What is the time zone of France?
France is in the Central European Time zone. All places including the capital Paris have the same time, there are no exceptions. The country is observing daylight savings so there are two different clocks depending on the time of the year.
- Central European Time (CET):+1:00 UTC (ahead)
- Central European Summer Time (CEST): +2:00 UTC (ahead)
Travel to neighboring countries
These are the times differences if you travel outside the country.
To Germany: There is no time difference as you remain in the same time zone all year round
To Belgium: There is no time difference as you remain in the same time zone all year round
To Luxembourg: There is no time difference as you remain in the same time zone all year round
To Italy: There is no time difference as you remain in the same time zone all year round
To Switzerland: There is no time difference as you remain in the same time zone all year round
To Monaco: There is no time difference as you remain in the same time zone all year round
To Andorra: There is no time difference as you remain in the same time zone all year round
To UK: When travelling to the UK you will enter the GMT/BST Time zone which is -1 hour (behind)
France Daylight Savings Time (DST)
Other countries in Europe
You can check out information and maps of other European countries by clicking below links.
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