Time difference: Paris vs Sam

Quick answer

Sam is 1 hour behind Paris.

Paris is in the CEST time zone (UTC+02:00) while Sam uses WAT (UTC+01:00).

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

Paris
19:11:03
CEST UTC+02:00
-1h
Sam is 1 hour behind Paris.
Time offset changes during the year due to different DST schedules.
Sam
18:11:03
WAT UTC+01:00

Sam is 1 hour behind Paris.

Paris is in the CEST time zone (UTC+02:00) while Sam uses WAT (UTC+01:00).

Because Paris and Sam 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 Paris, here are the local times elsewhere.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Sam is 1 hour behind Paris.

A good window is 10:00–17:00 in Paris, which is 09:00–16:00 in Sam. Both sides are inside 9:00–17:00 working hours.

Sam is 1 hours behind Paris.

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

Paris uses Europe/Paris and Sam uses Africa/Porto-Novo. These are the identifiers used by operating systems and APIs to compute local time.

A good reverse window is 09:00–16:00 in Sam, which is 10:00–17:00 in Paris. Both sides are inside 9:00–17:00 working hours.