Time difference between New York City and Paris

Updated live in your browser · IANA time zone database (America/New_York, Europe/Paris)

New York City EDT · UTC-4

Paris CEST · UTC+2

Difference 6 hours — Paris is ahead of New York City

Best time to call

Hours shown in New York City time. The working-day overlap runs 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM in New York City, which is 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM in Paris — schedule calls in that window.

Hour-by-hour conversion

Daylight saving time note

New York City and Paris do not change their clocks on the same date. Between October 25, 2026 and November 1, 2026 the difference is 5 hours behind Paris — because New York City and Paris switch daylight saving time on different dates.

For the rest of the year the difference holds steady at 6 hours. Every time on this page is computed from the IANA database at the moment you load it, so the tables above already account for whichever side has switched.

Why the time difference exists

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