What time is it in Rennes?
18:42:04
Friday 13 November 2026
- Rennes, France
- Time zone UTC+01:00
- Next clock change: 28 March 2027
- Sunrise 08:10 · sunset 17:31
Time difference with Rennes
Rennes is on UTC+01:00 right now: 1 hour ahead of UTC in winter and 2 hours ahead in summer.
| City | Time | Compared with Rennes |
|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 17:42 | 1 hour behind |
| New York United States | 12:42 | 6 hours behind |
| Los Angeles United States | 09:42 | 9 hours behind |
| Paris France | 18:42 | same time |
| Berlin Germany | 18:42 | same time |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 21:42 | 3 hours ahead |
| New Delhi India | 23:12 | 4 h 30 min ahead |
| Singapore Singapore | 01:42 | 7 hours ahead |
| Hong Kong Hong Kong | 01:42 | 7 hours ahead |
| Tokyo Japan | 02:42 | 8 hours ahead |
| Sydney Australia | 04:42 | 10 hours ahead |
| São Paulo Brazil | 14:42 | 4 hours behind |
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Daylight saving time in Rennes
| Date | What happens |
|---|---|
| Sunday 28 March 2027 | at 02:00 it becomes 03:00: clocks go forward by one hour (UTC+01:00 → UTC+02:00, summer time) |
| Sunday 31 October 2027 | at 03:00 it becomes 02:00: clocks go back by one hour (UTC+02:00 → UTC+01:00) |
Last change: Sunday 25 October 2026 (clocks went back by one hour).
History of local time in Rennes
| Period | Legal time |
|---|---|
| since 1976 | UTC+1, summer time UTC+2 |
| until 1975 | UTC+1 all year round |
Official time zone (IANA database): Europe/Paris. Daylight saving time around the world
Upcoming eclipses visible from Rennes
Nearby places
Nearest time zone border: 124 km away, Saint Helier (Jersey) is 1 hour behind Rennes all year round.
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Cesson-Sévigné | 5 km |
| Vitré | 35 km |
| Fougères | 44 km |
| Saint-Malo | 65 km |
| Laval | 67 km |
| Mayenne | 81 km |
| La Chapelle-sur-Erdre | 91 km |
| Carquefou | 92 km |
Day and night around the world
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Sun and Moon in Rennes
- Sunrise
- 08:10
- Sunset
- 17:31
- Day length
- 9 h 21 min
- Tomorrow
- −3 min
Dawn 07:36, dusk 18:05, solar noon 12:50. Shortest day: 21 December 2026 (8 h 21 min); longest: 21 June 2026 (16 h 3 min).
Over the next twelve months: earliest sunrise at 06:05 (15 June 2027), latest at 08:56 (26 December 2026); earliest sunset at 17:13 (6 December 2026), latest at 22:10 (20 June 2027).
Moon tonight: waxing crescent, 18 % illuminated
Moonrise 12:28 · moonset 20:09 · next: first quarter on 17 November 2026 at 12:47 · moon calendar
Other cities in France
Good to know about the time in Rennes
Rennes has the same legal time as the whole of mainland France, although it lies west of the Greenwich meridian. The sun reaches its highest point there at around 13:07 in winter and 14:07 in summer (mean solar noon), a quarter of an hour after Paris.
Summer evenings are long there: at the end of June, the sun sets at around 22:10. At the winter solstice, it rises at around 08:54, compared with 08:41 in Paris.