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
2,048,472
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.
Paris on the map
About the time in Paris
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.
Paris is on daylight saving time at the moment, which is why the offset reads UTC +2 instead of its winter value. Clocks go back on 25 October 2026, and anything scheduled across that date shifts by an hour.
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
- 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).
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Paris?
- Paris is UTC +2 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Which time zone is Paris in?
- Paris uses Europe/Paris, currently UTC +2.
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