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Lille

UTC+2

France · CEST

Summer
02:43:55Live

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 05:36↓ 22:0624:00
Sunrise
05:36
Sunset
22:06
Daylight
16.5hrs
Population
235K
Season
Summer
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

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

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?

Europe's Largest Flea Market

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

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Working Hours

8h overlap
LilleUTC+2
06121824
Your locationUTC+3
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