France · CEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Lille, France runs on UTC+2. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer. Next change: 26 Oct. There is a 6-hour difference between Lille and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 15:00–18:00 in Lille lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Lille and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 10:00–18:00 in Lille lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Lille and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–11:00 in Lille lines up with 16:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Madrid, Paris, Amsterdam. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Lille.
Practical Info
Lille (France) is home to roughly 235K people. Today brings about 16.5 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:36, sunset at 22:06. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer. Next change: 26 Oct. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 51° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
France
Capital
Paris
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
CEST · Europe/Paris
Coordinates
50.63°N, 3.06°E
Currency
EUR (€)
Calling Code
+33
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
French
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Braderie de Lille draws around two million people over a weekend each September, with sellers lining roughly 100 kilometres of pavement. Restaurants compete to build the largest pile of discarded mussel shells outside their doors.
The clock: Lille keeps UTC+1, and is closer to Brussels and London than to Paris — 35 minutes by train from Brussels, 80 from London.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap