Updated Aug 2026

Current Time in Paris, France

Name: Paris
Address: Paris, France

Paris uses the Europe/Paris time zone, with CET (UTC +1:00) during standard time and CEST (UTC +2:00) during daylight saving time.

Paris, France — Live Clock

8:37:18 AM

CEST · UTC +1:00

Sunday, September 20, 2026

Sunrise

7:34 AM

Sunset

7:55 PM

Day Length

12h 20m

Population

2.1 M

48.8566° N, 2.3522° E · 35 m elevation · September 20, 2026

Paris Time Zone

Time Zone

Europe/Paris

CEST

Standard Time

CET

UTC +1:00

Daylight Time

CEST

UTC +2:00

Next DST Change

Follows local rules

This city’s business rhythm

Paris — CET/CEST at the heart of Europe

Paris runs on CET (winter) or CEST (summer). Same offset as Berlin, Amsterdam, Madrid, Rome, Warsaw. French business hours 9 AM - 6 PM with a 1-1.5 h lunch (12:30 - 2 PM). French labor law caps the standard week at 35 h — one of the shortest in the OECD — but corporate life in Paris tends to exceed that comfortably. Euronext Paris trading runs 9 AM - 5:30 PM CET.

Regional context

Timezones across Europe

Europe stretches across four main timezones — GMT/BST (UK, Ireland, Portugal), CET/CEST (most of continental Europe), EET/EEST (Greece, Finland, the Baltics), and MSK (Russia's westernmost cities). Most countries observe DST in unison — last Sunday of March to last Sunday of October — creating clean 1-hour steps between neighbouring zones. Icelandic and Russian cities are exceptions with no seasonal shift.

About Paris Time: CET & CEST

Check the current local time in Paris, France. Paris uses the Europe/Paris time zone (CET, UTC+1) and observes daylight saving time (CEST, UTC+2) part of the year. Use this page to see the exact current time in Paris and plan calls or meetings across time zones.