§ 01FR · Europe
Paris
France
Paris sits in Central European Time, one hour ahead of London. French business culture preserves a long lunch (12:30–14:00), so calls scheduled across this window are typically declined. Euronext opens at 09:00 CET. August is broadly out of office across the city.
Paris · 1 Hz pulse
§ 02Day & business hours
Solar arc · UTC12h 15m of light
Sunrise
05:35 UTC
Solar noon
11:43 UTC
Sunset
17:51 UTC
Computed via NOAA solar equations for today's date. Local clock times shown below convert the UTC arc into Europe/Paris.
Local solar times
- Sunrise
- 07:35
- Solar noon
- 13:43
- Sunset
- 19:51
- Day length
- 12h 15m
Conventional business hours
09:00—18:00
Approximate local convention; individual organisations vary significantly.
§ 03Conditions · live
Current
weather.
Live reading from Apple Weather, cached one hour at the edge. Temperature in °C, wind in km/h.
Conditions · liveDaylight
+21°C
Clear
Feels like
23°
Wind
9 km/h NE
Humidity
45%
Pressure
1,029 mb
UV index · 5Visibility · 30 km
Weather · Apple Weather§ 04Time zone & daylight saving
The facts, computed.
Read live from the IANA time-zone database — never hand-typed, so it can't go stale.
- Time zone
- Central European Summer Time (GMT+2)
- UTC offset
- UTC+02:00
- IANA identifier
- Europe/Paris
- Daylight saving (2026)
- Yes. In 2026, clocks go forward around March 29 and back around October 25.
§ 05Time difference from major cities
London+1 h
New York+6 h
Tokyo−7 h
Dubai−2 h
Singapore−6 h
Sydney−8 h
Hours are Paris's current offset relative to each city, daylight saving included.
§ 06Frequently asked
- What time zone is Paris in?
- Paris is in the Central European Summer Time zone (GMT+2), currently UTC+02:00.
- Does Paris observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. In 2026, clocks go forward around March 29 and back around October 25.
- What is Paris's UTC offset right now?
- Paris is currently UTC+02:00 (GMT+2).
- What is the time difference between Paris and London?
- Paris is 1 hour ahead of London right now.
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