France · CEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Nantes, 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 Nantes 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 Nantes lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Nantes 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 Nantes lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Nantes 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 Nantes 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 Nantes.
Practical Info
Nantes (France) is home to roughly 320K people. Today brings about 15.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:12, 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 47° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
France
Capital
Paris
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
CEST · Europe/Paris
Coordinates
47.22°N, 1.55°W
Currency
EUR (€)
Calling Code
+33
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
French
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Machines of the Isle of Nantes built a 12-metre mechanical elephant weighing about 48 tonnes that walks along the old shipyards carrying around 50 people at a time. It was built on the site of the Chantiers Navals, which closed in 1987.
The clock: Nantes keeps UTC+1. The Edict of Nantes, signed here in 1598, ended France's wars of religion for most of a century.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap