 | 22:00 |
| 17:00 | 11:00 | 09:00 | 12:00 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 19:00 | 20:30 | 23:00 |
| 18:00 | 12:00 | 10:00 | 13:00 | 17:00 | 18:00 | 20:00 | 21:30 | 00:00 +1 |
| 19:00 | 13:00 | 11:00 | 14:00 | 18:00 | 19:00 | 21:00 | 22:30 | 01:00 +1 |
| 20:00 | 14:00 | 12:00 | 15:00 | 19:00 | 20:00 | 22:00 | 23:30 | 02:00 +1 |
| 21:00 | 15:00 | 13:00 | 16:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 23:00 | 00:30 +1 | 03:00 +1 |
| 22:00 | 16:00 | 14:00 | 17:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 00:00 +1 | 01:30 +1 | 04:00 +1 |
| 23:00 | 17:00 | 15:00 | 18:00 | 22:00 | 23:00 | 01:00 +1 | 02:30 +1 | 05:00 +1 |
Frequently Asked Questions
The current local time in Paris, France is 16:35 (CEST). Paris uses the Europe/Paris time zone, which is UTC+02:00.
Paris uses CET (UTC+01:00) in winter and switches to CEST (UTC+02:00) during daylight saving time. The IANA identifier is Europe/Paris.
Yes. The next daylight saving transition in Paris is on October 25, 2026. Clocks will move backward by 1 hour.
The IANA / Olson time zone database identifier for Paris is Europe/Paris. This is the identifier used by operating systems, programming languages, and APIs to look up the correct local time.
It is currently PM in Paris. The local time is 16:35 (CEST).
Paris is UTC+01:00 from UTC during standard time and UTC+02:00 during daylight saving time. It is currently UTC+02:00.
The next daylight saving transition in Paris is on October 25, 2026. Clocks move backward by 1 hour at 02:00 local time.
Paris is currently 6 hours ahead of New York.