EZYCLOCK

Time in Paris

The current local time in Paris, France — updating live, with the difference from your own clock.

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Paris time explained

Paris keeps Central European Time, an hour ahead of London, and shifts to Central European Summer Time on the last Sunday in March. The European Union parliament voted in 2019 to abolish the twice-yearly change, but the decision was never implemented, so the clocks still move.

Paris does observe daylight saving, so its offset from UTC changes twice a year. The time above already accounts for whichever is currently in force.

Reaching Paris

The Paris working day covers all of Europe and most of Africa, and reaches the US east coast from mid-afternoon. A Paris morning is the practical window for calling India and the Gulf.

How this page works

The time above is calculated on your own device from the IANA time zone database that ships with your browser, using the zone Europe/Paris. Nothing is fetched from a server, and the offset shown is whatever is currently in force rather than a number typed into the page — so when a country changes its rules, this page changes with it.

The difference from your own clock is worked out the same way, comparing Paris's current offset against your device's. If your computer's clock is wrong, so is that comparison.

Frequently asked questions

Is Paris an hour ahead of London?

Yes, all year. Both change their clocks on the same dates — the last Sundays in March and October — so the one-hour gap never varies.

Did Europe not abolish daylight saving?

It voted to, in 2019, but member states never agreed on which time to settle on and the change was shelved. The clocks still move twice a year.

Does Paris observe daylight saving?

Yes. The clocks move twice a year, so the difference between Paris and cities that do not change theirs shifts by an hour for part of the year. The clock on this page reads the current rules directly and is always correct.