France · CEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Rennes, 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 Rennes 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 Rennes lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Rennes 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 Rennes lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Rennes 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 Rennes 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 Rennes.
Practical Info
Rennes (France) is home to roughly 220K people. Today brings about 16.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:06, sunset at 22:12. 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 48° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
France
Capital
Paris
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
CEST · Europe/Paris
Coordinates
48.11°N, 1.68°W
Currency
EUR (€)
Calling Code
+33
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
French
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
In December 1720 a drunk carpenter's accident started a fire that burned for six days and destroyed around 900 timber houses in Rennes. The centre was rebuilt in stone on a grid, which is why the city has two entirely different old towns.
The clock: Rennes keeps UTC+1 and is the capital of Brittany, where Breton — a Celtic language related to Welsh — is still taught in bilingual schools.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap