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Time in France now

06:53:24PM

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

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Time zone info for France

UTC +2

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

From 27 October 2024: 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 31 2024

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST).
The time was set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Sunday October 27 2024

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET).
The time will be set back one hour from 03:00AM to 02:00AM local time.

Time difference
from France

Los Angeles	−9 hours	−9 hours
Chicago	−7 hours	−7 hours
New York	−6 hours	−6 hours
Toronto	−6 hours	−6 hours
São Paulo	−5 hours	−5 hours
UTC	−2 hours	−2 hours
Lagos	−1 hours	−1 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
Cairo	0
Johannesburg	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Istanbul	+1 hours
Moscow	+1 hours
Dubai	+2 hours
Mumbai	+3.5 hours
Hong Kong	+6 hours
Shanghai	+6 hours
Singapore	+6 hours
Tokyo	+7 hours
Sydney	+8 hours

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France on the map

Continent: Europe
Area: 547,030 km²
Capital: Paris
Currency: Euro (EUR)
Calling code: +33
Internet top level domain: .fr
Latitude: 46.00. Longitude: 2.00
Population: 66,987,000

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Annual average temperatures
for France 1899-2021

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