France is a country that constantly attracts Russian tourists. Before traveling to the homeland of foie gras and cinema, experts recommend learning some of the subtleties. For a trip it will not be amiss 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 for starters, we suggest you familiarize yourself with the information about the country.
Territory of France
The country is the largest in territory among many countries of Western Europe with several time zones. France is located on almost one fifth of the EU, and also has huge sea spaces. 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 km 2 and together with overseas territories it occupies 674,685 km 2 .
The coastline of continental France has a length of 3427 km, and the land borders of the country extend to 2892.4 km. France borders Germany in the northeast (border length is 451 km), Luxembourg (73 km) and Belgium (620 km), in the southeast is Italy (border length is 488 km) and Monaco (4.4 km) , in the east - with Switzerland (573 km), in the south-west - 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 integral part of France. The total area of these territories is about 4 thousand km 2 , and about 1.8 million people live there.
Climate
In continental France, the climate is temperate, turning into a 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. Summer is rather dry and hot - on average the temperature fluctuates around +23 ... + 25 0 in July, while in winter it rains and the temperature is +7 ... + 8 0 .
Administrative division
In total, France is divided into 96 administrative units or departments. As already mentioned, the islands of Saint-Pierre, Wallis and Futuna, Miquelon, Mayotte, Reunion, French South Antarctic territories, Guiana, Martinique, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe have a special status of overseas departments. Also in France, 22 historical provinces (Provence, Lorraine, Burgundy, Navarre, Brittany, etc.) can be distinguished.
France time zone
Relatively small in size, this European country covers an impressive number of time zones. France is located in the same time zone within the same meridian, however, with its territories, it occupies 12 time zones. In this country, the transition to winter time 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). France is in the zero time zone with Great Britain, although Central European time is used in the country for more convenient cooperation with EU countries.
What is the time zone in France? It is called UTC + 02: 00, in all cities of continental France time is set in Paris.
Paris is separated 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 the winter we depart from Moscow to Paris at 13 p.m., then in local time we will be at the place at 14:00. Russia is in the UTC +3 time zone, and France is in the UTC +2 time zone in the summer and UTC +1 in the winter.
What cities are in the same time zone as France? In winter, it is Luxembourg, Rome, Madrid, Berlin, Vienna, Brussels. Year-round similarities in the cities of Malabo, N'Djamena, Bangui, Tunisia, Kinshasa, Libreville, Luanda, Porto Novo, Algeria.