Current Time in Bordeaux, France
Time and Sun Facts for Bordeaux
- Local time
- 5:07 pm
- Date
- Monday, 26 October 2026
- Time zone
Europe/Paris- UTC offset
- UTC+1
- Daylight saving
- Not in effect right now
- Next clock change
- 28 March 2027 — clocks go forward
- Sunrise
- 7:32 am
- Sunset
- 6:00 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 28 minutes
- Coordinates
- 44.84, -0.58
How Bordeaux Keeps Time
Bordeaux keeps CET, UTC+1. The live clock normally synchronizes to the site time source and then applies the IANA rules for Bordeaux; until synchronization succeeds, it uses the device clock as a fallback. Daylight-saving changes are applied only where that zone actually observes them.
Bordeaux runs on the Europe/Paris zone in the IANA time zone database, which is UTC+1 right now. The clocks change twice a year here: UTC+1 on standard time and UTC+2 while daylight saving is in force. The next change is on 28 March 2027, when clocks go forward one hour.
The sun rises in Bordeaux at 7:32 am today and sets at 6:00 pm — 10 hours 28 minutes of daylight, with solar noon at 12:46 pm. Those times come from the city’s coordinates (44.84, -0.58), so they shift a little every day of the year.
On the two solstices, Bordeaux has about 15 hours 36 minutes of daylight in June and 8 hours 47 minutes in December. The difference is about 6 hours 49 minutes, which shows how strongly the local daylight cycle changes through the year.
At the current civil offset, Bordeaux’s longitude corresponds to a difference of about 1 hour 2 minutes between zone time and longitude-based mean solar time. Today’s calculated solar noon is 12:46 pm rather than 12:00 on the clock.
The whole of France keeps one time, so the clock on this page is also the clock in Paris and in every other city listed below.
Bordeaux at a Glance
| Coordinates | 44.8400, -0.5800 |
|---|---|
| IANA time zone | Europe/Paris |
| Current UTC offset | UTC+1 |
| Daylight saving | Observed seasonally |
| Sunrise today | 7:32 am |
| Sunset today | 6:00 pm |
| Solar noon | 12:46 pm |
| Daylight today | 10 hours 28 minutes |
| Straight-line distance to Paris | 499 km |
| Current clock difference vs Paris | Same civil time |
How Bordeaux Compares with Other Cities
Read the last column as the other city relative to Bordeaux. Where either place uses daylight saving, the gap changes for part of the year — the time difference calculator always shows today’s figure.
| City | Local time | Compared with Bordeaux |
|---|---|---|
| London | 4:07 pm | 1 hour behind |
| New York | 12:07 pm | 5 hours behind |
| Los Angeles | 9:07 am | 8 hours behind |
| Dubai | 8:07 pm | 3 hours ahead |
| Karachi | 9:07 pm | 4 hours ahead |
| Singapore | 12:07 am | 7 hours ahead |
| Tokyo | 1:07 am | 8 hours ahead |
| Sydney | 3:07 am | 10 hours ahead |
Nearby Listed Cities to Bordeaux
Distances are straight-line geographic distances between the coordinates used by the directory; road or rail distances will be longer.
| City | Approx. distance | Local time |
|---|---|---|
| Toulouse | 212 km | 5:07 pm |
| Nantes | 275 km | 5:07 pm |
| Montpellier | 381 km | 5:07 pm |
| Lyon | 436 km | 5:07 pm |
| Paris | 499 km | 5:07 pm |
Other Cities in France
All of these read UTC+1, the same as Bordeaux, because France keeps one zone nationally. Each page adds that city’s own sunrise, sunset and prayer times, which do differ.
Questions People Ask
When does Bordeaux next change its clocks?
The next transition is 28 March 2027. Use Europe/Paris in calendar software instead of pinning an event to one fixed UTC offset.
Why is solar noon in Bordeaux far from 12:00?
The current civil offset and the city longitude do not place mean solar noon at twelve on the clock. Today the calculated solar noon is 12:46 pm.
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