Melbourne to Paris: time difference and best times to meet
Paris is 8 hours behind Melbourne. Their working days overlap for 1 hour, from 5pm to 6pm in Melbourne (9am–10am in Paris). The best time to schedule is 5pm Melbourne time, which is 9am in Paris.
Australia/Melbourne
Europe/Paris
Hour-by-hour overlap
Each row is one hour of the Melbourne day and the matching hour in Paris. Adjust the working hours to match how your team actually works.
| Melbourne | Paris | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 12am | 4pm | Working hours in Paris only |
| 1am | 5pm | Working hours in Paris only |
| 9am | 1am | Working hours in Melbourne only |
| 10am | 2am | Working hours in Melbourne only |
| 11am | 3am | Working hours in Melbourne only |
| 12pm | 4am | Working hours in Melbourne only |
| 1pm | 5am | Working hours in Melbourne only |
| 2pm | 6am | Working hours in Melbourne only |
| 3pm | 7am | Working hours in Melbourne only |
| 4pm | 8am | Working hours in Melbourne only |
| 5pm | 9am | Both cities at work |
| 6pm | 10am | Working hours in Paris only |
| 7pm | 11am | Working hours in Paris only |
| 8pm | 12pm | Working hours in Paris only |
| 9pm | 1pm | Working hours in Paris only |
| 10pm | 2pm | Working hours in Paris only |
| 11pm | 3pm | Working hours in Paris only |
Best times to propose
- 1. 5pm in Melbourne · 9am in Paris — Right at the edge of someone's day
Avoid 12am Melbourne time and 1am Melbourne time — only the other city is at work.
When the gap changes in the next twelve months
- Sunday, October 4, 2026 — Paris goes from 8 hours behind to 9 hours behind Melbourne.
- Sunday, October 25, 2026 — Paris goes from 9 hours behind to 10 hours behind Melbourne.
- Sunday, March 28, 2027 — Paris goes from 10 hours behind to 9 hours behind Melbourne.
- Sunday, April 4, 2027 — Paris goes from 9 hours behind to 8 hours behind Melbourne.
Recurring meetings set as a fixed clock time in one city will move by an hour for the other on these dates.
Public holidays to avoid
Dates where one side is off work while the other is not are the most common cause of no-shows on this route.
- Friday, September 25, 2026 — Friday before AFL Grand Final — Melbourne is off, Paris is working.
- Monday, September 28, 2026 — King's Birthday — Melbourne is off, Paris is working.
- Monday, October 5, 2026 — King's Birthday — Melbourne is off, Paris is working.
- Sunday, November 1, 2026 — All Saints' Day — Paris is off, Melbourne is working.
- Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — Melbourne Cup — Melbourne is off, Paris is working.
- Wednesday, November 11, 2026 — Armistice Day — Paris is off, Melbourne is working.
- Friday, December 25, 2026 — Christmas Day and Christmas Day; both cities are off.
- Monday, December 28, 2026 — St. Stephen's Day — Melbourne is off, Paris is working.
With 1 shared working hours, Melbourne and Paris can run standing meetings without anyone giving up an evening — as long as the slot sits inside that window on both sides of the next clock change.
Sending a booking link avoids the arithmetic entirely: each side picks a time in their own zone and both calendars get the correct local time, including after a daylight-saving change. See how LemCall handles cross-timezone bookings.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the time difference between Melbourne and Paris?
- Paris is currently 8 hours behind Melbourne. That changes to 9 hours behind on Sunday, October 4, 2026, when one side shifts for daylight saving.
- When is the best time to schedule a meeting between Melbourne and Paris?
- 5pm in Melbourne, which is 9am in Paris. Right at the edge of someone's day.
- How many hours do Melbourne and Paris overlap?
- 1 hours, from 5pm to 6pm Melbourne time (9am–10am in Paris).
- Does daylight saving change the Melbourne–Paris gap?
- Yes. Over the next twelve months the difference changes 4 times: Sunday, October 4, 2026 (8 hours behind becomes 9 hours behind); Sunday, October 25, 2026 (9 hours behind becomes 10 hours behind); Sunday, March 28, 2027 (10 hours behind becomes 9 hours behind); Sunday, April 4, 2027 (9 hours behind becomes 8 hours behind).
- Are there public holidays that affect Melbourne–Paris meetings?
- Yes. The next is Friday, September 25, 2026 — a public holiday where Melbourne is, but a normal working day in Paris.
Nearby pairs
Other meeting-time pages for Melbourne
- Melbourne ↔ LondonNo working-hours overlap
- Melbourne ↔ DublinNo working-hours overlap
- Melbourne ↔ Denver1 hours of overlap
- Melbourne ↔ Mexico City1 hours of overlap
- Melbourne ↔ Berlin1 hours of overlap
- Melbourne ↔ Madrid1 hours of overlap
- Melbourne ↔ Amsterdam1 hours of overlap
- Melbourne ↔ Stockholm1 hours of overlap
Sources
- 1.IANA. Time Zone Database
- 2.Nager.Date. Public holidays API · Retrieved