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Current time in Paris, France

Thursday, 24 September 2026

Central European Summer TimeUTC+02:00

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Paris time at a glance

Country
France
Location
Capital city of France
Time zone
Europe/Paris
UTC offset now
UTC+02:00
Current zone label
CEST
Next clock change
25 October 2026 at 02:00 CET

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Paris time guide

Does Paris change its clocks?

Yes. Paris uses UTC+01:00 standard time and UTC+02:00 daylight time under the European seasonal-clock schedule. The current calculated offset is UTC+02:00.
Standard time
Central European Time (CET), UTC+01:00
Daylight time
Central European Summer Time (CEST), UTC+02:00
Time-zone identifier
Europe/Paris
Paris and London
Normally 1 hour ahead throughout the year

Commune, department and urban region

Paris proper is smaller than metropolitan Paris

INSEE reports a 2023 municipal population of 2,103,778 for Paris and publishes results across its 20 municipal arrondissements. The urban unit, Métropole du Grand Paris and Île-de-France region all cover substantially wider areas.

Time-zone identity for Paris

IANA zone
Europe/Paris
UTC offset now
UTC+02:00
Current zone label
CEST
Clock-change status
An offset change was found in the next 370 days.

Paris is currently 2 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.

Next clock change in Paris

UTC+01:00UTC+01:00

This change comes from the IANA Time Zone Database. It is described as an offset change unless its daylight-saving purpose can be verified.

Time-zone history

UTC offset changes for Paris

A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Europe/Paris, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.

Previous 5 years

  1. UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by
  2. UTC+01:00 UTC+01:00UTC offset decreased by
  3. UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by
  4. UTC+01:00 UTC+01:00UTC offset decreased by
  5. UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by
  6. UTC+01:00 UTC+01:00UTC offset decreased by
  7. UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by
  8. UTC+01:00 UTC+01:00UTC offset decreased by
  9. UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by
  10. UTC+01:00 UTC+01:00UTC offset decreased by

Next 5 years

  1. UTC+01:00 UTC+01:00UTC offset decreased by
  2. UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by
  3. UTC+01:00 UTC+01:00UTC offset decreased by
  4. UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by
  5. UTC+01:00 UTC+01:00UTC offset decreased by
  6. UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by
  7. UTC+01:00 UTC+01:00UTC offset decreased by
  8. UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by
  9. UTC+01:00 UTC+01:00UTC offset decreased by
  10. UTC+02:00 UTC+02:00UTC offset decreased by

Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.

Capital city context

About Paris, capital of France

Paris is the capital of France. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.

Capital status
Capital of France
Administrative area
Île-de-France, France
Population
2,138,551
Coordinates
48.8534° N, 2.3488° E. The elevation is 42 metres.

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Sources for Paris time and city facts

Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.

View 4 sources
  • GeoNames cities15000
    GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · Accessed
    City and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
  • IANA Time Zone Database
    Internet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · Accessed
    Time-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
  • Unicode Common Locale Data Repository
    Unicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · Accessed
    English display names for countries, currencies and languages.
  • Reference populations 2023: Paris
    National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies of France · Published 2025-12-29 · Accessed
    Official municipal, separately counted and total population for Paris.
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