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Time in Paris, France now

09:31:58PM

Friday, March 27, 2026

World Theatre Day

Paris switches to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, March 29. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:38AM ↓ 07:14PM (12h 35m) - More info - Make Paris time default - Remove from favorite locations

Time zone info for Paris

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 Paris 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 Paris can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Paris is Europe/Paris.

Sunday October 26 2025

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 29 2026

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 Paris

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
Lagos	0
Zurich	0
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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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Paris

Sunrise: 06:38AM
Sunset: 07:14PM
Day length: 12h 35m
Solar noon: 12:56PM
The current local time in Paris is 56 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Paris on the map

Paris is the capital of France.
Latitude: 48.85. Longitude: 2.35
Population: 2,139,000

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Best restaurants in Paris

#1 Bouillon Pigalle - French and vegetarian options food
#2 Les Cocottes - French and vegetarian options food
#3 Printemps Haussmann - Delicatessen food

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Restaurants in Paris