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Time in Besançon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France now

02:17:59

2025年10月28日Tuesday，第week 44周

Besançon switched to standard time at 03:00 on 2025年10月26日Sunday. The time was set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 07:12 ↓ 17:27 (10h 15m) - More info - Make Besançon time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Besançon

UTC +1

Central European Time (CET)
now 5 hours ahead of New York

From 29 March 2026: UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST)
The time in Besançon is normally 6 hours ahead of the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Besançon can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Besançon is Europe/Paris.

Sunday October 26 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET).
The time was set back one hour from 03:00 to 02:00 local time.

Sunday March 29 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.

Time difference
from Besançon

Los Angeles	−8 hours	−8 hours
Chicago	−6 hours	−6 hours
New York	−5 hours	−5 hours
Toronto	−5 hours	−5 hours
São Paulo	−4 hours	−4 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
UTC	−1 hours	−1 hours
Lagos	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Johannesburg	+1 hours
Cairo	+2 hours
Istanbul	+2 hours
Moscow	+2 hours
Dubai	+3 hours
Mumbai	+4.5 hours
Hong Kong	+7 hours
Shanghai	+7 hours
Singapore	+7 hours
Tokyo	+8 hours
Sydney	+10 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Besançon

Sunrise: 07:12
Sunset: 17:27
Day length: 10h 15m
Solar noon: 12:20
The current local time in Besançon is 20 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Besançon on the map

Location: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Latitude: 47.25. Longitude: 6.02
Population: 123,000

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Best restaurants in Besançon

#1 L'Alchimie - French food
#2 Restaurant Saint Pierre - French food
#3 Restaurant Épicéa - Scandinavian food
#4 Le Saint Cerf - French and vegetarian options food

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