Summer time 2025: Everything to change time in March

France – On the night of Saturday 29th to Sunday 30th March 2025, metropolitan France will switch to summer time. At 2am, clocks will progress by an hour to display 3h. This change will provide more light at the end of the day. Here's all you need to know about this transition. One hour of sleep less The passage to summer time means one hour of sleep less. At 2am on Sunday, it will be 3h. This shift concerns hexagonal France and Saint-Pierre-et-…

The change to summer time, scheduled for the last Sunday of March, is a tradition that dates back to 1976 in France, following the oil shock of the 1970s. Its objective ? To reduce energy consumption by aligning the hours of activity with the periods of sunshine. The idea was simple: by matching the end of the day with times when natural light was still present, we limited the use of artificial lighting. If this measure worked well at a time whe…

Nuremberg - On the weekend of the last Sunday of March the clocks are presented. Summertime brings longer and bright evenings, but can also cause sleep problems. Everything they need to know when changing time.