Paris to Sydney: time difference and best times to meet
Sydney is 10 hours ahead of Paris. There is no overlap between a normal working day in each city, so one side has to take the call outside working hours.
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Paris and Sydney time difference
This live comparison uses the current time-zone rules for both cities, so it reflects daylight-saving changes as well as the usual Paris and Sydney clock gap. Set your working hours below to see the practical overlap before proposing a meeting.
Hour-by-hour overlap
Each row is one hour of the Paris day and the matching hour in Sydney. Adjust the working hours to match how your team actually works.
| Paris | Sydney | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 12am | 10am | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 1am | 11am | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 2am | 12pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 3am | 1pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 4am | 2pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 5am | 3pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 6am | 4pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 7am | 5pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 9am | 7pm | Working hours in Paris only |
| 10am | 8pm | Working hours in Paris only |
| 11am | 9pm | Working hours in Paris only |
| 12pm | 10pm | Working hours in Paris only |
| 1pm | 11pm | Working hours in Paris only |
| 2pm | 12am | Working hours in Paris only |
| 3pm | 1am | Working hours in Paris only |
| 4pm | 2am | Working hours in Paris only |
| 5pm | 3am | Working hours in Paris only |
| 11pm | 9am | Working hours in Sydney only |
When the gap changes in the next twelve months
- Sunday, March 28, 2027 — Sydney goes from 10 hours ahead of to 9 hours ahead of Paris.
- Sunday, April 4, 2027 — Sydney goes from 9 hours ahead of to 8 hours ahead of Paris.
- Sunday, October 3, 2027 — Sydney goes from 8 hours ahead of to 9 hours ahead of Paris.
- Sunday, October 31, 2027 — Sydney goes from 9 hours ahead of to 10 hours ahead of Paris.
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.
- Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — Melbourne Cup — Sydney is off, Paris is working.
- Wednesday, November 11, 2026 — Armistice Day — Paris is off, Sydney is working.
- Friday, December 25, 2026 — Christmas Day and Christmas Day; both cities are off.
- Monday, December 28, 2026 — St. Stephen's Day — Sydney is off, Paris is working.
Paris and Sydney have no shared working hours, so a recurring live meeting always costs someone their morning or their evening. Rotating the burden, or moving the update to written form, is usually the better answer.
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 Paris and Sydney?
- Sydney is currently 10 hours ahead of Paris. That changes to 9 hours ahead of on Sunday, March 28, 2027, when one side shifts for daylight saving.
- When is the best time to schedule a meeting between Paris and Sydney?
- There is no hour where both cities are inside normal working hours, so one side has to take the call early or late.
- How many hours do Paris and Sydney overlap?
- Zero, on a standard 9–18 working day in each city.
- Does daylight saving change the Paris–Sydney gap?
- Yes. Over the next twelve months the difference changes 4 times: Sunday, March 28, 2027 (10 hours ahead of becomes 9 hours ahead of); Sunday, April 4, 2027 (9 hours ahead of becomes 8 hours ahead of); Sunday, October 3, 2027 (8 hours ahead of becomes 9 hours ahead of); Sunday, October 31, 2027 (9 hours ahead of becomes 10 hours ahead of).
- Are there public holidays that affect Paris–Sydney meetings?
- Yes. The next is Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — a public holiday where Sydney is, but a normal working day in Paris.
Nearby pairs
Other meeting-time pages for Paris
Sources
- 1.IANA. Time Zone Database
- 2.Nager.Date. Public holidays API · Retrieved