France is a country that constantly attracts Russian tourists. Before you go to the homeland of foie gras and cinema, experts recommend studying some of the subtleties. For a trip, it will not be superfluous to find out what time zone is in France. Is the difference with Moscow significant or imperceptible? We will find out about this now. And to begin with, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with the information about the country.
French territory
The country is the largest in terms of territory among many Western European countries with several time zones. France is located on almost one-fifth of the EU, and also has vast maritime areas. The state also includes more than twenty dependent territories and departments, as well as the island of Corsica, located in the Mediterranean Sea. The total area of the country is about 547,030 km22 and together with overseas territories it occupies 674,685 km22.
The coastline of continental France is 3,427 kilometers long, and the country's land borders stretch for 2,892,4 km. In the northeast, France borders on Germany (border length - 451 km), Luxembourg (73 km) and Belgium (620 km), in the southeast - on Italy (border length - 488 km) and Monaco (4.4 km), in the east - with Switzerland (573 km), in the southwest - with Andorra (border length - 60 km) and Spain (623 km).
Overseas Territories
Overseas territories (Wallis and Futuna Islands, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Southern and Atlantic territories), overseas departments (Martinique, French Guiana, Guadeloupe) and territorial communities (Saint-Pierre, Mayotte, Miquelon) are considered an inseparable part of France). The total area of these territories is about 4 thousand km2, and about 1.8 million people live there.
Climate
In mainland France, the climate is temperate maritime, changing to temperate continental in the east and subtropical on the south coast. In total, three types of climate are distinguished: in the east and in the center - continental, in the south - Mediterranean, in the west - oceanic. Summers are quite dry and hot - on average, the temperature fluctuates around +23…+25 0С in July, while rains and temperatures of +7…+8are typical in winter 0S.
Administrative divisions
France is divided into 96 administrative divisions or departments. As already mentioned, the islands of Saint-Pierre, Wallis and Futuna, Miquelon, Mayotte, Reunion, the French South Antarctic Territories, Guiana, Martinique, have a special status of overseas departments. French Polynesia, Guadeloupe. Also in France, 22 historical provinces can be distinguished (Provence, Lorraine, Burgundy, Navarre, Brittany, etc.).
France time zone
Relatively small in size, this European country spans an impressive number of time zones. France is located in one time zone within the same meridian, however, with its territories, it occupies 12 time zones. In this country, the transition to winter and summer time is preserved (on the last Sunday of October at 01:00 and on the last Sunday of March at 01:00, respectively). In the zero time zone, France is located with the UK, although for more convenient cooperation with the EU countries, the country uses Central European Time.
What is the time zone in France? It is called UTC + 02: 00, in all cities of continental France, the time is set to Paris.
Paris is separated from Moscow by a distance of about 2,480 km. The difference in time zones with France is 2 hours in the winter season (less in Paris), in the summer - only one hour.
The average flight time is 3 hours. Suppose, if in winter we go from Moscow to Paris at 13:00, then according to local time we will be at the place at 14:00. Russia is in the UTC +3 time zone, while France is in the UTC +2 time zone in summer and UTC +1 in winter.
What cities are in the same time zone as France? In winter, these are Luxembourg, Rome, Madrid, Berlin, Vienna, Brussels. year-roundsimilarities in the cities of Malabo, N'Djamena, Bangui, Tunisia, Kinshasa, Libreville, Luanda, Porto Novo, Algeria.
