Time.is

Time in France now

15:37:01

Thursday, March 26, 2026, week 13

France switches to daylight saving time at 02:00 on Sunday, March 29. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:43 ↓ 19:12 (12h 29m) - More info - Make France time default - Add to favorite locations

UTC +1

Central European Time (CET)
now 5 hours ahead of New York

From 29 March 2026: UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST)
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 October 26 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Sunday March 29 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

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