France
Time now in Paris
Sunrise 06:51Sunset 08:56Time zone UTC +2
Time zone
Europe/Paris
UTC offset
UTC +2
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
4,380,654
Sunrise
06:51
Sunset
08:56
Day length
14h 05m
Coordinates
48.85, 2.35
Time difference from Paris
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Paris right now.
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About the time in Paris
The zone identifier Europe/Paris is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but Europe/Paris keeps pointing at Paris time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Paris runs on Europe/Paris, which puts the city UTC +2 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Paris day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 07:00–15:00 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
Frequently asked questions about time in Paris
- When do the sun rise and set in Paris today?
- Sunrise is at 06:51 and sunset at 08:56, giving 14h 05m of daylight.
- What are normal business hours in Paris in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Paris runs from 07:00–15:00 UTC today.
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for Europe/Paris, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- What time is it in Paris right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Paris, updating every second from Europe/Paris (UTC +2).
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