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Time in France now

 
 
Saturday, March 29, 2025
France switches to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, March 30. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:35AM ↓ 07:18PM (12h 43m) - More info - Make France time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for France

UTC +1
Central European Time (CET)
now 4 hours ahead of GMT-3
Sunday October 27 2024
Latest change: Winter time started
  • Switched to UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET).
  • The time was set back one hour from 03:00AM to 02:00AM local time.
Sunday March 30 2025
Next change: Summer time starts
  • Switching to UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST).
  • The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from France

Los Angeles
−8 hours		−8 hours
Chicago
−6 hours		−6 hours
New York
−5 hours		−5 hours
Toronto
−5 hours		−5 hours
São Paulo
−4 hours		−4 hours
London
−1 hours		−1 hours
UTC
−1 hours		−1 hours
Lagos0
Paris0
Zurich0
Cairo+1 hours
Johannesburg+1 hours
Istanbul+2 hours
Moscow+2 hours
Dubai+3 hours
Mumbai+4.5 hours
Hong Kong+7 hours
Shanghai+7 hours
Singapore+7 hours
Tokyo+8 hours
Sydney+10 hours
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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.

The 50 largest cities in
France

Aix-en-Provence Amiens Angers Argenteuil Asnières-sur-Seine Avignon Besançon Bordeaux Boulogne-Billancourt Brest Caen Cergy-Pontoise Clermont-Ferrand Courbevoie Dijon Grenoble Le Havre Le Mans Lille Limoges Lyon Marseille Marseille 13 Metz Montpellier Montreuil Mulhouse Nancy Nanterre Nantes Nice Nîmes Orléans Paris Perpignan Poitiers Reims Rennes Roubaix Rouen Saint-Denis Saint-Etienne Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Strasbourg Toulon Toulouse Tourcoing Tours Versailles Villeurbanne