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Saturday, 7 November 2026

Time zone information for Paris

UTC +1

Central European Time (CET) , currently 6 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh

▪Part of the year: UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST)
▪Time in Paris is 6 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on standard time, and 5 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on daylight saving time.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Paris is Europe/Paris.
October25Sunday2026

Latest change: Standard time began

  • ▪Switched to UTC +1 / Central European Standard Time (CET).
  • ▪The time was set backward one hour from 03:00 to 02:00 local time.
March28Sunday2027

Next change: Daylight saving time begins

  • ▪Switch to UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST).
  • ▪The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.

Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Paris

  • ▪Sunrise: 07:46
  • ▪Sunset: 17:21
  • ▪Day length: 9h 34m
  • ▪Solar noon: 12:34
  • ▪Current time in Paris is currently 34 minutes ahead of solar time.

Paris on map

  • ▪Location: Île-de-France, France
  • ▪Latitude: 48,85. Longitude: 2,35
  • ▪Population: 2,138,551
  • ▪Elevation: 42 m

Time difference

from Paris

−9h
19:49(-1d)
−7h
21:49(-1d)
−6h
22:49(-1d)
−6h
22:49(-1d)
−4h
00:49
−1h
03:49
−1h
03:49
0h
04:49
0h
04:49
+1h
05:49
+1h
05:49
+2h
06:49
+2h
06:49
+3h
07:49
+4,5h
09:19
+6h
10:49
+7h
11:49
+7h
11:49
+7h
11:49
+8h
12:49
+10h
14:49

Sun cycle

Currently night time
Sunrise 07:46
Solar noon 12:34
Sunset 17:21

Time zone & DST

IANA identifier
Europe/Paris
Abbreviation
CET
UTC offset
UTC+01:00
Daylight saving
Not in effect
DST Starts
28 Mar 2027
in 140 days, 21 hours
Current Unix epoch
1794023370

Sun & astronomy

Sunrise
07:46
Sunset
17:21
Solar noon
12:34
Day length
9h 34m
Night length
14h 25m
Civil twilight
07:13 – 17:54

Geography & country

Country
France
Region / State
Île-de-France
Elevation
42 m
Population
2,138,551
Classification
Capital city

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