Current Time in France
Time and Sun Facts for France
- Local time
- 1:27 am
- Date
- Sunday, 25 October 2026
- Time zone
Europe/Paris- UTC offset
- UTC+2
- Daylight saving
- In effect now
- Next clock change
- 25 October 2026 — clocks go back
Time in France
Scope: this France directory covers metropolitan France. French overseas departments, territories and collectivities use additional time zones and are not represented by this metropolitan city list.
Metropolitan France uses CEST (UTC+2) for the locations in this directory.
France currently follows a zone with seasonal clock changes. The next transition is 25 October 2026.
Current and seasonal UTC offsets
| IANA zone | Current | Standard | Daylight | Next change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Europe/Paris | UTC+2 | UTC+1 | UTC+2 | 25 Oct 2026 |
Coverage Across France
The directory currently includes 10 cities in France. Each city keeps its own coordinates and IANA time zone, so the clocks and solar calculations on the linked pages are tied to that location rather than copied from the capital.
Within this city set, Lille is the furthest north and Marseille the furthest south, a latitude span of about 7.3°. That geographic separation is why day length, dawn and sunset can differ even when the civil clock is the same.
Nantes and Strasbourg are the east-west extremes represented here, about 9.3° of longitude apart. Longitude changes when the sun reaches local noon and the horizon, so one sunrise, sunset or prayer timetable should not be reused for every city.
Cities in France
| City | Local time | Offset |
|---|---|---|
| Bordeaux | 1:27 am | UTC+2 |
| Lille | 1:27 am | UTC+2 |
| Lyon | 1:27 am | UTC+2 |
| Marseille | 1:27 am | UTC+2 |
| Montpellier | 1:27 am | UTC+2 |
| Nantes | 1:27 am | UTC+2 |
| Nice | 1:27 am | UTC+2 |
| Paris | 1:27 am | UTC+2 |
| Strasbourg | 1:27 am | UTC+2 |
| Toulouse | 1:27 am | UTC+2 |
Questions People Ask
When is the next clock change for the first listed zone in France?
25 October 2026. Other zones in a multi-zone country can follow different rules, so check the city page when the exact location matters.
More Clocks and Time Zones
the current time in France has its own page so it can be linked to directly. world clock and time zones is the way in to everywhere else on the site.